{"title":"Ari Roper","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dead-weight-paperback","title":"Dead Weight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryone has a thing. Some people bake. Some people binge true crime podcasts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen-year-old Salem Whitlock? \u003cem\u003eShe really, really wants to murder people. And not in the haha what if I just stabbed Chad way.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo-Salem has an itch.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magical, bone-deep craving that festers under her skin like wildfire until it's unbearable. It's a family trait, passed down like a cursed casserole recipe. Her mother made her swear not to kill anyone until her eighteenth birthday. \"Be responsible with your impulses,\" she said. \"Make your first kill mean something.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo Salem waits. She journals. She daydreams. She sharpens knives and avoids group projects. Then her birthday hits. And the itch is raging. Enter Wyatt Morrison. Arrogant, manipulative, the kind of guy who thinks he's a gift to women and insults you while asking for your number.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's a perfect first kill. And Salem? She's feeling generous. One murder, a messy ritual, and a suspiciously casual \"oops\" later... and Wyatt is still here. Dead. But still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Salem has a ghost problem. Wyatt's spirit is bound to her through the unfinished spell-and while he's surprisingly chill about being murdered by a girl with eyeliner sharp enough to kill on its own, he's also incredibly annoying. He haunts her locker, critiques her murder technique, and insists on being her afterlife wingman. Worse? The school is investigating his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer magic is getting stronger. The itch is back. And every time Salem thinks she might be in control... someone else ends up bleeding. Oh, and she might be falling for the dead guy she killed. Which, as it turns out, is so much more complicated than murder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67675031175391,"sku":"9798231239733","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/myrzwXizuY9798231239733.webp?v=1790556733"},{"product_id":"dead-wrong-paperback-4","title":"Dead Wrong - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe swore she wouldn't kill Heather.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be fair, she says a lot of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior year should be easier now that Salem Whitlock isn't lying about a murder, or dragging around a sarcastic ghost-boyfriend. Wyatt's alive again (long story), Lachlan's still very much a wolf (and in her bed), and for the first time, Salem almost feels...normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept nothing is normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather-her arch-nemesis, ex-future-victim, and walking rhinestone rash-is back with vengeance in lip gloss form. She's ruining lives, spreading rumors, and threatening Wyatt's future. And even though Salem \u003cem\u003epromised\u003c\/em\u003e not to kill her, well... promises are more like suggestions when you're a magically homicidal teenage witch with an actual hit list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, prom is looming, someone's shooting at students, and Salem may or may not have murdered Wyatt's father. With his permission. Which, depending on how you look at it, might make her girlfriend of the year-or a ticking curse bomb in eyeliner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Salem wanted was a little peace, a lot of kissing, and maybe some light revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut senior year isn't for the sane.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if Salem's going to survive it without killing anyone...\u003cbr\u003eShe'll have to be very, very good.\u003cbr\u003eOr just \u003cem\u003egood at being dead wrong\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease find a full list of Trigger Warnings on Ari Roper's website. Remember to always take care of yourself first.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67807547424991,"sku":"9798232654351","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lkLZPwTHuG9798232654351.webp?v=1790722246"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ari-roper.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}