{"title":"Elena Armas","description":"Elena Armas is a Spanish writer, self-confessed hopeless romantic, and proud book hoarder. Now, she's also the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Spanish Love Deception, The American Roommate Experiment, and The Long Game. Her books are being translated to over thirty languages--which is bananas, if you ask her.","products":[{"product_id":"the-long-game-paperback-2","title":"The Long Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this small-town love story in the vein of \u003ci\u003eIt Happened One Summer\u003c\/i\u003e--from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Love Deception\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner--who happens to be her father--sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she's tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam's leg, and Adalyn's bumper, he's also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children's team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam's help.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103808000223,"sku":"9781668011300","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VwVi9eyJIF9781668011300.webp?v=1781097671"},{"product_id":"the-fiance-dilemma-paperback","title":"The Fiance Dilemma - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fake engagement, second chances, and newfound family members come together in this new romance from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the \"swoon-worthy\" (\u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Love Deception\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJosie Moore has given the opposite sex--and love--plenty of chances. Four exactly, if you count all her failed engagements, and five if you include her no-longer-absentee father. Nonetheless, when the influential man decides to announce his retirement with a splashy magazine piece and Josie learns that her romantic history isn't great PR for the family, she jumps at the chance to offer a solution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Flanagan is in the mud. Literally. Not only has he been fired from his job, but after taking a wrong turn on his way to Green Oak, North Carolina, his car is stuck. So, he grabs a duffel bag with his essentials and goes in search of a place to crash until he gets his life (and vehicle) back on track. But instead, he stumbles upon his best friend's sister, Josie, greeting him as her fianc?. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat starts as a big misunderstanding quickly turns into a fake engagement, with Matthew playing the role of the doting fianc? as he and Josie are swept into a PR whirlwind. The ring on Josie's finger makes her stomach turn, but she knows this is only temporary. They have rules in place, and one of them is that no matter what, there will be no exchange of \"I dos.\" But that's easier said than done, as lines soon start to blur, and the rest of the small town comes to believe the fifth fianc? is truly The One.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104027611359,"sku":"9781668011348","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Ql9fQRlvg-9781668011348.webp?v=1781099892"},{"product_id":"the-american-roommate-experiment-paperback","title":"The American Roommate Experiment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Love Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Mart?n, who are forced to share a New York apartment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking--for lack of a better word--on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control--but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104029774047,"sku":"9781668002773","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1U46acQ6aM9781668002773.webp?v=1781099896"},{"product_id":"the-spanish-love-deception-paperback","title":"The Spanish Love Deception - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister's wedding has \"everything you could want in a romance\" (Helen Hoang, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatalina Mart?n desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. 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