{"title":"Jane Costello","description":"Jane Costello is the author of 16 novels, 5 of which were written under the name Catherine Isaac. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK, have been translated into 26 languages, and have been selected by the Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club. She has won the Romantic Novelists' Award twice. Her last novel, It's Getting Hot in Here, was a Book of the Month Club selection. Jane was born in Liverpool, England, where she still lives with her husband and three sons.","products":[{"product_id":"forty-love-paperback","title":"Forty Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fun, sexy rom-com about a woman who discovers it's never too late to pick up a racket and take another shot at love. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJules has lived next door to the local tennis club for years without picking up a racket. As a full-time buyer for a chain of lifestyle stores and a single, widowed mother of a teenager, she doesn't have time for a hobby-or for a potential run-in with her old school crush, Sam, whose killer forehand is now in direct view of her bedroom window. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a surge of boldness and facing the anxiety of an empty nest, Jules decides to stop playing it safe and accepts an invitation to join the amateur tennis team. They are desperate for players, and the fact that she doesn't really play doesn't seem to matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs rallies are hit and friendships are formed, Jules is astonished to find herself in the grip of a passionate, all-consuming relationship . . . and not only with the tennis. Now Jules is facing a whole new kind of match with her insecurities, her desires, and maybe--just maybe--a second shot at love. And boy, does it have some spin on it.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101925183711,"sku":"9798992427684","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pFwwGAPndT9798992427684.webp?v=1781075898"},{"product_id":"its-getting-hot-in-here-paperback","title":"It's Getting Hot in Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious, relatable, and delightfully swoon-worthy, \u003ci\u003eIt's Getting Hot in Here\u003c\/i\u003e is the laugh-out-loud, coming-of-middle-age, rom-com meets mom-com readers have been waiting for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this \"celebration of midlife and all its marvelous messiness,\" Lisa Darling, a high-flying TV executive and twice-divorced mother of two, is navigating life with an opinionated teenager and a pet-obsessed grade-schooler, organizing PTA events, and supporting her best friend through breast cancer treatment, all while in the throes of perimenopause. It's no wonder her to-do list is on overdrive and she never has time for Pilates or that DIY interior design project she keeps setting aside.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when LA-based media hotshot Zach Russo swoops in as a temporary stand-in for her best friend's job, Lisa starts feeling overheated and flustered. But that's just the menopause, right? She chooses to believe her hormone replacement therapy needs some adjusting, until she finds herself in a sexy--and seriously ill-advised--cinch with him. As things snowball, Lisa has to confront these long-forgotten feelings and ask herself if she's finally ready to choose herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103692067039,"sku":"9798990630451","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/D0BZ7q99E-9798990630451.webp?v=1781097450"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jane-costello.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}