{"title":"Jessica Hoffa","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"third-times-the-charm-paperback","title":"Third Time's the Charm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thought I knew my fair share about love. I'd read about it in books, watched it bloom with my own two eyes, and even written novels around it. So I would've thought finding a love of my own would be a piece of cake. But after years of trial and error searching for the elusive \"one,\" I realized I'd already had that. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad it-and lost it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Layfield had been my everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy first friend in a new town where I didn't fit in. My first kiss. My first boyfriend. My first love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy first complete and utter heartbreak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years should have been enough time to clear him from my heart, and I thought it had been. But the moment he stepped back into Bellevue-armored with that boyish grin and a rockstar's charm that still knocked me off my feet-I knew I was in trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thought I could be there for him when the reason for his sudden reappearance emerged. I thought I could keep my heart tucked away for safekeeping. But no amount of thinking prepared me for asking him to help me break my romance writer's block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was meant as a distraction fanned old flames, and the more time we spent together, the more feelings-and secrets-came to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen our past and present collided, bringing uninvited attention to our doorstep, the strength and trust we'd built in each other was put to the ultimate test. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich begged the question: could love really conquer all, or was fame fickle enough to ruin everything?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101951987935,"sku":"9798988414292","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0TApij-uxb9798988414292.webp?v=1781075950"},{"product_id":"charmed-im-sure-paperback","title":"Charmed, I'm Sure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf life were a bingo card, I'd be really close to winning one of the saddest rounds in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned at a young age? Check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlopped into a small town where gossip flowed easier than water down the Mississippi River? Check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimary target of Bellevue's cruelest bullies, who branded me the town witch? Checkity-check, check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOkay, so technically the last bit was true-but no one knew that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut of all the squares that could have been called, having one of my tormentors ask me out on a date sure as hell wasn't one I'd ever thought I'd cross off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaylor Hallows left our tiny town twelve years ago and seemingly never looked back. But now that he's returned, I can't seem to avoid him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's everywhere I look. The bar, the grocery store-even my own shop. He's like a weed that refuses to go away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't want him there, but I also find myself constantly looking for him. He's charming and sweet and seems so genuine. An annoyingly beautiful, bespectacled, six-foot contradiction to the smug kid I knew in high school. Despite all signs pointing to a new and improved Taylor, the hurt little girl in the back of my mind reminds me of how he used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis relentless determination to earn a second chance has me wondering-does time really heal all wounds, or will letting him in be the worst mistake this witch ever makes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102506356959,"sku":"9798988414278","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lE9rD4jvQu9798988414278.webp?v=1781083385"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jessica-hoffa.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}