{"title":"Maggie North","description":"Maggie North is a writer and critical care doctor who grew up in the Pacific Northwest. When she's not at her jobs, she enjoys long-distance open water swimming, saving the world, and being autistic. She lives in Ottawa, Canada with the man she met in ninth grade, their kid, and a rotating cast of hypoallergenic aquarium friends.","products":[{"product_id":"the-ripple-effect-paperback","title":"The Ripple Effect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA grumpy burnt out physician and a sunshine psychologist must fake an engagement to save his whitewater canoeing\/ relationship therapy startup in Maggie North's sparkling second novel about starting over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her own life. But with her financial prospects dwindling, she'd do anything to stay in her beloved, pricey wilderness town--even take a job as a camp physician at The Love Boat, an unspeakably touchy-feely relationship therapy startup. If there are sing-alongs, she's calling in sick. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat's worse? Her boss is Lyle \"McHuge\" McHugh, the sunshiny psychologist she's masterfully avoided since their disastrous hookup last year. Hardheaded relationship scorekeeper Stellar plans to dodge his pathological generosity from now until September, but after a scathing article puts McHuge's romantic credibility into question, a fake engagement is the only way to salvage the camp's crumbling public image. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's strictly business . . . but the more closely they work together, the more Stellar realizes her feelings for McHuge are anything but professional. With competitors hard on their heels and trade secrets at stake, they must find a way to marry his softness with her steel to build a business-and a love-that will last past summer's end . . .","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103227580639,"sku":"9781250910134","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yE8474OVEV9781250910134.webp?v=1781090528"},{"product_id":"rules-for-second-chances-paperback","title":"Rules for Second Chances - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrimming with heart and heat, \u003ci\u003eRules for Second Chances\u003c\/i\u003e explores the hardest relationship question of all: can true love happen twice...with the same person?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want. But she's always been labeled \u003ci\u003edifferent\u003c\/i\u003e from everyone else in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions--that is, if anyone notices her at all. Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis is a sinkhole of toxic positivity where she's the only one saying no. In a mountain resort town built around excitement, introverted Liz gets...spreadsheets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she gets mistaken for a server at her own thirtieth birthday party and her last line of communication with Tobin finally snaps, Liz vows to stop playing a minor character in her own life. The (incredibly well-researched and scientific) plan? A crash course in confidence...via improv comedy class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe catch? She's terrible at it, and the only person willing to practice with her is a certain extroverted wilderness guide who seems dead set on saving their marriage one bonkers improv scenario at a time. But as Liz and Tobin get closer (...again), she's forced to confront all the reasons they didn't work the first time, along with her growing suspicion that there might be more to her social awkwardness than anyone realized. Liz has just eight weeks to learn improv's most important lesson--\"yes, and\"--or she'll have to choose between the love she always wanted and the dreams that got away.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104051269855,"sku":"9781250910127","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/S6_R-h62yZ9781250910127.webp?v=1781099938"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/maggie-north.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}