{"title":"T. D. Colbert","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"power-play-an-age-gap-brothers-best-friend-hockey-romance-paperback","title":"Power Play: An Age-Gap, Brother's Best Friend Hockey Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's my brother's best friend. He was my first real crush. He's the NHL MVP and local sweetheart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's back in town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI won't lie and say that I'm not happy to see Levi Buck back around Crooked Creek. Despite the frenzy that follows him around town, it's good to see his face. The gentle, painfully sexy man I once knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was just a teen when he left, and he took a part of me-and my biggest secret-with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now he's back, and so is the reminder of the night that changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI lied to him once, and when he realizes that what he saw was real, he'll stop at nothing to bring me justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut justice comes at a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA price I'm not willing to pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI replay that night in my head over and over again. Not even playing in the NHL could erase the guilt I felt. I couldn't stay in town and relive it. So when I got drafted to play across the country, I ran as fast as I could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I left Lo behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I took off, she was still a teenager. But now, with my professional career coming to an end, I'm back in town. And Lo is all grown up. From the looks of her life, she grew up faster than she should have had to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I'm the only one who knows why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I realize what I always suspected to be true all those years before, I lose my mind. I see red. I'm willing to risk it all. I'm ready to kill for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut revenge might cost her everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it might cost me the one thing I suddenly can't live without: her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrigger warning: This book contains some graphic scenes and sensitive subject matter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67645260562655,"sku":"9798850939250","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Cez2oOQizr9798850939250.webp?v=1790520775"},{"product_id":"hush-money-paperback","title":"Hush Money - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years ago, I made the wrong choice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI chose a life that was all wrong for me... instead of the billionaire best friend I'd secretly loved but never thought I deserved.\u003cp\u003eNow fate's handed me a do-over. I need rescuing-and who is the knight that comes blazing through in his Escalade?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy long-lost best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe takes me in. Lifts me up. And then lays me back down-if you know what I mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLines are crossed, boundaries are blurry, and I'm faced with the same decision that I had to make all those years ago. And once again, I'm staring down the same impossible choice I faced all those years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly this time, it's not impossible. This time, I'm choosing me. Choosing us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he's caught in a storm of his own. Trouble big enough to shatter everything. The world as he knows it may quite literally be ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he doesn't know is that mine has always revolved around him. And now that I've been given a second chance, I'll burn it all down before I lose him again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrigger warning: mentions of infertility, domestic violence, and sexual harassment.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67902427529439,"sku":"9781735216997","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HYEr_qUs9Q9781735216997.webp?v=1790949050"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/t-d-colbert.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}