{"product_id":"derek-hardcover","title":"Derek - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My house is a mess, my underwear is mixing with hers in the laundry, and my safe, quiet haven now smells of burnt candles and her.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm not chasing love. I'm chasing survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning The Crown Project - a nonprofit for kids who've lost too much - is the only thing that makes sense anymore. Not my health. Not my friendships. Definitely not the grump who works with my brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Rowe is infuriating, off-limits, and unfortunately... magnetic in all the worst ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's made of walls and silence. I'm made of too many feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't get to be the princess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut maybe I can still give someone else their fairytale. Even if I never get mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerek\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaos ruins everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI learned that the day my wife slept with my best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince then, I've built a life of routine, control, and zero vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Indy doesn't follow rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe crashes into my world with her colors and her hope and her heartbreaking smile-and I make the mistake of letting her stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn my house. In my space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot in my heart. That's locked up for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairytales are for people who don't know what loss tastes like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the longer she's near me...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more I wonder if some kinds of chaos are worth the fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67921659494623,"sku":"9798295427282","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/C2mrF3V7YN9798295427282.webp?v=1791129147","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/derek-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}