{"product_id":"fourth-and-falling-paperback","title":"Fourth and Falling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs quarterback for the Portland Rush, I make split-second decisions under crushing pressure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI read defenses like books. I adjust. I fix. I lead. I always do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Sutton Price, the opinionated bartender who glares at me like I'm everything she hates?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's the one play I can't read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she looks at me across the bar, those dark brown eyes cut through my carefully constructed image. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo her, I'm just another privileged athlete while real people, like her, struggle. She doesn't see me, she sees what I represent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between our late-night talks at the bar, and a few shared moments together, something shifts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm falling for her, and falling hard, but the weight she carries-the double shifts, that wall of mistrust, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe shadows that cross her face when she thinks no one's watching-is heartbreaking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish I could ease her burdens, but when my world collides with her past, I learn one of my hardest lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are some plays in life I simply can't call and problems I can't fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know I can't shield Sutton from the inevitable rain but I can stand beside her in her storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can be the safe harbor she's never had, the one person who won't walk away when the thunder comes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And God help me, I'll wait through a thousand storms for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe may not believe in safe spaces, but I'll spend every damn day for as long as it takes proving she's found one with me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67921704059103,"sku":"9781964930275","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/g9OddyoS5P9781964930275.webp?v=1791132800","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/fourth-and-falling-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}