{"product_id":"butcher","title":"The Butcher (Fifth Republic Series, Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebecause he didn’t have the balls to do it himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn’t been enough for him, if I’d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m at work one night when he walks inside—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethe most beautiful man I’ve ever seen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it’s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI just want him as an anti-depressant—but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he’s hooked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t get much of a say in the matter, and that’s not surprising when I learn why—because he’s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules—or pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now I’m his.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crimson Kiss Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44038034915468,"sku":"979-8306803418","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/1061\/1852\/files\/butcher-penelope-sky-crimson-kiss-romance-book-boutique-panama-city-beach-fl_e534f56b-13fd-482e-8e85-f3b438af87cc.jpg?v=1744839536","url":"https:\/\/crimsonkissbooks.com\/products\/butcher","provider":"The Crimson Kiss Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}