{"product_id":"nero-alliance-series-1","title":"NERO (Alliance Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePayton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning away from home at 17 wasn’t easy. Let’s face it though, nothing before, or in the ten years since, has ever been easy for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’m doing okay. Sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people’s way, off people’s minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home, and my life, I should be scared. Frightened. Terrified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut I must be more broken than I realized, because I’m none of those things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m intrigued.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’m wondering if the way to take control of my life is by giving in to him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first time I took a man’s life, I knew there’d be no going back. No normal existence in the cards for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo instead of walking away, I climbed a mountain of bodies, and created my own destiny. By forming The Alliance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I was fine with that. Content enough to carry on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil I stepped through those open doors, and into her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI should’ve walked away. Should’ve gone right back out the door I came through. But I didn’t.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd now her life is in danger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut that’s the thing about being a bad man. I’ll happily paint the streets red to protect what’s mine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Payton is mine. Whether she knows it or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crimson Kiss Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43290220396684,"sku":"NR-LLN-SRS-1","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/1061\/1852\/files\/IMG-0961.jpg?v=1754511905","url":"https:\/\/crimsonkissbooks.com\/products\/nero-alliance-series-1","provider":"The Crimson Kiss Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}