{"product_id":"by-a-thread-9781945631610","title":"By a Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDominic was staring at me like he couldn't decide whether to chop me into pieces or pull my hair and French kiss me. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDominic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI got her fired. Okay, so I'd had a bad day and took it out on a bystander in a pizza shop. But there's nothing innocent about Ally Morales. She proves that the first day at her new job... in \u003cem\u003emy\u003c\/em\u003e office... after being hired by \u003cem\u003emy\u003c\/em\u003e mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo maybe her colorful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine's offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. Maybe I like that she argues with me in front of the editorial staff. And maybe my after-hours fantasies are haunted by those brown eyes and that sharp tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that doesn't mean that I'm going to be the next Russo man to take advantage of his position. I might be a second-generation son of a... fill in the blank, but I am \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003emy father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's working herself to death at half a dozen dead-end jobs for some secret reason she doesn't feel like sharing with me. And I'm going to fix it all. Don't accuse me of caring. She's nothing more than a puzzle to be solved. If I can get her to quit, I can finally peel back all those layers. \u003cem\u003eThen\u003c\/em\u003e I can go back to salvaging the family name and forget all about the dancing, beer-slinging brunette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHa. Hold my beer, Grumpy Grump Face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor's Note: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eA steamy, swoony workplace romantic comedy with a grumpy boss hero determined to save the day and a plucky heroine who is starting to wonder if there might actually be a beating heart beneath her boss's sexy vests.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e That's What She Said Publishing, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945631610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Lucy Score","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672127303836,"sku":"9781945631610","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fe12dbcf-af1d-4ba9-a586-0667ca079365.jpg?v=1603927018","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/by-a-thread-9781945631610","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}