{"product_id":"chispa-9798991772839","title":"Chispa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"But Papa, he's a Latin dancer,\" Claire protested. \"I'm-\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A snob?\" Luca muttered. He winced as Natalia whacked him on the back of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Behave, that is my daughter you are talking about,\" she warned him. She aimed a glare at Claire. \"That goes for you too, show some respect.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Claire, you must decide what is more important. Competing at Blackpool with-as you say-a Latin dancer, or not at all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"But-but-\" Claire sputtered, \"how would we even make it work?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are two months until you have to leave for London,\" Natalia said. \"You will practice for both the Latin and Smooth entries in the contest, perhaps even compete in a few competitions here beforehand-as practice,\" she clarified, \"just to see how you would do\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"But that's impossible!\" Claire burst out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You are both talented dancers,\" Leon reassured her. \"I am sure there is nothing the two of you cannot accomplish if you work together.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Beauchene has always dreamed of competing at the Blackpool Dance Festival. But when her boyfriend and partner, Sebastian Alvah, breaks up with her to pursue a dance career in Los Angeles, she is forced to dance with the only available partner: her dance studio's bad boy, the brooding and antisocial Luca Ortiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Claire thinks Luca is cold and rude, and Luca thinks Claire is a pampered princess, they find within each other a chispa; a spark of passion for dance that mirrors their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fink Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991772839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d","brand":"Ruby Fink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45439111430325,"sku":"9798991772839","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cf14af1a-861f-4f37-8a19-a9777b1d4417.jpg?v=1749003495","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chispa-9798991772839","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}