{"product_id":"falling-at-the-barre-9798988366492","title":"Falling at the Barre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuca Bishop has one rule: no dating until his first-grader graduates high school. Period.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween running a growing auto body shop and solo-parenting, romance isn't just off the table-it's somewhere in the garage under a tarp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with his schedule, it's time to hire a nanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter his daughter's gorgeous new dance teacher, who's also their next-door-neighbor. The one who smells like cinnamon. Who makes his kid beam and who laughs like sunshine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho already feels like his-if only she weren't leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBallet didn't dump Olivia Maroo-it just stopped calling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 33, Olivia knows pliés won't pay the bills forever, but she's not ready to hang up her pointe shoes just yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe just needs a few months to train for auditions, regroup, and totally not fall apart. So she returns to her hometown for the fall-where the maple syrup flows, the apple pie pancake breakfasts are elite, and the existential dread is pumpkin spice-flavored. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exchange for ballet studio space, she agrees to teach at the local dance studio. It's temporary. Chill. Fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...Until she accidentally volunteers to nanny for her most adorably chaotic student-who just so happens to live next door with her extremely hot, extremely off-limits single dad. It has to be temporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with cozy movie nights, cider-fueled slow dances, and a life she's already half in love with, she's not prepared for the kind of fall that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle dad x nanny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo third act breakup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe falls first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHurt\/Comfort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMutual pining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeighors-to-lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpicy scenes!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elise Kennedy Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988366492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.93d","brand":"Elise Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491470110901,"sku":"9798988366492","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7f0ca4fa-74f9-4dde-bc45-e99b937dce1a.jpg?v=1777996538","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/falling-at-the-barre-9798988366492","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}