{"product_id":"mine-to-treasure-9781965090138","title":"Mine to Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat happens when the one woman you've loved for the last ten years runs out of excuses as to why you can't be together?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've been in love with a man I couldn't claim as my own for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of giving into my heart's desire, I broke his and married another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, I'm divorced and the owner \/ operator of a kennel catering to military members. I've recruited most of the K9 handlers I served with-all of whom are now veterans-to come partner with me as we build a premier working dog training facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast recruit on my list: the man whose love I refused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur on again \/ off again affair was a secret, or so we thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo say there is tension in the office is an understatement, but I hope Saint takes solace in my self-imposed misery. Truthfully, I got more pain than I deserved, and while I'll never be able to take back the heartache I caused him, I can offer him the opportunity to be part of something bigger than all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe should hate me. I certainly do and have the scars-internally and externally-to prove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept, he says he not only doesn't hate me, but still wants me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter all of these years, all this pain, I don't understand why, but I've run out of excuses as to why we can't be together and he knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe I'm heading into an emotional trap, one where he exacts his revenge by making me fall in love with him so he can break my heart? Jokes on him, I never stopped loving him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf admitting my feelings gives him the closure he needs to let go of his lifelong demons and start this next phase with a clean slate, I guess that's what I'll have to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it destroys me in the process, so be it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe possibility terrifies me, but letting him love me scares me even more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe says he treasures me, but can I be the prize he says I am?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggle Whore Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965090138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Kameron Claire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058735603893,"sku":"9781965090138","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bd30ab29-5230-4c76-9bc0-88979e412b95.jpg?v=1738078234","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mine-to-treasure-9781965090138","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}