{"product_id":"only-the-lucky-9781969852213","title":"Only the Lucky","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlicia Morgan was never supposed to be a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's brilliant. Controlled. A crisis-management CEO who refuses to believe she needs protection-until the world she's built so carefully turns against her. When KOAN assigns me to her detail, the rules are simple: keep her safe, keep her daughter safe, and don't cross lines that can't be uncrossed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in her house makes that last rule harder by the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's guarded, careful, and not inclined to share the whole truth-even with the man hired to protect her life. The more I watch her navigate a threat she never saw coming, a custody battle, and a life held together by sheer force of will, the clearer it becomes: the real risk isn't external. It's the secrets people protect because they think they're harmless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe trusts me to secure her home. She doesn't trust me with the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe closer we get, the more I start to see what she's built-and what she's terrified to lose. A daughter who watches everything. A reputation that can shatter with one wrong headline. A strength that hides exhaustion I know too well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've spent my life staying one step removed. But Alicia makes distance impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when the threat isn't obvious-when it wears familiar faces and hides behind routine-I don't just guard the perimeter. I guard the people I'm falling for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes, the most dangerous thing isn't the enemy watching from the shadows. It's what you're willing to risk when you finally stop pretending you don't care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONLY THE LUCKY is the fourth standalone novel in the Sinful State series, where protection turns personal, secrets cut deeper than any weapon, and jealousy proves just as deadly as a bullet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Noctivity, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969852213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Isabel Jolie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571199963317,"sku":"9781969852213","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9a57b088-2758-406a-bf67-f2de17e432a0.jpg?v=1779861165","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/only-the-lucky-9781969852213","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}