{"product_id":"played-9781662519628","title":"Played","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Naima Simone heats up the page with intensity and wit in this romance between a pro hockey player and a firefighter, both struggling to move on from the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing a firefighter isn't easy. Especially for a Black woman. Working with family helps a little. But when somebody from your company doesn't come back from a call, it's brutal--as in, \"How'm I supposed to go on?\" brutal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd one death took me to a really dark place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year later, I'm at the Pirates' hockey training facility. Just another day on the job. Until I find a charred journal. I look inside for the owner's name, but the words on the page punch me in the gut. It's like reading my own thoughts. Reliving my own pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journal belongs to Solomon Young, left-winger for the Pirates--a father and widower. When I return it, I'm racked with guilt for the invasion of privacy. The look Solomon gives me is cold as ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut damn if that man isn't hot as hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he's stuck in my brain. And fate seems intent on making us face off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Montlake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662519628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300","brand":"Naima Simone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413639000245,"sku":"9781662519628","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6e09b486-c6ce-4fda-85d4-c2bf2562eb7d.jpg?v=1720538075","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/played-9781662519628","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}