{"product_id":"the-art-of-surrender-9781922263971","title":"The Art of Surrender","description":"\u003cp\u003eAyman Saliba arrives in Morocco looking for permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucas Pfifer arrives already fluent in concealment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the heat and steam of a Moroccan ḥammām, two men meet where anonymity makes desire possible. Ayman is practical, watchful, newly honest with himself and not yet honest with everyone else. Lucas is beautiful, wealthy, controlled - a man who has learned to make damage look like elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a brief encounter becomes something neither of them can keep contained. From Morocco to Gibraltar, from the decks of the \u003cem\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/em\u003e to the snowfields of Switzerland and the ruinous appetites of Berlin, Ayman and Lucas are drawn into a love that exposes every imbalance between them: money and pride, secrecy and truth, care and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Lucas has a past that still knows how to call him back. Lazarus understands the part of him that believes surrender must hurt. And Ayman, loving him, must face the harder question: whether protecting a man can become another way of possessing him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e is a sensual, psychologically charged novel about what we mistake for love, and what it costs to be truly seen, and still misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prahran Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922263971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d","brand":"Blair Purvis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578439524533,"sku":"9781922263971","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781922263971.jpg?v=1792609556","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-surrender-9781922263971","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}