{"product_id":"the-art-of-surrender-9781922263988","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 Phoenix 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\u003eThe Art of Surrender 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 9781922263988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.98d","brand":"Blair Purvis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514357276853,"sku":"9781922263988","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781922263988.jpg?v=1791903791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-surrender-9781922263988","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}