{"product_id":"the-butcher-9798217376247","title":"The Butcher","description":"\u003cb\u003eA steamy one-night stand with Paris's most dangerous crime lord turns one woman's life upside down . . . but is it for the better? The first book in the steamy Fifth Republic series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI found out my husband of three years had cheated on me, and his mistress is the one who told me--\u003ci\u003ebecause he didn't have the balls to do it himself.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to carry on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong. If I hadn't been enough for him. If I'd been stupid for marrying him in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI'm at work one night when \u003ci\u003ehe \u003c\/i\u003ewalks inside--\u003ci\u003ethe most beautiful man I've ever seen\u003c\/i\u003e. He sits at the bar, and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place, and it's the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI just want him as an anti-depressant--but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he's hooked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI don't get much of a say in the matter, and that's not surprising when I learn why--because he's the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules--or pay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now I'm his. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss any of Penelope Sky's sizzling Fifth Republic series!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BUTCHER - THE CARVER - THE SAINT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217376247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Penelope Sky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53240049467573,"sku":"9798217376247","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798217376247.jpg?v=1788975233","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-butcher-9798217376247","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}