{"product_id":"the-season-long-awaited-9798993365916","title":"The Season Long Awaited","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Year's Eve: out with the old, in with the new... but this year, everything changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've lived by checklists my whole life-set goals, crush them, repeat. Except for one list I've never managed to complete: fall in love, get married, have children. Now, I'm thirty, chronically single, and the one person who ever made me believe in fate disappears at midnight-right after the champagne toasts, the fireworks, and the Happy New Year kisses that felt like destiny in disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsher Hunter vanished without a trace, and it's not until the following year that he magically appears again. Our connection is instant, cosmic, like the universe pressing rewind. Even with a year between us, it's as if time never dared to move forward. One look, one laugh, one touch-and suddenly, we're tangled in bedsheets and stars. When the clock strikes midnight again, he's gone. But this time, he leaves me with a promise: same day, next year, if the stars align.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rules are simple. We keep living our lives, chasing our dreams, pretending we're not haunted by the idea of an impossible love. A friendship. A few stolen messages. A few stolen nights. Until one year, fate gives us more than either of us bargained for: a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as a once-a-year affair becomes a forever question. What do you do when the wish you whispered into a glass of champagne actually comes true?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with a life growing between us, we're forced to face the one thing we've both avoided-what it means to choose love not just once a year, but every day after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Season Long Awaited is a spellbinding, sizzling, and heart-melting contemporary romance for fans of The Guardian, Dear John, You've Got Mail, and One Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cordova Chronicles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993365916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Ambar Cordova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197310955701,"sku":"9798993365916","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b1100dc8-fae0-4da2-a4aa-ff28160a16ac.jpg?v=1769623127","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-season-long-awaited-9798993365916","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}