{"product_id":"leave-me-again","title":"Leave Me Again","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eGoing home for the first time in years should be simple: move back in, help around the ranch when possible, and try not to mess everything up. But when I get there—after running out of gas, mind you—I discover the ranch and summer camp my late parents left us are on the road to ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can focus on the task at hand…or so I think. Really, though, I can’t keep my eyes off the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrumpy man in the cabin next to mine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Diaz is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efifteen years older than me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and trying damn hard to look like he’s not interested. He almost pulls it off—except for the way his Adam’s Apple bobs every time I walk around in my tiny shorts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr in nothing at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, to my great dismay, he won’t do anything about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI try to stay away, but how could I? He’s a little \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erough around the edges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esalt-and-pepper hair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a full beard, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeliciously calloused hands \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom working on the ranch day in and day out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tension \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebetween us rises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scorching touches burn brighter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s only so much teasing a man can take before he eventually falls into my bed. We say \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejust once, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto get it out of our systems, but that was another lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI break the cardinal rule: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI fall for him instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause underneath all that tough exterior, there’s a soft man who makes me laugh, who wants the same thing I do—to turn this ranch around without losing ourselves in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esecrets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can only stay secret for so long.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917349642431,"sku":"589aa816-0117-48d5-ad5c-cbff26c864b1","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/439e841a80886037f90ddeadae129e97.jpg?v=1785100327","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/leave-me-again","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}