{"product_id":"the-montecito-rules","title":"The Montecito Rules","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Montecito, rules are made to protect the powerful-and keep everyone else out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSofia Reyes serves the champagne in Montecito. She's not supposed to drink it. And she's definitely not supposed to fall for the heir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor five years, she's built her catering business one flawless event at a time-moving through California's coastal elite without ever being part of them. The rules are simple: smile, serve, and never forget where you stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlexander Whitmore has never had to learn those rules. Heir to a $420 million trust, he's spent years in New York trying to outrun his family's world. But when he returns home, he discovers his late father's unfinished project-and the woman already building it on her own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSame dream. Opposite worlds. And a pull neither of them can ignore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Montecito, that's not a love story. That's a liability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine Pemberton has spent decades controlling the Whitmore fortune-and everyone attached to it. She didn't survive three generations of old money to lose it to a caterer with ambition and her nephew's attention. She won't make a scene. She'll just make sure Sofia's life gets very, very small.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe trust has conditions. And the clock is already running. Every step Sofia and Alex take toward each other gives Catherine exactly what she needs to tear them apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA slow-burn, forbidden romance about class, ambition, and what it costs to choose love in a world designed to keep people in their place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45926275121343,"sku":"12d65d79-2f3b-448d-8748-5bcdd8c1bc25","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/74f8ff3c79fb39e2ed587f8cef8f7d60.jpg?v=1785264749","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-montecito-rules","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}