{"product_id":"book-28si","title":"Budget Cuts and Midnight Lust","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmma Bennett has a purple ponytail, a chipped World's Best PE Teacher mug, and one ironclad rule: do not fall for the man trying to dismantle everything you've spent five years building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's broken the mug twice. The rule is next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Max Harrison is precise, annoyingly logical, and in possession of a jawline that has no business existing in a middle school. He has a twelve-page proposal, a $50,000 grant on the line, and absolutely zero interest in catching feelings for the woman who treats his spreadsheets like a personal attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's starting to think she might be the most interesting problem he's ever encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen budget cuts force them to merge Field Day and the science fair — one event, one budget, one very small gym — their arguments develop a disturbing tendency to feel like foreplay. Emma fights for every kid who's ever been told recess doesn't matter. Max fights for every kid who's never been seen as anything but a test score. Somewhere between a PTA showdown, babysitting an opinionated macaw, and making out during a fire drill, they'll both have to decide what they're actually fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurns out the most volatile reactions happen when two elements that shouldn't be compatible discover they're exactly right for each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBudget Cuts and Midnight Lust\u003c\/em\u003e — where the real experiment was never about the budget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS A STAND-ALONE BOOK WITHIN THE MARCHFIELD SERIES.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67953437376816,"sku":"BD28si","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/28si-Square-cover.webp?v=1791311789","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-28si","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}