{"product_id":"book-e2us","title":"Cold-Hearted","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e     Gabriella\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     My future had always been set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Like a road paved by skilled builders, without bends or intersections, I walked the path my parents laid for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     My marriage to the future of The Outfit was all that mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     I didn’t have a choice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Belonging to the world’s largest criminal organization wasn’t easy but belonging to \u003ci\u003ehim\u003c\/i\u003e was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     With Jacob, I’d got lucky and as a mafia princess, I couldn’t have asked for more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Jacob was beautiful and kind and the road to him was bright with sunlight and sweet with the fragrance of flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Until it wasn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Until it became dark with shadows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Until the day he broke my heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     He was a dream that turned into a nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     And now, I’d do anything to get away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e     Jacob\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     She was a job like any other job. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Marry her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Have an heir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     And in between all that, keep the world under my heel by any means necessary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     I’d count myself lucky if I wasn’t covered in blood on our wedding day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     As a girl, Gabrielle was bright eyed and bushy tailed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     That was until I took off the rose-colored glasses, broke them, and revealed who I truly was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Now, the woman is as vicious as a cobra, but when she forgets her place, like a benevolent king, I remind her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Her resistance goads me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Her words bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     She never counted on me biting her back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     And I never counted on her tasting so good …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Rage became foreplay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Sex became life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     And somehow, my job, \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e became an obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Gabriella made me lose control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     She never should have stepped out of line, because now, I see her, and like everything else in my life, I won’t be satisfied until she’s mine in every way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49365243265328,"sku":"BDe2us","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49365243330864,"sku":"ZEe2us","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49365243298096,"sku":"ZMe2us","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/227262-e2us-Square.jpg?v=1734541577","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e2us","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}