{"product_id":"book-jt17","title":"Just Bromantically Invested","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMadden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy best friend is uptight, gorgeous, the greatest person I know … and I might be a smidge in love with him. Just a small amount. Barely worth the mention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is a stupid choice on my part when the guy is straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting a landscaping company with him was the perfect mix of doing what I love and an excuse to spend time with him, only it hasn't completely taken off yet and now he's telling me he's lonely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonely\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApparently having one friend in your life isn't enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I'm determined to help him find love. With someone other than me. Maybe if I can pull that off, it'll mean my heart will finally get the message and move on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr finish breaking into a hundred pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame thing, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing besties with an overenthusiastic, gold-hearted, nudist of a man is a challenge sometimes. Madden makes everything sunshine when he's around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is that he hasn't been around as much lately. We work together, sure, but he's got his roommates and I have … no one. Just him. So I feel the distance acutely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy one reassurance is that we have work tying us together, but when an old client calls with a proposition for us, it feels like our once solid friendship is unraveling fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wants Madden to help him open a nudist resort, and if Madden's doing that, he won't be working with me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm trying not to panic over the thought of losing him, which is a typical, common best friend reaction. Nothing out of the ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd neither is the way my body has been reacting to him lately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is totally, completely normal between us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there's still an us at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49281453883696,"sku":"BDjt17","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jt17-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773617084","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jt17","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}