{"product_id":"book-ll9z","title":"The Bet","description":"\u003cp\u003eArrogant. Womanizing. Jerk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXavier Stone has been called many things, and he's proud of most of them. Driving a Ferrari 488, living in Tribeca, and running businesses that spit out $$$, he's living the dream. He can, and often does, have any woman he wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept for Isabel Laronde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat chick is something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd right now, she's not interested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFailing to attract her attention, Xavier seeks to prove himself by placing a bet: $10K to win Isabel over and to get her into his bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiece of cake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept that Isabel is mistrusting of the rich and privileged, and Xavier represents everything she hates in a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding him to be arrogant and self-obsessed, Izzy sees right through Xavier's flirtatious attempts--and there's no way in hell she's falling for any of them. Until, despite her best intentions, she does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her defenses crumble, her resistance falls to the wayside faster than her panties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Xavier Stone should have come with a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe should have listened to her gut. She should have stayed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst impressions are rarely wrong and this man was trouble right from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49711975235888,"sku":"BDll9z","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/714711-ll9z-Square.jpg?v=1744223925","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ll9z","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}