{"product_id":"book-mgvy","title":"Mine to Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat happens when the one woman you've loved for the last ten years runs out of excuses as to why you can't be together?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’ve been in love with a man I couldn’t claim as my own for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of giving into my heart’s desire, I broke his and married another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, I’m divorced and the owner \/ operator of a kennel catering to military members. I’ve recruited most of the K9 handlers I served with—all of whom are now veterans—to come partner with me as we build a premier working dog training facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast recruit on my list: the man whose love I refused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur on again \/ off again affair was a secret, or so we thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo say there is tension in the office is an understatement, but I hope Saint takes solace in my self-imposed misery. Truthfully, I got more pain than I deserved, and while I’ll never be able to take back the heartache I caused him, I can offer him the opportunity to be part of something bigger than all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe should hate me. I certainly do and have the scars—internally and externally—to prove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept, he says he not only doesn’t hate me, but still wants me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter all of these years, all this pain, I don’t understand why, but I’ve run out of excuses as to why we can’t be together and he knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe I’m heading into an emotional trap, one where he exacts his revenge by making me fall in love with him so he can break my heart? Jokes on him, I never stopped loving him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf admitting my feelings gives him the closure he needs to let go of his lifelong demons and start this next phase with a clean slate, I guess that’s what I’ll have to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it destroys me in the process, so be it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe possibility terrifies me, but letting him love me scares me even more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe says he treasures me, but can I be the prize he says I am?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49793355710768,"sku":"BDmgvy","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/721339-mgvy-Square.jpg?v=1746837145","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-mgvy","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}