{"product_id":"always-been-you","title":"Always Been You (Pre-order)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever sleep with an old crush, especially not the one who still makes your heart race. Lawliss should have remembered that before spending the night with Edmund Montgomery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawliss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn my wedding anniversary, I planned a surprise for my husband only to walk in on him cheating. I didn’t scream. I didn’t cry. I just left. Because what else was there to do?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA much-needed vacation was supposed to be my escape, a way to breathe again. But then he happened, the one person from my past I never expected to see again, Eddie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn my defense, I was heartbroken, and he was infuriatingly charming, devastatingly attractive, and willing to give me exactly what I needed. It was supposed to be a one-time, with no strings and no second thoughts. I wouldn’t see him again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut fate had other plans and Eddie isn’t just anyone. He’s the boy I once loved, the man who never truly let me go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the past collides with the present—when secrets unravel, and truths come to light—one question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan I forgive the ultimate betrayal? Or is a second chance doomed from the start?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI took my family’s legacy and turned it into an empire. I became the man who takes what he wants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I want \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, I’ve always wanted her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen she crashes back into my life, wounded and guarded, I see my chance. A one-night deal turns into something neither of us can walk away from. But Lawliss doesn’t know the full truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe doesn’t know I’ve already claimed her in ways she can’t imagine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when she finds out?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe might never forgive me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut can a man like me give her the love she deserves? Or will my darkness ruin us before we even begin?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways Been You is a high-stakes, steamy second-chance romance where love, betrayal, and revenge collide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Reads Books and Stationery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51371193237810,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/0746\/1170\/files\/ABY.jpg?v=1782405272","url":"https:\/\/cityreadsbookstore.com\/products\/always-been-you","provider":"City Reads Books and Stationery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}