{"product_id":"the-spare","title":"The Spare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI've spent my entire life engaged to one man. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut it's his brother I've always yearned for.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, four days before our wedding, Xavier has thrown me over-and Benedict has stepped in instead. The spare. The playboy. The heartbreaker whose reputation stretches across the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedict de Vere is everything his brother isn't: reckless, restless, and seemingly unbothered that this match is a transaction. He's marrying me to save my reputation. My reasons for wedding him are... more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm going to be his duchess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm going to share his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI should be up to the challenge. After all, they call me the ice queen for a reason. I've had years to perfect my mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I've longed for him since I was eighteen years old. And Benedict doesn't do serious. He doesn't do forever. The trail of broken hearts he's left behind is evidence of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing one of those broken hearts would be devastating enough. Knowing him that intimately, then being cast aside?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow imagine that happening in our marital bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a loneliness I wouldn't survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alchemy Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45786644086831,"sku":"9781917190183","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_f5ca8175-90c1-4807-a53a-4cf212594b63.jpg?v=1786143537","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/the-spare","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}