{"title":"Campus Confessions","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-breakaway","title":"The Breakaway","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eWhy it always gets the blame:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003ePeople don't understand that there's no cheating in this book. Relationships are messy, especially in college, and I wanted to show that. How confusing it can be when you're trying to hold onto something that you can't admit isn't right. But it's hard to explain that in a blurb.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt's not smutty and most readers want hockey romance to be smutty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eWhy this book could still be your favorite child:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tension in this book is SO intense, and the other tropes are incredible: he falls first, he has a big secret, enemies to lovers, yearning, he protects her from other players, witty banter, strong girlfriends, and letter writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE NOSTALGIA. It's set in the 90's before cell phones. 'Nuff said. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife story:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only thing worse than crossing the line is wanting to... \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving with my boyfriend Logan was everything I wanted—until I realized his best friend, Rob Thompson, came with the deal. Rob and I are like oil and water, fire and gasoline, sworn enemies under one roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Logan got selected for World Juniors in Germany, I thought I’d get a reprieve. I could handle the quiet loneliness of his absence. What I couldn’t handle was Rob. He’s still here, stomping around the house with that cocky grin, pushing every button I have. And somehow, when it’s just the two of us, the air feels heavier. Charged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s infuriating how he can see right through me, past every wall I’ve built, calling me out in ways no one else ever has. But as much as I hate him, I can’t seem to stay away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLogan will be gone for two months. Rob will be here every day. 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Ew. No.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy this book could still be your favorite child:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tension is crazy in this book. So much build up angst.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's a no-spice book with spice lessons. Ha! It's closed door, but she has intimacy issues. He helps her move past that in a super slow and sensual scene that I love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaddie is super smart, and if you love the strategy behind sports (obviously hockey in particular) you'll get a huge kick out of this. 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There's nothing I love more than an MMC who learns from his stupid mistakes in past relationships and becomes a better man. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe scene where she can't get her zipper down and asks for his help and the conversation they have about fear of intimacy are two of my favorite moments in any of the books I've written. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife story:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThey say it's friends before flings. Too bad love never got the memo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI knew getting tangled up with Logan was a bad idea.\u003cbr\u003eLast spring he broke my best friend’s heart. 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