{"product_id":"2940000886359","title":"Broken Wedding Vows","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eRomance Novel Set in the Conservative 1950s, 23 chapters.\u003cbr\u003e(This is not an erotic novel -- a teenager's introspective look at a forbidden romance)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“She wore a mysterious gold chain around her neck. Jason called her Carol, and at first I thought she was his sister—a secret sibling he never mentioned before—but she wasn’t. She was married to Jason's father. Carol had long dark brown hair and green eyes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomance is blossoming in a small conservative Maryland town in the 1950s. Unfortunately it’s between a clean cut high school student and a young, married, very religious girl who wears a mysterious gold chain around her neck. Both try to break free of this unlikely and forbidden attraction to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy immerses himself in his history books and Carol goes to church to seek guidance and even distracts herself by volunteering to do work for a neighbor she doesn’t even like, but none of those strategies seems to work too well to quell this attraction. Trouble is definitely brewing for both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething’s got to be done before the town folk, friends, family and her husband figure out what’s going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel contains tender and humorous moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy is a teenager in 1958 and Carol is a very religious young married girl. Their lives collide unexpectedly into an unexpected attraction to each other. Jimmy, a clean cut teenager finds something fresh and attractive in Carol, a religious young girl who wears a mysterious gold chain around her neck. Both try to break free of this unlikely and forbidden attraction to each other and also struggle with a blackmailer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy immerses himself in his history books and Carol goes to church to seek guidance and even distracts herself by volunteering to do work for a neighbor she doesn’t even like, but none of those strategies seems to work too well to quell this attraction. Trouble is definitely brewing for both. Something’s got to be done before the town folk, friends, family and her husband figure out what’s going on. The novel contains both tender and humorous moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I like to watch you do everything. Can I watch you put lipstick on later?” I asked jokingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol's expression turned serious as she wiped her hands on a towel, put it down and looked at me for several long moments. \"We're back here where it happened, Jimmy. I wish it hadn't happened but it did. Yes, you can watch me put lipstick on but don't let your thoughts get carried away. It's not good for either of us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carol, I…….\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hush, Jimmy. Just listen. We're not going to make out. We're not going to make love again. We're not doing anything like that. It's just not going to happen. I want to hold onto you because I need you in my life, but not that way anymore. I'm just not made that way. Say you understand that, Jimmy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I understand it, Carol. I got it the other day in the car.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’m sorry I'm so serous. Don’t get mad at me.” She leaned down and put her elbows on the counter and her chin in her hands and looked at me. “The fact is, I love having you watch me, even when I put my lipstick on, but that's as far as it goes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You'd better get back to your cooking, Carol,\" I said as I took a sip of my Coke. \"I heard you the first time.\" She had re-stated her rules in a summary fashion but it was unnecessary. I was just happy to be with her again and I cherished this time with her—rules or no rules…………………………\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That's right, my dear.\" Although the woman appeared frail, her voice was strong and determined. She was here on a mission—but not one of our liking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You wrote the note?!\" Carol asked in a tone of annoyance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That's right, my dear. Little old Mrs. Perkins.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why? Why are you doing this Mrs. Perkins?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I know what you did.\" She looked at me with an icy stare and then back at Carol. \"With him. You're a sinner, an adulteress,\" she said......\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Arcilesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163190968560,"sku":"2940000886359","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000886359_p0.jpg?v=1763899177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000886359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}