{"product_id":"2940014202268","title":"Beauty and The Best","description":"A Once-Upon-A-Time Romance by award-winning author, Judi Fennell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauty and The Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJolie Gardener, personal chef by day, aspiring romance writer by night, likes to talk and does it a lot. She has to because if she stops, all the pain, disillusionment, and abandonment of her AWOL mother, question-mark father, and foster-care childhood will rise up like a chocolate soufflé on steroids, sweeping away the fragile infrastructure of her life.\u003cbr\u003eBut she's fine. Really. She is.\u003cbr\u003eOr so she thinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTodd Best isn't fine. He knows it. And doesn't care.\u003cbr\u003eAfter his wife died—the woman who believed in him when he was a struggling artist—he put painting aside, moved from their home, and lost himself in the minutiae of daily life. \u003cbr\u003eAlone. Private. The way he likes it.\u003cbr\u003eThe last thing he needs is some chatty cook seeping into the perfectly bland canvas of his life.\u003cbr\u003eOr so he thinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when Jonathan, a guardian-angel-in-training, turns himself into a kitten to help these two lonely souls find a happily ever after together, his assignment ought to be a piece of cake.\u003cbr\u003eOr so he thinks…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*************************\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Judi Fennell’s stories:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fun and flirty. Judi Fennell will make you believe in … the magic of happily ever after.\"  ~ Jennifer Estep, USA Today best-selling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will adore the joy and humor and romance from Judi Fennell's creative pen.\"  ~ Jill Barnett, New York Times best-selling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fennell’s light and lively writing is full of humor and cleverness.”  ~ Publishers Weekly, 9\/15\/11","brand":"Judi Fennell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070449959152,"sku":"2940014202268","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014202268_p0.jpg?v=1763947559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014202268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}