{"product_id":"2940014480093","title":"Paddling Upstream","description":"He had it all – love, fame, and success – and fate took away the most important part.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe ran away to hide and fate found him again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe learned that you can have it all and lose it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFate again has him…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaddling Upstream\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael was an author hiding behind a pen name. He had it all - love, fame and success. Then cancer took his wife away from him. Distraught over her death, he bought a house in a small town in Louisiana and planned to spend the rest of his life in seclusion. A woman with a canoe met him and was determined to draw him out, and learn his secret. Aided by a friend who made a secret pledge to his dying wife to watch over him, Michael struggles. His devotion to his dead wife conflicts with feelings for the new woman. Can he let himself love again? Will the secrets they each hold keep them apart or bring them together?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is erotic romance, but the sex doesn't appear until Chapter 4.","brand":"J. Strickland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070615437552,"sku":"2940014480093","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014480093_p0.jpg?v=1763609422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014480093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}