{"product_id":"2940044986640","title":"Blood Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eConnell Ambers was fifteen when she was raped and left for dead by her brother’s best friend.  Ben Reed was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and confined to a psychiatric hospital. Later, through his father’s influence, he was moved to a private facility. Connell received a worst sentence; now a victim of agoraphobia and haunted by continual nightmares, she has become a recluse, taken refuge on Isla Bahia de Sangre—Blood Bay Island--off the coast of the little town of Stella, in Georgia's Golden Isles, with only her pets and her painting to console her. Though she has Internet and a cell phone, she rarely answers e-mails and lets her phone go uncharged.\u003cbr\u003eTucker McKenzie was simply supposed to stop by the island on his way to Florida and check on a frat brother’s sister.  Agreeable to doing this favor for Jesse Ambers, Tuck makes two visits to the island before meeting Connell face-to-face but when he does, he finds a contradictory young woman toward whom he feels a startling attraction. The man who was just passing through stays on and in spite of Connell’s fears of intimacy, they begin a tentative and somewhat one-sided love affair, as Tuck encourages her into taking the first steps toward again leading a normal life.\u003cbr\u003eThen Ben Reed escapes, leaving behind a trail of bodies as he makes his way to Bahia de Sangre. His purpose: to finish what he started nine years before.  Luring Tuck away and isolating Connell, Ben prepares for a fatal meeting with his supposed love. It will be a reunion he doesn’t expect, however, for when he breaks into the cottage on Isla de Bahia Sangre, Connell is waiting for him…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e…with a gun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Class Act Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077914378480,"sku":"2940044986640","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044986640_p0.jpg?v=1763673098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044986640","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}