{"product_id":"2940046559590","title":"Beholden","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeholden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. 4 of Love Through the Ages, a 5-Book Bundle\u003cbr\u003eof Contemporary Romance Novellas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy R. J. Will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne week after Clare graduated as the valedictorian of her high school senior class, her parents were killed in a horrific car crash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tragedy set Clare adrift, and she ended up canceling her plans to go to college. Instead, she stayed home and married Henry, her high school sweetheart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early years of Henry and Clare's marriage, when their two children were growing up, were happy years. Clare suffered from empty-nest syndrome after the kids were grown and gone, but in time she got over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr thought she did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in her mid-50s, her dissatisfaction with being what she called a \"stay-at-home wife\" was growing. She wanted to be more than that. She wanted to \"do something of worth\" before she died. The empty-nest syndrome had not disappeared; it had merely morphed into a burning desire to work outside of her home. Henry, who described himself as \"old school,\" was fiercely against the idea, and their marriage started to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Steve, a classmate of Henry and Clare's who had been a big-city banker before he returned to his hometown to manage the local bank. Steve had a shock of silver hair and a silver tongue to match. He reconnected with Clare and offered her what she considered a dream job – running the food bank he wanted to set up. But there was a catch. Steve made it clear he expected certain favors from Clare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet the power struggle begin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"R. J. Will","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072500646128,"sku":"2940046559590","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046559590_p0.jpg?v=1763695162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046559590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}