{"product_id":"2940154049709","title":"Consequences (Of Defensive Adultery)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFROM THE PUBLISHER: Twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth did not plan to break up his marriage when she had an affair with her law school professor. But she did. Fifteen years later, she’s still coming to terms with the consequences of her youthful infatuation: trying to love a stepdaughter who hates her, financially and emotionally supporting an ex-wife who will never forgive the betrayal, and enduring the relentless overtures of a sister-in-law who’s determined to be her best friend. As her sister-in-law plunges into a reckless affair and her stepdaughter aggressively explores her sexuality, Elizabeth finds herself forced to reconsider her definition of love, commitment, and responsibility—a process that finally releases her from the shackles of her past mistakes and shows her the way to her own happily-ever-after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEASER\u003cbr\u003e“What’s that?”\u003cbr\u003e—This? Nothing. A photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe looks at the photograph, and demands a story I don’t want to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Isn’t this what all women want? A lover who as passionately interested in the quotidian details of their boring, dysfunctional lives as in their desirable bodies?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. Not me. Or do I? I start to talk. I tell him about… about all of them. And, inadvertently, me. Things I’ve never put into words for anyone before…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That’s the game you and I are playing. Do you not know that? I am looking for the key. You’re trying not to give it to me. But you want to play, and so you keep on talking, and so eventually, you will.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’m careful not to say too much. I am not going to take my sociopathic lover of the moment into the tragedy of my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Why not? Tragedy is erotic. The things that make you laugh don’t arouse, lover. Check yourself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReally? I’m doing this? Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Because you want to. Because you’re compelled. Does it matter? Just talk.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo. I do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eThe Photograph\u003cbr\u003ePink Panties\u003cbr\u003eHard To Open\u003cbr\u003eEnter The Adulterer\u003cbr\u003eThe Woman In Red\u003cbr\u003eThe Whore Who Wore Turquoise\u003cbr\u003eCareless\u003cbr\u003eRevenge Sex\u003cbr\u003eRenaming Destiny\u003cbr\u003eDreaming Of Silence\u003cbr\u003eBaby Oil\u003cbr\u003eSperm Donor\u003cbr\u003eAlways The Woman’s Fault\u003cbr\u003eC--- In A Boardroom\u003cbr\u003eBlackmail\u003cbr\u003eMagic Carpet Ride\u003cbr\u003eCondoms In A Suitcase\u003cbr\u003eComing Out\u003cbr\u003ePretty Boy\u003cbr\u003ePromiscuous Polyamory\u003cbr\u003eEducating Philistines\u003cbr\u003eF---ing Artists\u003cbr\u003eGuilt In A Tea Cup\u003cbr\u003eLabels\u003cbr\u003eCoercion\u003cbr\u003eUngrateful\u003cbr\u003eDuplicate\u003cbr\u003eSecrets In A Velvet Bag\u003cbr\u003eBittersweet Coffee\u003cbr\u003eWords On The Screen\u003cbr\u003eAddictions\u003cbr\u003eEnabler\u003cbr\u003eFoolish Cougar\u003cbr\u003eNo More\u003cbr\u003eCrash\u003cbr\u003eSuffering For Art\u003cbr\u003ePlaying Cupid\u003cbr\u003eEmasculation\u003cbr\u003eRitual\u003cbr\u003eMuse\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Day\u003cbr\u003eCast-Offs\u003cbr\u003eViolation\u003cbr\u003eAgain With The Confession\u003cbr\u003eFettered, Free\u003cbr\u003eAbsolution\u003cbr\u003eThreshold\u003cbr\u003eAn Unsatisfactory Ending\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M. Jane Colette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082615570672,"sku":"2940154049709","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154049709_p0.jpg?v=1764061757","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154049709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}