{"product_id":"2940154100424","title":"Louder Than Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eI thought I’d hit rock bottom when my dad died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI never dreamed my mom would choose drugs and alcohol over me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was wrong about that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thought teachers were there to instruct, to guide, to counsel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrong doesn’t begin to describe what nearly happened that last day of my Junior year. Lesson learned; trust is for suckers and actions speak louder than words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew plan. Keep up my grades, earn a scholarship, tuck into as tight a ball as possible and roll on out of this town and this life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this boy, this Casanova transplant with a funny accent, who’s way too charming to be healthy for a girl... Why won’t he let me be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish I hadn’t let him in on my secrets...well, most of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish I hadn’t grown to look forward to our daily walks to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut mostly, I wish I hadn’t freaked out when he tried to steal a kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe I wouldn’t be parked in the friend zone. Maybe he wouldn’t be dating a girl I loathe. Maybe I wouldn’t be in this hell of wanting what I can’t have but having what I thought I wanted—to be left alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spencer Imaginarium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114112467184,"sku":"2940154100424","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154100424_p0.jpg?v=1764108414","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154100424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}