{"product_id":"2940157616229","title":"Ruthless People","description":"Ruthless People #1...the book that started it all...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the outside world, they look like American royalty, giving to charities, feeding the homeless, and rebuilding the city. But behind closed doors is a constant battle for dominance between two bosses, cultures, and hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuthless People is a romantic crime fiction set in modern day Chicago and follows the life and marriage of Melody Giovanni and Liam Callahan - rivals by blood and leaders through fear. Theirs is an arranged marriage with the goal of ending years of bloodshed between the Irish and the Italians. Liam assumes he's getting a simple-minded wife, one he can control, one who bends to his every need...he'll soon find out that his wife to be does not fit that mold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelody knows exactly what type of man Liam is and would rather die than give up the power she has spent her life earning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mafia of the past has evolved, and with rival bosses gunning for their family, Melody and Liam will have to learn to work as one to take down those who stand in their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheck out more thrilling titles in the Ruthless People series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUTHLESS PEOPLE #1\u003cbr\u003e\"One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNTOUCHABLES (#2)\u003cbr\u003e\"One Secret, Multiple Casualties.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMERICAN SAVAGES (#3)\u003cbr\u003e\"Villains by Choice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BLOODY KINGDOM (#4)\u003cbr\u003e\"After the battle, sharpen your knives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDECLAN + CORALINE (prequel novella that takes place 2 years before Ruthless People)\u003cbr\u003e\"You don't find love; it finds you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd look for the Ruthless People spinoff, Children of Vice--out 5.17.17. \"From the Ruthless, Vice shall Rise.\"","brand":"NYLA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174682771696,"sku":"2940157616229","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157616229_p0.jpg?v=1764097882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157616229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}