{"product_id":"2940169978346","title":"300 Days of Sun: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining the atmosphere of Jess Waltersamp;#8217; \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Klineamp;#8217;s \u003cem\u003eThe Orphan Train, \u003c\/em\u003eDeborah Lawrensonamp;#8217;s mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy pastamp;#8212;where two women, decades apart, are drawn into a dark game of truth and lies that still haunts the shifting sea marshes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraveling to Faro, Portugal, journalist Joanna Millard hopes to escape an unsatisfying relationship and a stalled career. Faro is an enchanting town, and the seaside views are enhanced by the company of Nathan Emberlin, a charismatic younger man. But behind the crumbling facades of Moorish buildings, Joanna soon realizes, Faro has a seedy underbelly, its economy compromised by corruption and wartime spoils. And Nathan has an ulterior motive for seeking her company: he is determined to discover the truth involving a childamp;#8217;s kidnapping that may have taken place on this dramatic coastline over two decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoannaamp;#8217;s subsequent search leads her to Ian Rylands, an English expat who cryptically insists she will find answers in \u003cem\u003eThe Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel written by American Esta Hartford. The book recounts an American coupleamp;#8217;s experience in Portugal during World War II, and their entanglements both personal and professional with their German enemies. Only Rylands insists the book isnamp;#8217;t fiction, and as Joanna reads deeper into \u003cem\u003eThe Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e, she begins to suspect that Esta Hartfordamp;#8217;s story and Nathan Emberlinamp;#8217;s may indeed converge in Faroamp;#8212;where the past not only casts a long shadow but still exerts a very present danger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102307598576,"sku":"2940169978346","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169978346_p0.jpg?v=1763698667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169978346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}