{"product_id":"9780061866517","title":"The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eBelle Cantrell felt guilty about killing her husband and she hated that. Feeling guilty, that is. A lady shouldn't do something she's going to feel guilty about later, was a rule Belle kept firmly in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell\u003c\/em\u003e, a story of murder, adultery, and regular church attendance, which introduces Belle Cantrell as a beautiful young widow with a rebellious streak, years before she will become grandmother to Sissy LeBlanc, the feisty main character of \u003cem\u003eLoraine Despres\u003c\/em\u003e's bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote, and a narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Life isn't easy for an unmarried woman, not in a little town like Gentry, Louisiana, especially after she's sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not as if Belle doesn't know how to behave. She knows the rules. She keeps the Primer of Propriety firmly in mind. But sometimes -- most of the time -- she has to twist the rules a little, or break them, or give them a permanent kink, because they all say the same thing: \"Don't.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a girl has got to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a year and a half of mourning, Belle decides to get on with her life and kicks off a season of tumult that will change her and Gentry forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSexy, sassy, with laugh-out-loud humor and a cast of zany characters you won't forget, \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell\u003c\/em\u003e is a big comic love story and a page-turner. But it delves deeper, as Belle struggles to find her moral center and stand up to forces that are determined to destroy the soul of a town and the people she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118881194224,"sku":"9780061866517","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061866517_p0.jpg?v=1769890311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061866517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}