{"product_id":"9781450080194","title":"Unexpected Rendezvous","description":"Winter of 1993 - Alaska State Park Ranger Clay Blakely leaves the court house in Palmer, Alaska a single man. His divorce is final. His thoughts turn to his son Kevin and what the future may hold.    \u003cbr\u003eWhat's a single, middle aged man with a 4 year old son going to do? His funds are low because as a  \u003cbr\u003epark ranger he works only seasonally. Many jobs in Alaska are seasonal, it's the nature of the state. As  \u003cbr\u003ehe drives home he notices the winter white of Alaska around him. He thinks of Mexico and Puerto  \u003cbr\u003eVallarta where he and Debbie had yearned to go on a vacation as soon as they could afford it. The  \u003cbr\u003ewinter wind whistles across the road hurling bursts of snow in front of his truck. \u003cp\u003eThe sound of snow crunching under the truck's tires brings him back to reality. He glances out the  \u003cbr\u003edriver's side window as he slows the truck to a stop at the last intersection in town before entering the  \u003cbr\u003ePalmer\/Wasilla highway to home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis eye catches the sign in the \"Round the World\" travel agency window, \"Vacation in Mexico,  \u003cbr\u003ereasonable air fares, and lodging available.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce in Mexico he meets someone whose company he really enjoys. His dating skills are clumsy as he  \u003cbr\u003ehas been out of the dating scene for quite some time. But, fearing that a 6,000 plus mile relationship  \u003cbr\u003ewould never work he and Kevin leave Puerto Vallarta without even saying goodbye. Or, so Clay  \u003cbr\u003ethinks as he and Kevin board their flight back to Anchorage, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140563878128,"sku":"9781450080194","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450080194_p0.jpg?v=1763833625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450080194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}