{"product_id":"9781450259163","title":"Steeled with a Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Penny Lane, her career and her engagement are a convoluted mess. An “accidental” religious rock star, she sings with the band Save the Chukkas under the stage name of Margo Steale; she’s engaged to fellow band member, Lenny Blue, who proposed to her on stage during the Grammy Awards. But she realizes she loves Lenny more like a friend than a future husband.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis realization becomes very clear during a chance encounter with Dr. Marc Hawthorne, a local black scholar and elementary school teacher. As a romance between Penny and Marc blooms and moves forward quickly, Penny tells Lenny that she cannot marry him; a media frenzy ensues.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut the situation becomes even more complex when Lenny turns up dead. The first rumors hint at suicide, though investigators are also considering his death a homicide with possible involvement by Penny. Can Marc trust that his new love is a victim of “wrong place, wrong time” syndrome? When the truth finally tumbles out during Lenny’s funeral, the final pieces of the puzzle show a deeper fracture that can only be healed by love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154916753648,"sku":"9781450259163","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450259163_p0.jpg?v=1763833657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450259163","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}