{"product_id":"9781516100538","title":"The Offer","description":"The award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reunion \u003c\/i\u003econtinues her dazzling new series with a novel of one woman's fall from saint to sinner . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Betancourt's future looks bleak. The daughter of an ailing vicar in a village with no eligible bachelors, her only hope is to find employment as a governess or companion. As she helps her childhood friend, the new Duchess of Worley, through her pregnancy, the ever-practical Lucy makes her plans. But life-in the way of the dashing Bex Brantwood-has something else in store for Lucy...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon meeting Bex, the duke's cousin, Lucy offers herself up to him. But Bex is no family man looking for a governess. And Lucy is not exactly mistress material. Still, the misunderstanding ends in a kiss neither can forget . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBex finds the proper vicar's daughter and her most improper proposal endlessly amusing-and attractive. But, saddled with debt, he's in no position to keep a woman, much less marry one, which is what a woman like Lucy deserves. Little does he know that even with her reputation at stake, Lucy will take the biggest gamble of her life by following her heart-straight into his arms . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045445091568,"sku":"9781516100538","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781516100538_p0.jpg?v=1763728140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781516100538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}