{"product_id":"9781594482946","title":"Always","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom cult phenomenon to award-winning literary sensation, \"the sexiest action figure since James Bond\" (\u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) returns in an exhilarating new thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt doesn't matter how well trained you are, how big, how fast, how strong; there will always be someone out there bigger or faster or stronger. Always.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what Aud Torvingen teaches the students in her self-defense class. But the question is whether Aud really believes this lesson herself-and if not, what it will take for her to learn it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAud has trained herself to achieve a fierce, machine-like precision, in hand-to-hand combat as well as life. But in Always she is abruptly confronted with the limits of her own power. Her self-defense classes spin violently out of her grasp and, still reeling from the consequences, she embarks on a seemingly simple investigation of Seattle real estate fraud that pulls her into something far more complicated and dangerous than she had imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055853682928,"sku":"9781594482946","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594482946_p0.jpg?v=1763811967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594482946","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}