{"product_id":"solace-and-ruin","title":"Solace and Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eForbidden was only the beginning…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI lost everything—my parents, my home, my future—until survival was all I had left. Finding enough food to fill my belly was the best I could hope for now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen he came into my life, saving me in more ways than one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wasn’t a stranger or the hero he pretended to be. He was someone from my past and knew who I was as soon as I gave him my name. He chose to keep the truth hidden, and that stung more than any of the losses I’ve experienced. The hope he had given was just a lie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the time I learned who he really was, I’d already crossed a line I couldn’t undo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWanting him was forbidden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoving him was worse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe age gap. The secrets. The life I was still clinging to—none of it mattered once my heart betrayed me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow I don’t know what hurts more: the truth he kept from me, or walking away from the one thing that made me believe in hope again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHe may have been my hero, but some betrayals can't be forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stacy Rush","offers":[{"title":"Original","offer_id":50536082440429,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Scratch \u0026 Dent","offer_id":50536082473197,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/3005\/3869\/files\/1771210447.png?v=1787705468","url":"https:\/\/www.authorstacyrush.com\/products\/solace-and-ruin","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}