{"product_id":"before-the-hat-sara-bourgeois-9798250871297","title":"Before the Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoira Tallowmere is dead. Her familiar is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePippin has been keeping Gallows Gate since before the road was paved. He's outlasted every witch who lived here, every Stonehart who tried to take it, and every version of grief that comes with watching the people you protect cross the veil without you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the house is empty. The wards are failing. The most powerful witch in town wants the property, and she's not wrong that it needs saving. She's just wrong about who gets to save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePippin can feel the heir out there, faint and far away, a woman who has no idea what she is. All he has to do is hold the house together until she arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is, he's a cat. He can't file paperwork. He can't open a mailbox. He can't do anything except sit on the porch, push leaves off the steps, and refuse to let go of something he was never given the choice to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he loved it anyway. And he's not letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA prequel novella to\u003c\/i\u003e If the Hat Fits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Bourgeois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250871297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Sara Bourgeois","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440747884799,"sku":"9798250871297","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d3b6d88-a33a-4626-a7ff-8282fe85eedf.jpg?v=1777184539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-hat-sara-bourgeois-9798250871297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}