{"product_id":"captured-by-the-canadians-t-l-martin-9798992510478","title":"Captured by the Canadians","description":"\u003cp\u003eI don't come undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI manage. I plan. I keep moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a Black woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when my car dies on a Canadian roadside on the way to a romance conference, panic hits before logic can catch up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm the one people call when things fall apart. I don't know what to do when there's no one to hand the problem to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Eli shows up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo good to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook-boyfriend good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuiet. Observant. Built like he fixes problems with his hands instead of words. Skin so rich and carefully tended it makes a woman wonder what else he takes his time with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when he offers me a deal I can't refuse-one week with no armor, in exchange for my tech brain solving a problem he can't muscle through-I do something I've spent years avoiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI give in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI tell myself it's temporary. A detour. Something to escape into, not be consumed by. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut since Eli is the kind of man who doesn't push. Doesn't rush. He simply makes space and allows the quiet to invite you in. In that space, I remember what it feels like to stop bracing for impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI agreed to release my cape for one week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI calculated the risk of staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I didn't calculate or account for was the cost of leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. L. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992510478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Midcentury Modern Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d","brand":"T. L. Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460400754943,"sku":"9798992510478","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebeb910a-89ea-470d-9cd3-f08226236fc8.jpg?v=1777414504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captured-by-the-canadians-t-l-martin-9798992510478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}