{"product_id":"hard-checked-harper-aldridge-9798235665194","title":"Hard Checked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll Sable wanted was coffee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she got was six feet of surly Albanian hockey player destroying her latte-and her carefully designed phoenix sketches-in front of a very entertained crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorse? Someone filmed it. Now she's TikTok famous as half of the \"Lavender Latte Couple.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEven worse?\u003c\/strong\u003e The infuriating man is her 2pm appointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLukas \"Lock\" Virek is the captain of the Hartford Hawks and he's spent nine months clawing his way back from a career-ending injury. He doesn't need viral fame. He doesn't need complications. And he definitely doesn't need a tattoo artist with a sharp tongue, sharper eyeliner, and zero tolerance for his attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she's the only one who understood why he wanted a phoenix that burns instead of rises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow they're stuck together.\u003c\/strong\u003e Session after session. Her hands on his skin for hours. The internet dissecting their every interaction. His teammates chirping endlessly. Her friends filming everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tells himself the way his heart races is just the needle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not the needle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between the ink and the anger, Lock starts showing up when she doesn't ask. Remembering things she never told him. Looking at her like she's the only person in any room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe's falling. Hard. First.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Sable's terrified she might be falling too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis could destroy them both-or become the greatest thing they've ever built from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Aldridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235665194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Aldridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.89d","brand":"Harper Aldridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666042163455,"sku":"9798235665194","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-checked-harper-aldridge-9798235665194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}