{"product_id":"hoofbeats-jove-chambers-9798376928288","title":"Hoofbeats: a monster romance","description":"The centaur arrives in town and builds a truly ostentatious house, big enough to take up an entire city block, throwing around his money as if it's a calling card into society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiss Phoebe Llewellyn, daughter of the late Earl of Crisbane, knows high society sits high on a gated hill, and they aren't admitting anyone. She knows, because she has been cast out. She is ruined, her virtue trampled long ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe centaur may think to rise, but he is little more than an oddity, a tidbit of gossip. Society will never accept him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she meets the centaur, he robs her of the ability to breathe. It's the way he looks at her, the dark hunger in his eyes, the barely-contained desire there. No one has ever wanted her in that way. Savage, base yearning. Dangerous yearning. Terrifying yearning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he asks for her hand in marriage, she can't say she's displeased. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf she weren't ruined, it would be out of the question. But she knows that she has no other prospects. So, marrying a new-money social climber and being lavished with his coin? She's not dismissing it out of hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if the bottom half of him is a \u003ci\u003ehorse\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if she doesn't see how one can... with that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if the way he seems to want her borders on bestial madness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis gaslamp fantasy monster romance is spicy, angsty, and dark. It's got a fixation with horse analogies (mounting, breaking, training, etc.) If a reader will get her bridle in a twist about such things, she should beware.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jove Chambers, Val Saintcrowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8376928287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798376928288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"Jove Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128904184063,"sku":"9798376928288","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a539fc56-3c24-4644-ab26-62d355dcb62b.jpg?v=1687461054","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hoofbeats-jove-chambers-9798376928288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}