{"product_id":"on-borrowed-time-ak-morgan-9798234136695","title":"On Borrowed Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't a choice. He was an inevitability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the quiet of a greenhouse, I felt a pull I wasn't supposed to follow. For a few stolen moments on his birthday, the world outside those glass walls disappeared. I didn't know his name; I only knew that for the first time in a long time, I felt seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time the truth came out, the damage was already done. He wasn't just off-limits. He was my best friend's father-and he belonged to his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've spent the last two years staying away. I built a career at the country club, convinced that if I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e didn't see him, I could finally stop wondering about the what ifs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, he's back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHired to build the club's new greenhouse bar, he is no longer a memory. He is a constant reminder of everything I tried to bury. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know the cost of staying, the wreckage that follows a love this forbidden, but every time I turn to leave, he refuses to let me go. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd after a lifetime of running, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm done trying to outrun the inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ak Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234136695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.25d","brand":"Ak Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666038755583,"sku":"9798234136695","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34f3de35-7a17-429b-8d98-8a5fd77de3ce.jpg?v=1792015260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-borrowed-time-ak-morgan-9798234136695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}