{"product_id":"romance-is-dead-merren-tait-9781991181497","title":"Romance is Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eBess is a cynic about most things: Politics, motor racing being an actual sport, the keto diet, and Gen Z's need to punctuate every sentence with an emoji����\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Bess is particularly cynical about modern love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer TikTok channel 'Romance is Dead' has one other viewer who's not her mum, and her art installations about her disastrous encounters with men are met with bemusement at best and mockery at worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody is interested in her message. Especially not her best friend, Ed, who seems to be quietly amused by her \"aggressively closed door\" attitude to her love life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen two extraordinary things happen: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of her TikTok videos goes viral and she's suddenly a social media It Girl with the power to influence watchers against the folly of falling for what constitutes modern romance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone starts leaving her love letters written by a soldier in the Second World War and Bess starts to believe in love again.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's only one problem: Stuck in the romance of the past, Bess falls for the writer of the letters and forgets that someone in the present is responsible for sending them to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's just possible this \u003cem\u003esomeone\u003c\/em\u003e is the quietly amused type. And maybe they have a very good reason for wanting to prove to her that modern romance isn't dead after all...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Merren Tait\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1991181493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781991181497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lola Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Merren Tait","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450449441023,"sku":"9781991181497","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e76cd933-4c81-468e-adb9-81645d7389a6.jpg?v=1777267827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/romance-is-dead-merren-tait-9781991181497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}