{"product_id":"rope-burn-kirk-sheppard-9798994784112","title":"Rope Burn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fifteen years, Luke has kept Stan Weizenschmidt's indie wrestling promotion from falling apart. \u003c\/strong\u003eHe books the matches, mops up the blood, smooths over disasters, and somehow holds down a day job in IT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's the man behind the curtain - close enough to touch the dream but never quite in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a devastating in-ring injury threatens the future of the promotion, Luke watches the world he's sacrificed everything for begin to crack. A locker room divided. A rival promoter circling. A boss who treats loyalty as currency. And a choice Luke has been avoiding for years: stay in the orbit of a business that will never love him back, or finally walk away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRope Burn\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about passion, sacrifice, and the slow realization that the things we love can also be the things that consume us. Set in the gritty, colorful backstage world of independent professional wrestling, it's a story for anyone who has ever given too much of themselves to something that didn't give enough back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years inside the indie wrestling world, Kirk Sheppard delivers an authentic portrait of a business built on spectacle and held together by the people who refuse to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirk Sheppard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994784112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Foot in Mouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Kirk Sheppard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623593488639,"sku":"9798994784112","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rope-burn-kirk-sheppard-9798994784112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}