{"product_id":"sharp-tongues-soft-truth-sydney-skyler-9798241471727","title":"Sharp Tongues, Soft Truth: A Hawkins Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome loves burn hot. Others cut deep.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Ryder left Hawkins chasing ambition-and came back wearing success like armor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a newly appointed dean at the Braintrust Medical School, Rachel expects a polite welcome, professional respect, and emotional distance from the town she once outgrew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she doesn't expect is Holly Henry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly stayed. She built a life, raised their daughter, and became a quiet constant in a town that remembers everything-including the way Rachel left, and who paid the price for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen past wounds collide with present power, old chemistry ignites into sharp, unfiltered honesty. Words become weapons. History resurfaces in public places. And Hawkins watches closely as two women who once loved each other are forced to confront whether love can survive pride, regret, and the cost of leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp Tongues, Soft Truths\u003c\/b\u003e is a high-verbal-heat sapphic romance about second chances, chosen vulnerability, and the courage it takes to let yourself be seen-especially by the person who knows you best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA standalone novel in the \u003cb\u003eHawkins\u003c\/b\u003e series, this is a story about love that doesn't erase the past... but finally tells the truth about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney Skyler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241471727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Sydney Skyler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171617317119,"sku":"9798241471727","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sharp-tongues-soft-truth-sydney-skyler-9798241471727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}