{"product_id":"since-you-fumbled-alina-smith-9798184044163","title":"Since You Fumbled: A Black Romance Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003eNia Vaughn gave eight years, two children, and every soft part of herself to DeMarcus \"Mars\" Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, Mars looks like the kind of man a woman should be grateful for. He provides. He is handsome. He knows how to play father of the year when people are watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut at home, Nia gets leftovers-leftover affection, leftover attention, leftover intimacy, and leftover dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her best friend shows her proof of Mars wrapped up with another woman inside his own lounge, Nia is forced to face the truth she already felt: the relationship she kept trying to save had already been abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving him means starting over with kids, bills, family opinions, and the shame of admitting she stayed too long. But Nia is done shrinking herself to fit inside a love that no longer makes room for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a catering job brings her into the orbit of Kairo Bennett, a retired basketball player with quiet confidence, real patience, and the kind of consistency Nia forgot a man could have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKairo does not come to rescue her. He simply sees her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this time, Nia has to decide what she deserves before she lets anybody love her again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMars fumbled. Now Nia is choosing herself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSince You Fumbled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary Black romance novella about betrayal, motherhood, healing, self-worth, and the kind of love that finds a woman after she finally stops settling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fits the story's main promise: Nia leaving emotional neglect, rebuilding herself, and receiving romance as the reward-not the rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alina Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184044163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Alina Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084249309439,"sku":"9798184044163","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/since-you-fumbled-alina-smith-9798184044163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}