{"product_id":"the-blackthorne-dynasty-jamar-stewart-9798199456890","title":"The Blackthorne Dynasty: The Bargain: A Short Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe held the wall his whole life. One winter, four people tried to make him set it down.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien Blackthorne was raised on a single rule: hold the wall with one hand, and keep the other free, so nothing can ever be taken from you. By thirty-one he had perfected it - cold, exact, and on his way to becoming the old man in the front hall with nothing left to set down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, in the space of one winter, four people tried to hand him back the thing his family traded away a hundred years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dying grandfather with one true sentence left to say. A vanished mother, and a green stone sent from far away. The housekeeper who kept the warm thing alive before dawn. And the lawyer who offered him the one honest way out of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe chose the other way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackthorne Bargain\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the man Juliet meets in \u003ci\u003eThe Vow\u003c\/i\u003e - the winter before he bought a wife, told from his side, ending the moment everything begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA prequel novella to the Blackthorne Dynasty. Start here - then begin with\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Vow.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDark contemporary romance - slow burn - a complete origin story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamar Stewart,Tiernan Crow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199456890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Jamar Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742225379583,"sku":"9798199456890","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3298478c-f58e-426f-91c6-caf644457b90.jpg?v=1782444095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blackthorne-dynasty-jamar-stewart-9798199456890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}