{"product_id":"the-cost-of-access-charity-shed-martin-9798235615588","title":"The Cost Of Access","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimone Lain arrived at Xavier University determined to build a future on her own terms. Smart, ambitious, and driven, she believes education is her way out of financial uncertainty. But when mounting tuition bills, living expenses, and impossible choices threaten to derail her dreams, survival demands a different strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a calculated decision soon introduces Simone to a world she has only observed from a distance; a world of wealth, influence, privilege, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she meets Malcolm Delacroix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA successful New Orleans attorney with influence in every room he enters, Malcolm offers Simone something she desperately needs: access. Access to opportunity. Access to financial security. Access to a life she never imagined possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their arrangement deepens, the lines between business and desire begin to blur. Simone finds herself navigating complicated questions about ambition, loyalty, independence, and the true cost of getting everything she thought she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of New Orleans, \u003cem\u003eThe Cost of Access\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling contemporary novel about power, proximity, survival, and the choices we make when opportunity comes with conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charity Shed-Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235615588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charity Shed-Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Charity Shed-Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997901205759,"sku":"9798235615588","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cost-of-access-charity-shed-martin-9798235615588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}