{"product_id":"the-father-who-came-too-elizabeth-crown-9798181315761","title":"The Father Who Came Too Late: He left her in labor. Another man became the father their son needed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe built his empire with her own hands. He didn't notice - until she stopped holding it up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine months pregnant, Hannah finds another woman's perfume on her husband's collar and a receipt he can't explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she learns it's worse than an affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten years, Hannah Vance was \"just the wife.\" She kept the house, made no trouble, and watched Marcus turn a thirty-seat diner into the most envied restaurant group in Chicago. Everyone called him brilliant. Everyone called her lucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly Hannah knew the truth about whose hands had really built it. And she'd kept that secret for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Marcus wants out. Quietly, cleanly, on his terms. A younger woman on his arm. A team of lawyers on retainer. A prenup she signed at twenty-one without reading a single line. He's certain he's thought of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's forgotten one thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's forgotten the worn folder a quiet little man kept for ten years. He's forgotten which of them the suppliers actually trust. He's forgotten that an empire built on one person can't stand the moment she steps out from under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he has no idea that the night their baby fought to breathe, it wasn't Marcus who came running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow far will a man go to claim a son he never wanted - once a stranger starts to love the boy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does a woman owe the husband who spent a decade erasing her?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what happens the day she finally stops saving him?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slow-burn story of betrayal, quiet strength, and a love that asks nothing in return. For every woman who was ever underestimated - right up until she wasn't.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Crown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181315761\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\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Elizabeth Crown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097367126271,"sku":"9798181315761","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-father-who-came-too-elizabeth-crown-9798181315761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}