{"product_id":"the-pact-casey-peeler-9798257794582","title":"The Pact","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe built a life the world applauds-until coming home reminds her what her heart never forgot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaelyn Dukes is a competitive marathon runner with a successful gluten-free lifestyle brand-and a life built on speed. Sponsorships. Airports. Finish lines. Everything looks perfect from the outside... until she returns to Shady Oak, North Carolina for her ten-year high school reunion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome is supposed to be a quick stop. Instead, it becomes a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer mama's long-awaited county fair dream is finally taking shape. Old wounds and small-town memories surface. And Camp Kendrick-the steady, blue-collar farmer who's loved her since they were kids-steps back into her life like he never stopped being her safe place. Camp is work boots and quiet loyalty: early mornings, hard work, and the kind of devotion that shows up without needing credit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen gossip flares and her past threatens her peace, Maelyn and Camp strike a one-week deal: a pretend relationship to survive the reunion and silence the talk. It's supposed to be harmless. Temporary. Easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut fake dating gets complicated when the feelings aren't pretend... and the life Maelyn built starts demanding more than she wants to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs career pressure tightens and the spotlight pulls her farther from everything that grounds her, Maelyn must decide what success really means-and whether the life she's running toward is worth losing the love that feels like home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PACT\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003cb\u003eclean, closed-door Southern romance\u003c\/b\u003e packed with \u003cb\u003esmall-town charm\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebest friends-to-lovers tension\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efake dating sparks\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003eblue-collar hero\u003c\/b\u003e, and a \u003cb\u003ehopeful happily-ever-after\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclean small town southern romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclosed door best friends to lovers romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efake dating clean romance small town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblue collar hero clean romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esecond chance coming home romance clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erunner athlete romance clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclean romance runner influencer small town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Casey Peeler,Kc Dover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257794582\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\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Casey Peeler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874789142783,"sku":"9798257794582","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pact-casey-peeler-9798257794582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}