{"product_id":"the-penalty-for-overdue-books-rachelle-ayala-9798313007991","title":"The Penalty for Overdue Books: Final Notice: Your Life is Due","description":"\u003cp\u003eHer life is overdue, and tonight she has to pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Dankworth\u003c\/b\u003e finds her name on a library due date card. The fine? Her entire existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You shouldn't be alive,\" the card whispers at midnight. \"You stole someone else's story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen years ago, Rachel survived falling through ice when she should have died. Now the \u003cb\u003eEmberwick Library\u003c\/b\u003e has come to collect-with interest. Text crawls beneath her skin like living tattoos. Her body flickers transparent at the edges. She's being erased, word by word, paragraph by paragraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You're nineteen years overdue,\" warns \u003cb\u003eDexter\u003c\/b\u003e, a library assistant who moonlights as a necromancer. \"That's a debt you can only repay with your life-and even that won't cover the interest.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a relentless enemy determined to reclaim her story and transfer it to someone else, Rachel faces a terrifying truth: her memories, her dreams, her very identity-it's all just a clerical error the library intends to correct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the collection department has sharp teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachelle Ayala,Bella Vex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798313007991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Rachelle Ayala","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852538753279,"sku":"9798313007991","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-penalty-for-overdue-books-rachelle-ayala-9798313007991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}