{"product_id":"the-trouble-ticket-that-rebooted-aj-zambrano-9798187033256","title":"The Trouble Ticket That Rebooted Hearts","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe can fix anything at Murray \u0026amp; Associates except the one thing wrong with himself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Blevins \u003c\/b\u003edidn't take the marketing coordinator job because it was her dream. She took it because the listing didn't mention golf. Eighteen months later, she's finally pitching the campaign that could make her career - until her computer dies four days before the biggest presentation of her life, and the only person who can save it is the office's infamously unreadable IT guy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Fellows \u003c\/b\u003ekeeps this company running single-handedly, and no one has ever bothered to notice. Not the partners who take credit for his work. Not the coworkers who mock him to his face. For years, he's kept a quiet, private record of exactly who deserves it - and made sure, in small, invisible ways only he could trace, that they got what was coming to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen Lisa starts asking the right questions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's sharp enough to see through his flat stare to the person underneath it. Observant enough to notice the pattern nobody else has caught. And honest enough that when she finally puts it together - that the mild-mannered IT guy has been running a secret campaign of quiet revenge for years - she doesn't run.\u003cbr\u003eShe stays. And she asks him why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat follows is late nights in a basement server room, after-work drinks that turn into something else, and a slow-burn workplace romance neither of them saw coming - set against a countdown neither of them can stop.\u003c\/b\u003e Murray \u0026amp; Associates is outsourcing IT, and Derek's job, and the secret he's been keeping, both have an expiration date.\u003cbr\u003eDerek has to decide if the man he's been is someone he's willing to stop being. Lisa has to decide if she can love someone for exactly who he is - including the parts he's ashamed of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd together, \u003c\/b\u003ethey have to find out if \"close enough\" is enough to build a life on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TROUBLE TICKET THAT REBOOTED HEARTS \u003c\/b\u003eis a full-length, dual-POV workplace romance with a grumpy-but-brilliant IT hero, a heroine who refuses to be overlooked, and a slow burn that actually pays off. Perfect for readers who love opposites-attract office romance, hidden-depths heroes, competence as foreplay, and a redemption arc that's genuinely earned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel contains banter that turns into tension, \u003c\/b\u003e a hero with a real dark secret, a heroine who calls him on it, and steam that'll make you glad IT support doesn't actually work this way at your job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aj Zambrano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187033256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Aj Zambrano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174370550015,"sku":"9798187033256","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trouble-ticket-that-rebooted-aj-zambrano-9798187033256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}