{"product_id":"under-the-weatherman-mary-ann-marlowe-9781971565019","title":"Under the Weatherman","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy best friend ropes me into some pretty outlandish shenanigans, but tonight's one for the record books. Up to her usual mischief, she dares me to hit up a random stranger at a bar-and tell him only lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'd rather hide behind a book than flirt, but inventing a fictional narrative gives me the nerve to saunter up to a magazine-gorgeous blond and say, \"Hey!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he turns his pretty green eyes on me, eyes framed by dark bookish glasses-my kryptonite-I panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I was in your class with, uh-\" I snap my fingers, hoping he'll play along with some vague long-lost connection, out of politeness if nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, the sexy librarian only squints at me, then his camera-ready smile widens. \"Lizzy Graham?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, my god. He's not supposed to \u003cem\u003ebelieve \u003c\/em\u003eme. I want to bail, but a dare's a dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we \u003cem\u003ecatch up\u003c\/em\u003e, I suspect Evan's pranking me right back. I tell him I'm a zoologist who speaks Latin to pigs. He claims to be a TV weatherman from Indiana. Sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's funny and cute, and I wish I hadn't promised to lie to him. I want him to know \u003cem\u003eme\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003ereal \u003c\/em\u003eme. So when the bar closes, I come clean and, assuming we're on the same page, invite him to my place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he doesn't contact me for weeks afterwards, I feel like the dupe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as I'm getting over the mortification, who should show up at my workplace as the new face of weather at six and eleven?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI might be frosty, but he's even icier because somehow he's only \u003cem\u003ejust \u003c\/em\u003ediscovered I'm not the person I said I was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Ann Marlowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971565016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971565019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Ann Marlowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Mary Ann Marlowe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520450244863,"sku":"9781971565019","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e627c1b-41a2-43fa-a51d-6d76a405903b.jpg?v=1778742287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-the-weatherman-mary-ann-marlowe-9781971565019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}