{"product_id":"valentin-elle-james-9781626955271","title":"Valentin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe needs protection. He wants to avoid attachment. The stakes just got personal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentin Vachon, a former Navy SEAL and commitment-phobic mercenary, is trained in extraction ops and thrives in high-stakes situations. After leaving the Navy, he joins Brotherhood Protectors in the Louisiana bayou, determined to avoid anything that remotely resembles a \"family.\" But his plans go awry when he's assigned to protect schoolteacher Ouida Mae \"Miz Mo\" Maudet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiz Mo is facing protests and threats over her science curriculum, but when Valentin, undercover as a P.E. teacher, steps in to help, he's quickly challenged by her feisty personality, the growing danger and non-athletic eighth graders. As threats escalate, Valentin is forced to spend more time with the fiery teacher, battling both the attackers and his own attraction to her-pushing him closer to the one thing he's always avoided: commitment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the bayou's chaos, their chemistry could be the one thing that saves them...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elle James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626955271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626955271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twisted Page Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Elle James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172372947199,"sku":"9781626955271","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/valentin-elle-james-9781626955271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}