{"product_id":"a-best-friend-in-bent-creek-9798988550945","title":"A Best Friend in Bent Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen friendship turns to something more . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'd rather do anything than come back to Bent Creek, the town that took everything from me. But I can't ignore a text from my childhood best friend, Sam, asking for help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeing Sam again is almost more than I can handle. I've harbored a crush on her since I was twelve, but it's not something I can act on. Not when she only sees me as a friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, I have to focus on befriending her blackmailer. I can make him leave her alone if I can find something to use against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Bent Creek comes with other problems too-like the Nobles. Keeping myself in check when I cross Wilder Noble isn't easy. Especially when it appears he knows the family secret I've kept from my brothers for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there's one thing I'd never do, it's abandon the people I love when they need me the most. Even if that means keeping an impossible promise to my brothers. And even if it means pretending I'm not in love with Sam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamantha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know what I was thinking, sending that text to Colt. I thought I could handle everything, but I'm in over my head at work. Colt was the only person I could think of who might be able to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeing him again is a shock. He's grown up from that gangly kid I used to hang out with, and it's hard to look away. I can't have those feelings for my best friend, not if I want to keep our friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet spending more time with him is making my attraction to him impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know Colt would do anything to help me, but my blackmailer isn't giving up, despite Colt's efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it may be too late once we find out what he really wants from me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarybeth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI haven't talked to my brothers in months. Ever since I exposed their selfish intentions related to the old Harker ranch land to the entire town, I've been unofficially cut out of the Noble family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when both my shop and my brother's house is broken into, an already strained situation grows even harder to navigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith my business on the line and my brothers certain that my boyfriend's family is responsible for the break-ins, it feels as if the old tensions in Bent Creek are on the verge of exploding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catie Cahill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50920672428306,"sku":"9798988550945","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70285aa6-a9c9-4f15-9ffe-e89502ad77f4.jpg?v=1738910522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-best-friend-in-bent-creek-9798988550945","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}