{"product_id":"airplane-mode-an-arranged-marriage-9798313927350","title":"Airplane Mode: An Arranged Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Goal: Take my first flight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-seven-year-old Avery White was tired of waiting-waiting to live, waiting to breathe, waiting to finally put herself first. For years, she sacrificed everything to care for her ill mother, and now that chapter had closed. It was time to start living on her own terms. First up? Facing her fear and boarding an airplane for the first time. But when her best friend bails, she's left to take that step alone... or so she thought. \u003cb\u003eA fleeting, yet oddly intense, encounter with a stranger wasn't in the plan. Neither was what happened after.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Plan: Enjoy my last days of freedom before duty calls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thirty-year-old Maasai McCarter, love had never been a choice-it was an obligation. \u003cb\u003eHis entire life was carefully orchestrated, from the way he moved to the way he'd eventually settle down.\u003c\/b\u003e As the heir to his family's empire, there was no room for distractions, no room for detours. His fate was sealed. A week of reckless indulgence was supposed to be his final taste of freedom before locking himself into a future he never wanted. \u003cb\u003eBut then \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e happened.\u003c\/b\u003e A chance meeting. A collision of two souls who weren't supposed to cross paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Proposition: One night. No strings attached. No getting attached.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut the mind has a funny way of playing tricks on the heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat started as a simple escape-a single night of forgetting their realities-quickly turned into something much more complicated. \u003cb\u003eOne night became two. Then three. Then an addiction neither of them could shake.\u003c\/b\u003e She was his peace, his chaos, his perfect distraction. But was she also his undoing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvery never intended to fall, but she also never expected to feel \u003ci\u003eseen\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eas if Maasai had cracked open the parts of her she kept hidden, the ones even she was afraid to explore.\u003c\/b\u003e He knew just what to say, just how to push, just how to make her question everything she thought she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd maybe that was the most dangerous game of all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, \u003cb\u003ewill Maasai choose the life that was carved out for him, or will Avery become the reason he risks it all?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAirplane Mode (An Arranged Marriage) by J. Dominique\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a heart-stopping African American romance that delves into the battle between destiny and desire. \u003cb\u003eIf you love intoxicating chemistry, emotional mind games, and the kind of passion that makes you question everything, this one's for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201386610962,"sku":"9798313927350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca3d2817-9d51-42f4-8153-14a375478f69.jpg?v=1744910867","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/airplane-mode-an-arranged-marriage-9798313927350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}