{"product_id":"an-unwelcome-arrangement-a-rose-mcdougal-adventure-9781625700353","title":"An Unwelcome Arrangement: A Rose McDougal Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRose McDougal\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in a decrepit apartment, an oven in the summer and an icebox in the winter. She drives an old beater, a vehicle with a seeming contempt for its occupants. She has no man in her life. In fact, she's never had one. Making matters worse, Rose is cursed with a deep-rooted depression, the by-product of an abusive dad. Her professional life is no better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her quest to fill a full-time teaching position in a Nashua junior high school ends in failure. Making matters worse, she loses her gig as a sub. Jobless and on the fast track to poverty, Rose is desperate. While recovering in a hospital room, an Irish mobster named \u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Donnelly\u003c\/strong\u003e, a dangerous man who once helped out Rose's dad, pays her a visit. He insists on helping Rose get back on her feet. But as she soon discovers, his motives are purely self-serving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Before long, Rose is drawn into a life of crime and constant danger involving drugs, from delivery to sales and beyond. Gone are any illusions of living a routine, 9-to-5 life in some sheltered suburb. In its place, the possibility of death lay in wait behind every door and around every corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenson, Joe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joe Benson is a retired Air Force Colonel who spent his career in special operations units, serving with Navy, Marine and Army special forces. He is a Bronze Star recipient with 12 overseas deployments. Joe earned a bachelors degree in meteorology from Florida State University and two master's degrees, one in unconventional warfare and one in special operations and low-intensity conflict. He is from the Florida panhandle and lives in Carolina Beach, North Carolina where he served as mayor...when he wasn't surfing.","brand":"Rosstrum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589768741138,"sku":"9781625700353","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d95ec0b7-2d27-467b-8c57-dd9c73fc47fc.jpg?v=1756805748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-unwelcome-arrangement-a-rose-mcdougal-adventure-9781625700353","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}