{"product_id":"beneath-the-urban-stars-9798999116246","title":"Beneath the Urban Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir connection hits fast, and something dangerous follows.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiara's obsession with the guy on the bus is driving her mad. When she finally speaks to him, everything shatters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasper is terrified, confused, and drawn to her for reasons he can't explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir bus ride turns into a nightmare. Passengers stop acting human. Their reality devolves into fog and doors that open to places that can't exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery moment feels like a countdown they cannot see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy would fate have them meet, just to immediately try to rip them apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the Urban Stars is a\u003cstrong\u003e thriller romance novella\u003c\/strong\u003e written by Venezuelan author Beatrice Lebrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a bi x bi descent into dreams, obsessions, and unraveling realities, where \u003cstrong\u003eshe falls first, but he falls harder\u003c\/strong\u003e. Both characters are neurodivergent, confused, and desperate to understand a world that keeps breaking around them, racing against a ticking clock they cannot see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a story about connection in the wrong place, danger in the routine, and two people who were never meant to meet but cannot let each other go.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003eLebrun, Beatrice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Beatrice Lebrun writes the kind of stories that make people cry, scream, or whisper \"I shouldn't relate to this.\" She's an author and illustrator obsessed with emotional horror, queer longing, and the quiet devastation of being alive.Born in Venezuela and now based in the U.S., Beatrice grew up living in another world entirely. Dealing with intense maladaptive daydreaming since a very young age, she spent her childhood caught between realities: one mundane and expected, the other wild, dangerous, and hers. When the world demanded she stay grounded, she turned to writing since then, just to keep the other realities alive.","brand":"Beatrice Lebrun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179782631698,"sku":"9798999116246","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8d2d5de-0577-462f-b0f9-ead3e5fe981c.jpg?v=1775639561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beneath-the-urban-stars-9798999116246","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}