{"product_id":"grand-opening-a-family-business-novel-9781622869732","title":"Grand Opening: A Family Business Novel","description":"Before there was the family, there was just the business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the minds of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete comes the game-changing prequel to their blockbuster Family Business saga. Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life . . . and a man you did not want to cross; Lawrence, aka Larry, a screw-up as attracted to trouble as it was to him; and Lavernius, better known as LC, the soft-spoken college boy who simply wanted to sell cars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the Duncan brothers weren't alone at the crossroads. There was also the mysterious and seductive Chippy, a woman who saw a way out of her circumstances and dared to take it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitness what changed the course of their lives when ambitions intersected with opportunity that came calling one day in the form of a man named Alejandro Zuniga. Welcome to the familiar, but as you've never seen it before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarl Weber is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Preacher's Son, So You Call Yourself a Man, Something on the Side, Up to No Good, Big Girls Do Cry, Torn Between Two Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShe Ain't the One\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the Publisher and Editorial Director of Urban Books and CEO of Urban Books Media, which is currently producing films based on several of his bestselling novels. He lives in Long Island, New York, with his family. His Web site is carlweber.net.\u003cp\u003eEric Pete is an \u003ci\u003eEssence \u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist. His works include \u003ci\u003eSomeone's In the Kitchen, Gets No Love, Don't Get It Twisted, Lady Sings the Cruels, Blow Your Mind, Sticks and Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReality Check\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also contributed to the anthologies After Hours, Twilight Moods, and On the Line. He currently resides in Texas, where he is working on his next novel. His Web site is ericpete.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Urban Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505739796754,"sku":"9781622869732","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e2c0cbd-b4a5-469a-be59-dc09ec082fe5.jpg?v=1730843207","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grand-opening-a-family-business-novel-9781622869732","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}