{"product_id":"just-bromantically-invested-9781922741493","title":"Just Bromantically Invested","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMadden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy best friend is uptight, gorgeous, the greatest person I know ... and I might be a smidge in love with him. Just a small amount. Barely worth the mention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is a stupid choice on my part when the guy is straight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting a landscaping company with him was the perfect mix of doing what I love and an excuse to spend time with him, only it hasn't completely taken off yet and now he's telling me he's lonely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApparently having one friend in your life isn't enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I'm determined to help him find love. With someone other than me. Maybe if I can pull that off, it'll mean my heart will finally get the message and move on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr finish breaking into a hundred pieces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame thing, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing besties with an overenthusiastic, gold-hearted, nudist of a man is a challenge sometimes. Madden makes everything sunshine when he's around. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is that he hasn't been around as much lately. We work together, sure, but he's got his roommates and I have ... no one. Just him. So I feel the distance acutely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy one reassurance is that we have work tying us together, but when an old client calls with a proposition for us, it feels like our once solid friendship is unraveling fast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wants Madden to help him open a nudist resort, and if Madden's doing that, he won't be working with me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm trying not to panic over the thought of losing him, which is a typical, common best friend reaction. Nothing out of the ordinary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd neither is the way my body has been reacting to him lately. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is totally, completely normal between us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there's still an us at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"May Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894600732946,"sku":"9781922741493","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da656200-e191-4c06-9fe5-410ddd817ef0.jpg?v=1738254984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/just-bromantically-invested-9781922741493","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}