{"product_id":"persuading-annie-9780060595807","title":"Persuading Annie","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter years as a sweet, good-natured pushover, Annie Markham has had to face up to three hard truths: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've got to be tough to succeed in business and romance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSometimes your meddling loved ones areright about your worthless, no-good boyfriend being worthless and no good.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only reliable thing about men is thatthey're totally unreliable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eOkay, she's been persuaded. So now, seven years after wisely and abruptly dumping the \"love of her life,\" Jake Mead, things should be going better for Annie Markham, right? Unfortunately, her life's going nowhere, her family's going mental, and the family business is heading straight down the tubes. Could it get worse? Of course! Jake's back, Annie's getting ready for bankruptcy, and no one's ready for Christmas ... let alone a happy New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd no amount of persuasion will ever convince Annie that magic does happenand dreams do come true, not even at the stroke of midnight on December 31 at New York's Plaza Hotel ... will it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan, Melissa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMelissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire and now lives in North London with her husband. A journalist for ten years, she writes novels full time and is the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Nanny\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409406365970,"sku":"9780060595807","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c5d867f-8f73-4199-863d-27402bca0fe4.jpg?v=1729286492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/persuading-annie-9780060595807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}