{"product_id":"really-should-stay-9781961594135","title":"Really Should Stay","description":"When he's obsessed with the one who got away...so his twin gifts her to him for Christmas.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are only two people in this world that I've ever cared about: my twin... and \u003cem\u003eher\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamryn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Carlisle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy English teacher when I was in high school-and the woman I couldn't stay away from, even when she told me I should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven when all of Shadowvale thought I should... as if I cared about that. Still, I did what was expected of me. I didn't pursue her until after I graduated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, after the fateful Halloween when I turned nineteen, I claimed her as mine-but, by Christmas, she was \u003cem\u003egone\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn't chase. That's always been Hunter's thing, and he tried to find her for me. I know he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I didn't know? Was that he never stopped searching-just like I never stopped thinking of Tamryn of mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when Hunter one-ups last year's birthday gift to him by leaving Tamryn next to my Christmas tree this year, there's no doubt in mind about what I'm going to do with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnything I \u003cem\u003ewant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTamryn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI made it a little over two years as a teacher before scandal had me changing my name, changing my looks, and walking away from the biggest mistake I ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven years later, I have to admit that \u003cem\u003eleaving \u003c\/em\u003ewas a bigger one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Reed. I knew what I was getting into when I went to his house that Halloween, but I thought it was okay. He was the one he pursued me, and he wasn't my student anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. But when he killed my ex in front of me, then expected me to look past it, I knew that he was more trouble than I needed-especially when I end up being the cops' only suspect in Logan's murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI kept my silence about what Nicholas did, and, in exchange, he kept his distance. But as the years slipped by, I couldn't help but think I saw him there. Over my shoulder, in the reflection of a storefront window, even in my gated community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it wasn't Nicholas, was it? It was his twin-and he's finally decided it's time I go where I belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's time I return to Shadowvale and face the man Nicholas has become, and who I'm still inexplicably drawn to a decade after I saw him last... even after he makes me a deal that I can't afford to refuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jessica Lynch Writes LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50406312542482,"sku":"9781961594135","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b858eec4-781f-4dd0-94a0-5820acbe6c5f.jpg?v=1737109813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/really-should-stay-9781961594135","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}