{"product_id":"the-contract-9781642633887","title":"The Contract","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tyrant by day, a playboy by night.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat is the reputation that precedes Richard VanRyan. He lives life the way he wants, no concern for the opinion of others. He cares for no one, is completely unrepentant, and he has no desire to change his ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatharine Elliott works under Richard as his PA. She despises him and his questionable ethics, but endures all the garbage he sends her way, because she needs the job. Her end goal is far more important than the daily abuse and demands she tolerates from her nasty tyrant of a boss. Until the day, he asks her for something she never expected. A new role with a personal contract-- fiancée instead of PA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when two people who loathe each other, have to live together and act as though they are madly in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSparks.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That's what happens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan the power of love really change a person? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill they survive the contract? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat do you do when the one person you hate the most becomes the one person you can't live without?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\/USA Today\/Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of thirty-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She's learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Waterhouse Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614523887890,"sku":"9781642633887","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf16bdd3-b0b9-4ba9-8828-13b5770141f2.jpg?v=1732448200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-contract-9781642633887","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}