{"product_id":"birthday-girl-scratch-dent","title":"Birthday Girl SCRATCH \u0026DENT","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:-3pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eFrom New York Times Bestselling author Penelope Douglas comes a new forbidden love story…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eJORDAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eHe took me in when I had nowhere else to go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eHe doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He doesn’t treat me like I’m nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eHe remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eI have to stop this. It can’t happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eMy sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he’s probably unavailable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eOnly Pike Lawson isn’t the unavailable one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eI am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003ePIKE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eI took her in, because I thought I was helping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eShe’d cook a few meals and clean up a little. It was an easy arrangement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAs the days go by, though, it’s becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can’t touch her, and I shouldn’t want to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe more I find my path crossing hers, though, the more she’s becoming a part of me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eBut we’re not free to give into this. She’s nineteen, and I’m thirty-eight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAnd her boyfriend’s father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eUnfortunately, they both just moved into my house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;padding:-14pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e*BIRTHDAY GIRL is a stand-alone, contemporary romance suitable for ages 18+.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49053234823419,"sku":"97805936419651","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7548\/9706\/files\/266064686e6c7a26402631385e6f623e246f61644527565a453839393956.jpg?v=1696442889","url":"https:\/\/novelgrounds.com\/products\/birthday-girl-scratch-dent","provider":"Novel Grounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}