{"product_id":"one-last-shot-book-3-illustrated-cover","title":"One Last Shot Book 3 Illustrated Cover","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAleksandr Ivanov was my person. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe helped each other through the worst of our childhoods. I thought we were meant for each other; then he ghosted me. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat’s when I learned that the only person I can count on is me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFourteen years later, the NHL superstar reappears in my life with an outrageous request: pretend to be his loving wife and help him adopt his orphaned niece, Stella. The twist? Apparently we’ve been married since I was sixteen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI can’t commit to what he's asking for, but when I accidentally screw up his childcare arrangement before he leaves for the Stanley Cup playoffs, I end up as Stella's nanny for a couple weeks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI shouldn’t put my life on hold to help him. I shouldn’t fall hard for his precocious niece. And I definitely shouldn’t let him into my bed, or more importantly, into my heart. Because if I do those things, I might start wanting things I can’t have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no happy ending for us: I’ve about to start filming a television show in Los Angeles and he can’t leave New York. Staying with Aleksandr would mean giving up everything I’ve worked for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut most importantly, I can’t put my very fragile heart right back into the hands of the one person who already destroyed it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42825884532807,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0577\/7525\/9719\/files\/8_8162bb4f-7a7e-48e5-afe8-37c2ee3a67f9.png?v=1780021324","url":"https:\/\/juliaconnors.myshopify.com\/products\/one-last-shot-book-3-illustrated-cover","provider":"Julia Connors Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}