{"product_id":"daring-the-defender","title":"Daring the Defender","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's only one person who would take me in after leaving my fiancé-my brother Axel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, he's not the one who answered the door on that wintery Valentine's night. That was his best friend and roommate, Reid Wilder. Copper-colored hair, dark eyes, and the number eight tattooed on his bicep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI should have turned around when he mistook me for a puck bunny and invited me in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI definitely should have said no to the drink he offered while I waited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the biggest mistake I made was climbing into his lap and kissing him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the campus may think it's pathetic that I spent Valentine's Day alone and not with one of the puck bunnies that love the Wittmore hockey players. But I know better. Valentine's Day is for committed relationships-like the one I just got out of with my ex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNah, I'll just stay home, eat my heart-shaped pizza, and grab some half-off candy tomorrow. At least that was my plan until a girl showed up on my doorstep looking for my roommate Axel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiguring this was a former hook-up, I tried to shoo her off, but she was persistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd cute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel's got a girlfriend now. I figure why not mend my broken heart with the girl Cupid dropped off at my doorstep? So I kiss her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot just a kiss, I realize. Her first kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when her overprotective brother finds out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt'll probably be my last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelby and Reid's story is about a brother's best friend, secret and forbidden, college hockey, spicy romance. Daring the Defender is a standalone novel in the Wittmore U: Hockey series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author Angel Lawson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52487935754521,"sku":"9781970385205","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/2361\/7817\/files\/9781970385205.jpg?v=1780779067","url":"https:\/\/shelfloveatlanta.com\/products\/daring-the-defender","provider":"Shelf Love","version":"1.0","type":"link"}