{"product_id":"break-in-play","title":"Break in Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a pre-order title. Release date: Saturday 14th November 2026. Any books you order with this will be despatched on this date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFans of Ruth please note that we are hosting Ruth Stilling for an in-store signing on Sunday 15th November 2026 - check out the listing on our events page and come along to meet Ruth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThese pre-ordered books will be posted on Monday 16th November after Ruth has signed the books - feel free to select 'pick up from store' if you'd like to collect on Sunday at the event. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNinety days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat’s all the time I have to prove to the only woman I’ll ever love that our divorce was a mistake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEloise is from a wealthy French family and about to marry the man her parents have always wanted for their eldest daughter. I’m a working-class boy from Ohio and a key defenseman for the Seattle Rogues hockey team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn paper, our love shouldn’t work, and in reality, fate dealt our marriage a difficult hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith zero contact from her for years, I all but gave up on winning Eloise back until, one day, I find out that she’s remarrying, and the next day, I’m boarding a plane to France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll I have from her sister is a zip code and the time when I’ll lose my girl forever. But I have to try. I know she still loves me, and even if we can never have children, living our lives apart will be the worst kind of loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the day we met during our freshman year of college, I’ve been her American bad boy with a dirty mouth in bed and dimples that make her knees go weak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll I need to do is stop the wedding, bring her back to Seattle, and hope that she’ll give me a second chance after we lost our way the first time around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’ll do anything to make that happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Spicy Librarian","offers":[{"title":"Signed Paperback","offer_id":54339096805723,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed Hardcover","offer_id":54339096838491,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4175\/2923\/files\/rs.png?v=1792007631","url":"https:\/\/thespicylibrarian.co.uk\/products\/break-in-play","provider":"The Spicy Librarian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}