{"product_id":"preorder-taking-sides","title":"[PREORDER] Taking Sides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy: Rebecca Jenshak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: September 29th, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOrder now and receive the DELUXE LIMITED EDITION―featuring sprayed edges with stenciled artwork―while supplies last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShe doesn’t date athletes―until one hot pro hockey player has her reconsidering―in this sports romance from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e–bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConrad Shepard is Moonshot Hockey’s star defenseman, but when it comes to the ladies, he’s sitting on the bench. Despite his teammates’ best attempts at playing wingman, he’s hopeless. He can barely speak around women, let alone ask one out on a date. Between that and a season-ending loss, volunteering at a high school hockey camp seems like the perfect escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is, until he meets the local high school’s hockey coach. Whitney Aven is beautiful, smart, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e she knows hockey. It’s the perfect combination to render Conrad utterly speechless. But having been surrounded by hockey players her entire life, she has a strict rule to never date one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter Conrad. He’s unbelievably handsome, unexpectedly sweet, patient with her players, and one of the most talented skaters she’s ever seen. The fact that he can hardly make eye contact and blushes anytime she talks to him only makes him \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e irresistible. The only thing more surprising than Conrad asking her out is that she says yes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomehow, one awkward date leads to another. And with Whitney’s no-hockey-player rule out the window, things are about to get increasingly complicated. Because it turns out Conrad isn’t just a hockey player . . . he’s her brother’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebiggest rival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis edition features a never-before-published bonus scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTropes include: friends with benefits, first times, secret relationship, and accidental pregnancy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Romantics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45959750549702,"sku":"9798347036639","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/0445\/2806\/files\/TakingSides-StockImage.png?v=1781890242","url":"https:\/\/www.thenewromanticsbooks.com\/products\/preorder-taking-sides","provider":"The New Romantics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}