{"product_id":"preorder-treading-water","title":"[PREORDER] Treading Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy: Piper Rayne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: December 12th, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder now and receive an art print and bookplate while supplies last. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve been secretly texting my brother’s best friend for two years, and I knew the first time that we’d crossed a line we couldn’t uncross.\u003cbr\u003eIt isn’t the first secret Fowler Briggs and I shared.\u003cbr\u003eWhen my father turned me away at sixteen, Fowler drove three hours to get me and never told a soul. That night, I promised myself no one would ever get close enough to hurt me again.\u003cbr\u003eFowler was safe. He was a thousand miles away, on the other end of two years’ worth of Saturday night calls.\u003cbr\u003eUntil the life I’d built in Nashville started closing in, and I did what I do best—I ran.\u003cbr\u003eNow I’m working behind Fowler’s bar, sleeping in his spare room, and discovering he’s a lot harder to keep at a distance when he’s right down the hall.\u003cbr\u003eHe’s not supposed to see straight through me. Or make staying feel easy. And he definitely isn’t supposed to become the one man I can’t walk away from.\u003cbr\u003eI always run. We both know that.\u003cbr\u003eThe problem is, I can’t stop wondering what would happen if, for once, I didn’t.\u003cbr\u003eIf I stayed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Romantics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48408304746694,"sku":"9798887145099","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/0445\/2806\/files\/TreadingWater-TheNewRomantics.png?v=1792787395","url":"https:\/\/www.thenewromanticsbooks.com\/products\/preorder-treading-water","provider":"The New Romantics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}