{"product_id":"merit-9781957376837","title":"Merit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I've hated him since we were ten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not exactly easy to escape your childhood nemesis when your parents are best friends who live on the same block. Through countless vacations, parties and holidays, Maverick and I have spent the past decade trading insults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil that family dinner when his mother tells us she's dying. When she asks us to forget the past and start fresh. That's how I found myself on a date with the Treasure State Wildcats football star. The campus playboy. The boy I kissed when I was three. The man who is the bane of my existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's arrogant. He's blunt. He's too handsome for his own good. But if he has a single, redeeming merit, the guy sure does love his mom. And that's why I started fake dating Maverick Houston. That's why I made him a proposition of my own. That's how this sham of a relationship ruined my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I hate that he made me love him too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devney Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Devney Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957376837","brand":"Devney Perry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446817325193,"sku":"9781957376837","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_50af0be0-b8f4-41cd-bc52-468dc940c85b.jpg?v=1741682033","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/merit-9781957376837","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}