{"product_id":"this-violent-reckoning","title":"This Violent Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe never stopped loving her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe never stopped believing she didn't deserve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Henry Wilder holds together a town full of broken lives and bitter secrets, but none of the damage cuts deeper than the woman who lives just thirty-six yards away-who hasn't dared meet his eyes in ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisiana Wright never left Thunder Ridge. She left him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause she's convinced she's poison-a barren woman with nothing left to give, a heart hardened by pain, a future shattered before it began. She's convinced Henry deserves better than her broken pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Henry finds Dallas-a kid standing on the same ground where his own family damn near fell apart-everything cracks wide open. Dallas isn't marked by bruises, but by desperate silence-waiting for someone to fight for him, to claim him, to not let him vanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a move no one saw coming, Henry claims Lou as his fiancée. One lie. One ring. One reckless gamble to hold on to the only family they have left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow they're forced together in the wreckage of their past-under a town's watchful gaze, with a boy who sees too much, and a slow-burning rage between them that never really died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery glance is a battle. Every word, a knife-edge. Every touch threatens to shatter the fragile peace they barely hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't about forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't about closure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't about second chances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a slow burn soaked in gasoline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd someone's bound to strike the match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Violent Reckoning is a brutal Southern slow burn-about grief that lingers, family that's found in fire, and a love that never died... just waited for the right moment to explode.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nook \u0026 Quill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49113922142360,"sku":"9798295426582","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8773\/4424\/files\/9798295426582.jpg?v=1778872129","url":"https:\/\/nookandquillbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/this-violent-reckoning","provider":"Nook \u0026 Quill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}