{"title":"Hot Steamy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks and merch for Hot and Steamy in person sales only\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"long-shadow","title":"Long Shadow, Veiled Intentions Book 2","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNiall’s known nothing but betrayal. All Mat wants is Niall’s heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMat and Niall are stronger together than apart. When will Niall realize that truth? Will he ever?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince the night on the beach Niall's been avoiding Mat like a bad case of the flu--which, ironically, most of his deputies have come down with. 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