{"product_id":"blood-sweeter-than-honey","title":"Blood Sweeter Than Honey - OVERSTOCK - Ready to Ship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My soul recognizes her the way the earth recognizes the quake before it breaks - silent, certain, and powerful enough to rewrite everything in its path.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eGideon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter leaving the military and an all-too-violent past behind, I craved nothing more than solitude—a peaceful life carved out under open skies and green pastures. So, when the local sheriff asks me to take in a mysterious woman, I’m far from thrilled. I’ve spent the last five years celibate and untouched by romance, surrounded only by honest work and the gentle souls of the animals on my ranch. Yet with every moment I spend in Winnow’s presence, some unseen cord winds tighter inside me, drawing me toward her. Soon enough, the urge to protect her—truly care for her—settles deep in my bones, impossible to ignore. I’m starting to believe I was made for this woman—and she, for me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinnow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter surviving a war and a traumatic past, I was endowed with the Duchy of Cerulia—thrust into a life I never wanted, bound by a duty I never chose. I’ve been shackled between the urge to walk away and the aching need to give my people the peace they’ve long been denied. It doesn’t take long for the weight of responsibility to wither my soul. So when a rare chance for a vacation appears, I seize it—only for everything to go horrifically awry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust when I think all hope is lost, the universe rewrites my path in the most unexpected way, and I find myself with nowhere to go but into the arms of a gruff cowboy—my soulbound.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e💗 This flirty edition of Chiara Forestieri's 'Blood Sweeter Than Honey' was in our January 2026 'Hear Me Out' quarterly subscription box.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🐎 Dust jacket \u0026amp; sprayed edge artwork by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bookishaveril?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@bookishaveril\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🤴🏻 Naked hard cover \u0026amp; chapter header artwork by Cass from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lavish.library\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@lavish.library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🏰 End page artwork by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/star.speckle?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@star.speckle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e📷 Image credit \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/annie.ozdemir?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAnnie Ozdemir\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e----------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e💸 AfterPay \u0026amp; PayPal ‘Pay in 4’ will be available for eligible customers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🚚 Please note that shipping will be calculated at check-out for ALL ORDERS. Orders dispatched from Australia (AU\/NZ, Pacific Islands (excl. Hawaii) \u0026amp; Asia) will be sent by Australia Post. Orders dispatched from our U.S. warehouse (North, South \u0026amp; Central America, \u0026amp; UK) will all have fixed-price shipping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e😭 Please note that we are currently still unclear on our new responsibilities in the EU market so will be unable to ship overstock items to this region. With current changes to cancellation \u0026amp; return policies, combined with new VAT tariffs on low value imports for EU countries, we need some time to ensure we can meet all the new requirements before we can take or ship orders to these countries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e💚 Please note that this product is in stock so will ship within 2-4 weeks of your order being placed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e💫 Although all care is made to ship your order from Australia with all duties, taxes \u0026amp; tariffs paid - this landscape is changing rapidly. It remains the responsibility of the customer to pay any outstanding duties, taxes or tariffs due upon delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e💫 Orders shipped internationally from our U.S. warehouse are shipped as Delivered Duties Unpaid (DDU), so it is the responsibility of the customer to pay any outstanding duties, taxes or tariffs due upon delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lavish Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42898916638814,"sku":null,"price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/2275\/8494\/files\/IMG_8893.jpg?v=1782125007","url":"https:\/\/www.lavishlibrary.com.au\/products\/blood-sweeter-than-honey","provider":"Lavish Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}