{"product_id":"seven-days-of-second-chances-9798295505263","title":"Seven Days of Second Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Barbara Howard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Swan Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Swan Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - Contemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalia Johnson escaped Detroit at eighteen with a scholarship and a broken heart, determined to prove that success meant leaving everything-and everyone-behind. Now a high-powered marketing executive in Chicago, she's built the perfect life: corner office, designer wardrobe, and a promotion to New York on the horizon. The last thing she needs is to return home for her grandmother's eightieth birthday and face the community she abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Calhoun gave up his basketball scholarship and NBA dreams to care for his dying mother and raise his teenage sister. Fourteen years later, he's the heart of the Eastside Community Center, fighting to save the programs that keep neighborhood kids off the streets. When the city threatens to shut down the center, he needs a miracle-or a marketing expert who knows how to make people pay attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mama Ruth volunteers Talia to help with the community's Kwanzaa celebration, neither Talia nor David is prepared for what happens when ambition meets purpose, when corporate polish clashes with grassroots passion, and when the love they thought they'd buried resurfaces stronger than ever. As they work side by side through the seven principles of Kwanzaa, Talia must decide: Is success measured by how high you climb, or by how deeply you're rooted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heartwarming second-chance romance about redefining success, reclaiming your roots, and discovering that the longest journey is often the one that brings you home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTROPES: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond Chance Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean (No Spice) Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn to Hometown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpposites Attract (Corporate vs. Community)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatchmaking Grandmother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall Town vs. Big City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood Sweethearts Reunited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoliday Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily Reunion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorkplace Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSacrifice vs. Ambition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural Celebration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Swan Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592923594903,"sku":"9798295505263","price":1359.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798295505263.webp?v=1774979903","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/seven-days-of-second-chances-9798295505263","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}