{"product_id":"72-hours-with-an-unhinged-menace-an-arranged-marriage-9798246876923","title":"72 Hours With An Unhinged Menace: An Arranged Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCROWN MEKHARI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-two hours.\u003cbr\u003eThat's all I planned to give her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNirvana Crockett was never supposed to matter. She was leverage, nothing more than a complication that wandered into my world at the wrong time. In my life, mistakes get erased, and people learn quickly who holds the power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Nirvana doesn't scare the way she should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe looks at me like she's daring me to cross the line, like she doesn't understand that men like me don't bluff and don't release what they claim. Every hour she resists only tightens the hold I never meant to form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI tell myself this is control.\u003cbr\u003eI tell myself this is temporary.\u003cbr\u003eI lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time the clock starts running out, the line between punishment and possession is already gone, and the unhinged part of me is no longer pretending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNIRVANA CROCKETT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrown Mekhari is everything I was warned about. Cold. Powerful. Dangerous in a way that doesn't need to announce itself. An alpha male whose silence carries more threat than most men's rage. Being trapped with him was supposed to break me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt woke something up instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear turns into awareness. Awareness turns into heat. And somewhere between his rules and my defiance, I realize the most terrifying truth of all. I don't just want to survive these seventy-two hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI want him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut wanting a man like Crown in this African American romance comes with a cost, and when the clock hits zero, I'll have to decide if freedom is worth more than the menace who refuses to let me walk away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Crown Mekhari doesn't release what he claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I'm not sure I want him to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you're a fan of \u003cb\u003eSurrogate To An Unhinged Mafia Boss\u003c\/b\u003e by Brickhouse, and you love unhinged alpha men, forced proximity, and dangerous obsession, you'll love \u003cb\u003e72 Hours With An Unhinged Menace\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13556717\"\u003eBrickhouse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246876923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049070\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Urban \u0026amp; Street Lit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049060\"\u003eRomance | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049020\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Women\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49750701736173,"sku":"9798246876923","price":26.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_0ea1e493-a3f1-4322-8859-95006c7eab87.jpg?v=1775573957","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/72-hours-with-an-unhinged-menace-an-arranged-marriage-9798246876923","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}