{"product_id":"the-next-round-award-winning-contemporary-romance-debut-that-will-take-your-breath-away-9781763776517","title":"The Next Round: Award-winning contemporary romance debut that will take your breath away.","description":"\u003cp\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A contemporary romance that will take your breath away.' \u003cstrong\u003eReader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner - 2025 IndieReader Discovery Award for Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner - 2025 Passionate Plume Award - Contemporary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner - 2025 HOLT Medallion Award - Best First Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist - 2025 HOLT Medallion Award - Long Contemporary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist - 2025 American Fiction Awards - Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist - 2024 Copyright Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards - Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonorable Mention - 2025 Beach Book Festival - Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_____\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShaken \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e stirred.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years is a long time between drinks for old friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaken by a series of heartbreaks, Andie Herrera's fear of jumping into new relationships leads her to run away and keep her distance from the possibilities of love, even with restaurant and bar entrepreneur, Chris Vaughn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter five years apart, Andie and Chris are unexpectedly thrown together in a mix of professional and personal circumstances, as they work on the launch of a new bar establishment. 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