{"title":"Books by Isako","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781427885043","title":"On-the-Job Training, Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis workplace romance josei features two opposites-attract coworkers helping \"train\" each other to overcome their fear of intimacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarumi, a hardworking but plain office worker, hides a secret from  her colleagues: her traumatic dating history, which has led her to take  on her alter ego, the popular live streamer Minarin. Her charming  coworker, Shinonome, seems like her opposite — handsome, charismatic,  and admired by all — but struggles with his own insecurities. When an  unexpected taxi ride forces their secrets into the open, they make a  deal... to help “train” each other to overcome their touch aversion and  fear of intimacy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Narumi begins to see Shinonome as a  path toward healing, they must confront their pasts together. Can this  mismatched pair help each other find solace in shared vulnerability?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/b\u003e This book contains mature content and is intended for readers 18 years of age and over.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368852468085,"sku":"9781427885043","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781427885043_823b911a-cb7d-427f-82f4-4d702c44c37f.jpg?v=1786019721"},{"product_id":"on-the-job-training-volume-2","title":"On-the-Job Training, Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis workplace romance josei features two opposites-attract coworkers helping \"train\" each other to overcome their fear of intimacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRin Narumi\u003c\/b\u003e, a late-twenties office worker haunted by her past relationship, and \u003cb\u003eChiaki Shinonome\u003c\/b\u003e, a man who can barely survive a conversation with a woman, strike a strange—yet undeniably sexy—deal: \u003cb\u003econfront their insecurities through a hands-on “training regimen.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat  begins with hand-holding quickly escalates to hugging—and a whole lot  of panicked overthinking—as their awkward “therapy” starts feeling  suspiciously less like self-improvement and more like something else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut  just as they make progress, chaos arrives in the form of Hanamori,  Shinonome’s starry-eyed junior, who catches them mid-“training” and  demands answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs this therapy, romance… or a workplace scandal waiting to happen?!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent Warnings\u003c\/b\u003e: Explicit content, coworker relationship, references to stalking, abuse, bullying, and cheating","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502170874229,"sku":"9781427887146","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781427887146.jpg?v=1786780990"},{"product_id":"on-the-job-training-volume-3","title":"On-the-Job Training, Volume 3","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis workplace romance josei features two opposites-attract coworkers helping \"train\" each other to overcome their fear of intimacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarumi, a hardworking but plain office worker, hides a secret from  her colleagues: her traumatic dating history, which has led her to take  on her alter ego, the popular live streamer Minarin. Her charming  coworker, Shinonome, seems like her opposite — handsome, charismatic,  and admired by all — but struggles with his own insecurities. When an  unexpected taxi ride forces their secrets into the open, they make a  deal... to help “train” each other to overcome their touch aversion and  fear of intimacy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Narumi begins to see Shinonome as a  path toward healing, they must confront their pasts together. Can this  mismatched pair help each other find solace in shared vulnerability?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/b\u003e This book contains mature content and is intended for readers 18 years of age and over.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536538771829,"sku":"9781427891228","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781427891228.jpg?v=1788186556"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-isako.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}