{"title":"Books by Jessica Lewis","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780593434819","title":"Monstrous","description":"\u003cb\u003eForced to spend her summer in her aunt's strange small town, a teen girl discovers dark secrets hidden in the woods. From the author of \u003ci\u003eBad Witch Burning\u003c\/i\u003e comes another pulse-pounding novel perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eSupernatural \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLovecraft Country\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't go outside past dark. Come straight home after church. And above all—never, ever, go into Red Wood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the rules Latavia's aunt gives her when Latavia arrives in Sanctum, Alabama for the summer. Though, weird as they are, living in Sanctum \u003ci\u003edoes \u003c\/i\u003ehave its pros. Mainly, the cute girl who works at the local ice cream shop. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Sanctum is turning out to be as strange as the rules—and the longer Latavia’s in town, the more suspicious she is that the people there are hiding something. And the more clear it is that she’s an outsider. Everyone’s nice enough, but they seem determined to prove everything is normal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it's not. Because there’s something in Red Wood that the towns’ people are hiding. And if Latavia doesn't follow her aunt’s rules, she might not be able to leave Sanctum. Ever...","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43409016488114,"sku":"9780593434819","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780593434819.jpg?v=1786015322"},{"product_id":"9781335012388","title":"Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love","description":"Nav knows how to flirt, but she also knows love is a messy losing proposition. As proof, her best friend, Hallie, is constantly getting her heart broken. And when Hallie goes to her boring academic camp this summer, Nav won’t be there to protect her for the first time in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So when shy new girl Gia asks Nav for help getting Hallie’s attention, Nav finds a way to make it work for her. In exchange for lessons in romance, Gia, whose mom runs the camp, will help get Nav a spot there. And if her coaching works, maybe Hallie can date someone who will treat her right for a change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Except…Gia’s not just bad at flirting, she’s \u003cem\u003eterrible\u003c\/em\u003e. She’s too anxious to even speak to Hallie, never mind date her. Training Gia quickly becomes a disaster. Worse, Gia’s every awkward joke and catastrophic fake date makes Nav like Gia a little bit more…and not in a friend way. Which puts a really, really big wrench in Nav’s plans. As Nav’s feelings change, she’ll have to decide what’s more important: sticking to her plan for the perfect summer or taking a chance on learning more about love than she ever expected.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297575285109,"sku":"9781335012388","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781335012388_ad4b18ce-aee1-4492-a5a1-452521ce2cf3.jpg?v=1786018200"},{"product_id":"this-house-is-not-a-home","title":"This House Is Not a Home","description":"An inventive haunted house story with an uncanny twist, in which a woman mourning the recent death of her abusive mother takes a housekeeping job with increasingly strange and dangerous tasks, for fans of Carissa Orlando and Monika Kim.   Loretta is numb with grief.  Reeling after the death of her abusive—although she would never use that word—mother and estranged from her younger sister, Loretta finds herself unemployed and alone.   Resolutely out of options, she hears of an unusual job opportunity. The owner of a huge home on the outskirts of town is looking for a live-in housekeeper—and offering thousands of dollars every week, in cash. There are only two simple rules: complete the daily chores left in the mailbox and no overnight guests. It seems like the perfect escape.   The idyllic solitude quickly sours into a waking nightmare. The daily chores escalate from simple cleaning to grotesque demands for Loretta’s flesh and blood. Any resistance is met with painful and increasingly life-threatening punishments. Loretta is familiar with this situation—well trained by her mother and miserable childhood— and isolates herself inside the carnivorous mansion. As her sense of reality warps and she falls deeper into the house’s clutches, her friends and sister try to intervene before it’s too late. But to survive, Loretta must decide whether to accept the comfort of familiar cycles or find out how hard she’s willing to fight for herself.   Both a terrifying thriller and an emotional portrait of resilience in the face of abuse, This House Is Not a Home is an ambitious debut from an exciting new voice in adult horror.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495519658357,"sku":"9780063510296","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780063510296.jpg?v=1790000998"},{"product_id":"hallie-s-rules-for-a-recovering-romantic","title":"Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic","description":"Perfect for fans of Erin Baldwin and Elise Bryant, this sapphic rom-com—a companion novel to Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love—stars a girl determined to reinvent herself, in life and in love.   Hallie loves romance, but it doesn’t seem to love her back. Her six-time broken heart can attest to that.   So when Hallie has the chance to attend a prestigious academic summer camp, she sees an opportunity not just to better herself, but to reinvent herself. Into a new Hallie who will succeed where the old one failed—in school, friends, and especially love.   First, a fresh start—which means no romance, all summer. If Hallie’s fortitude is immediately tested by Julia, her gorgeous camp roommate with an uncrackable icy shell, then all the better! Reinvention is never easy!Yet as Hallie and Julia get closer, Hallie’s heart is in more danger than ever. With the prospect of real love on the line, can Hallie trust that New Hallie won’t make the mistakes that she did? Or is Julia looking for someone else—the unfiltered, unaltered, real Hallie? Wish You Weren’t Here meets I Think I Love You in this sweet, summer rom-com, where plans go wonderfully astray, the best rules are broken ones, and love might actually be just around the corner.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503542051189,"sku":"9781335008473","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781335008473.jpg?v=1791212873"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-jessica-lewis.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}