{"product_id":"academic-souls-by-allison-young","title":"Academic Souls by Allison Young","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoving to Scotland was meant to be a clean break.\u003cbr\u003eA quiet promise to myself: focus on my career, heal my heart, and leave men firmly in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo more love. No more heartbreak. Just work, solitude, and the comfort of routine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen I met him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's distant and devastatingly magnetic. Gentle one moment, unreadable the next. There's something timeless in the way he looks at me-like he knows me beyond this lifetime. He feels cold to the touch, vanishes without warning, and yet when he's near, the world seems to tilt toward him. Toward us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI try to ignore the pull between us, burying myself in lectures and preparations for the upcoming Pagan moon festival. I tell myself it's just a distraction. A mistake waiting to happen. But some connections don't fade when ignored-they deepen, threading themselves through every heartbeat, every breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause love doesn't always arrive when it's convenient.\u003cbr\u003eAnd it doesn't always belong to the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm Paisley, a university lecturer who swore off love...\u003cbr\u003eAnd I'm falling for someone who may cost me everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademic Souls is an adult paranormal romance told in dual POVs, filled with slow-burn desire, ancient magic, and a love that lingers long after death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Forbidden Chapter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43603841253453,"sku":"9781764181167","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/5784\/7373\/files\/9781764181167_1.jpg?v=1787895104","url":"https:\/\/theforbiddenchapter.au\/products\/academic-souls-by-allison-young","provider":"The Forbidden Chapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}