{"product_id":"romance-dark-academia-standalone-1","title":"Romance - Dark Academia - Standalone","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eBook Title\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Education in Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eValerie Finch was supposed to be invisible—a quiet archival student working in the dusty basement of St. Jude's University, keeping her head down to maintain her stipend. Until she accidentally uncovers a cryptographic ledger hidden in a box of old donations. It isn't just an accounting error; it’s a century-old hit list operated by the Aethelgards, the university’s untouchable secret society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow, she's marked for execution. The man sent to silence her is Killian Ashford, the society's most lethal enforcer and the Chancellor's own son. But when Killian finally corners the terrified archivist in the stacks, something fractures in his sociopathic programming. Instead of snapping her neck, he realizes he’d rather watch her. Keep her. Own her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat begins as an utterly terrifying stalker-prey dynamic transforms into a violently obsessive partnership. When Killian abducts Valerie to protect her from his own bloodline, he offers the ultimate dark romance fantasy: the monster in the dark deciding you are the only thing worth fighting for. \u003ci\u003eAn Education in Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly structured, 40-chapter thriller romance designed for authors who want to deliver massive emotional payoffs, excruciating forced proximity, and explicit, power-flipping dominance in a modern collegiate setting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eProject Specifications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e✨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStandalone\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; 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