{"product_id":"demons-and-diplomacy","title":"Demons and Diplomacy","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .fc2-wrap {\n    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\n    color: #2b2b2b;\n    max-width: 600px;\n    line-height: 1.6;\n  }\n\n  \/* Tagline *\/\n  .fc2-tagline {\n    font-style: italic;\n    font-size: 15px;\n    color: #7a5c6e;\n    margin: 0 0 16px 0;\n    font-weight: 400;\n    letter-spacing: 0.01em;\n  }\n\n  \/* Metadata row: trope + spice badges *\/\n  .fc2-meta {\n    display: flex;\n    flex-wrap: wrap;\n    align-items: center;\n    gap: 8px;\n    margin-bottom: 16px;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-badge {\n    display: inline-block;\n    font-size: 11px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    letter-spacing: 0.04em;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    padding: 4px 10px;\n    border-radius: 20px;\n    line-height: 1.4;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-badge-trope {\n    background-color: #f5e6ec;\n    color: #7a2e4e;\n    border: 1px solid #e8c5d3;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-badge-genre {\n    background-color: #eef3f9;\n    color: #2e4d6e;\n    border: 1px solid #c5d4e8;\n  }\n\n  \/* Spice level *\/\n  .fc2-spice-row {\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    gap: 10px;\n    background-color: #fdf6f0;\n    border: 1px solid #f0ddd0;\n    border-radius: 8px;\n    padding: 8px 14px;\n    margin-bottom: 18px;\n    width: fit-content;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-spice-label {\n    font-size: 12px;\n    color: #7a5c6e;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    letter-spacing: 0.05em;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-pips {\n    display: flex;\n    gap: 5px;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-pip {\n    width: 10px;\n    height: 10px;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    display: inline-block;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-pip-on  { background-color: #c4546e; }\n  .fc2-pip-off { background-color: #e8d0d8; }\n\n  .fc2-spice-text {\n    font-size: 12px;\n    color: #c4546e;\n    font-weight: 700;\n  }\n\n  \/* Pull quotes *\/\n  .fc2-quotes {\n    margin-bottom: 18px;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-quote {\n    font-style: italic;\n    font-size: 13.5px;\n    color: #5a3a4a;\n    border-left: 3px solid #c4546e;\n    padding: 6px 0 6px 14px;\n    margin: 0 0 10px 0;\n    background-color: #fdf6f8;\n    border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-quote cite {\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 12px;\n    color: #9a6070;\n    display: block;\n    margin-top: 3px;\n  }\n\n  \/* Divider *\/\n  .fc2-divider {\n    border: none;\n    border-top: 1px solid #ecdde5;\n    margin: 18px 0;\n  }\n\n  \/* Synopsis \/ teaser *\/\n  .fc2-teaser {\n    font-size: 14.5px;\n    color: #2b2b2b;\n    line-height: 1.75;\n    margin-bottom: 16px;\n  }\n\n  \/* Accordion *\/\n  .fc2-accordion {\n    border-top: 1px solid #ecdde5;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-acc-item {\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #ecdde5;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-acc-btn {\n    width: 100%;\n    background: none;\n    border: none;\n    padding: 12px 2px;\n    text-align: left;\n    font-size: 13.5px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    color: #2b2b2b;\n    cursor: pointer;\n    display: flex;\n    justify-content: space-between;\n    align-items: center;\n    font-family: inherit;\n    letter-spacing: 0.01em;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-acc-btn:hover {\n    color: #c4546e;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-acc-icon {\n    font-size: 18px;\n    line-height: 1;\n    color: #c4546e;\n    font-weight: 300;\n    transition: transform 0.2s;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-acc-content {\n    display: none;\n    font-size: 13.5px;\n    color: #5a4a50;\n    line-height: 1.75;\n    padding-bottom: 14px;\n  }\n\n  \/* Digital links *\/\n  .fc2-digital {\n    display: flex;\n    gap: 10px;\n    flex-wrap: wrap;\n    margin-top: 18px;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-digital-btn {\n    display: inline-block;\n    font-size: 12.5px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    color: #c4546e;\n    background-color: #fdf0f3;\n    border: 1px solid #e8c5ce;\n    border-radius: 20px;\n    padding: 7px 16px;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    letter-spacing: 0.02em;\n    transition: background-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;\n  }\n\n  .fc2-digital-btn:hover {\n    background-color: #c4546e;\n    color: #ffffff;\n    border-color: #c4546e;\n    text-decoration: none;\n  }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"fc2-wrap\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"fc2-tagline\"\u003e1851, London. All supernatural species have emerged from hiding, a result of The Great Revelation, led by Her Majesty, the vampiric Queen Victoria, and her dhamphir consort, Prince Albert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Trope \u0026 Genre Badges --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-meta\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"fc2-badge fc2-badge-trope\"\u003eForbidden Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"fc2-badge fc2-badge-trope\"\u003eOpposites Attract\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"fc2-badge fc2-badge-genre\"\u003eParanormal Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Spice Level --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-spice-row\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"fc2-spice-label\"\u003eSpice\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-pips\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"fc2-pip fc2-pip-on\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"fc2-pip fc2-pip-on\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"fc2-pip fc2-pip-on\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"fc2-pip fc2-pip-on\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"fc2-pip fc2-pip-off\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"fc2-spice-text\"\u003e4\/ 5\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Pull Quotes --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-quotes\"\u003e\n    \u003cblockquote class=\"fc2-quote\"\u003e\n      “Strong heroines, sexy heroes, delicious stories\"\n      \u003ccite\u003e—  Sarah MacLean\u003c\/cite\u003e\n    \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n    \u003cblockquote class=\"fc2-quote\"\u003e\n      \"Witty, clever, and wickedly charming\"\n      \u003ccite\u003e— Joanna Shupe\u003c\/cite\u003e\n    \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003chr class=\"fc2-divider\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Short teaser --\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"fc2-teaser\"\u003e\nCora Hastings is the British government's Species Ombudsman, a human tasked with keeping the peace between supernatural creatures. It's run-of-the-mill work: enforcing the newly created shifting parameters, negotiating contracts between species, and generally making certain all Londoners are treated equally.\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Accordion --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-accordion\"\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cbutton class=\"fc2-acc-btn\" onclick=\"fc2Toggle(this)\"\u003e\n        Full synopsis \u003cspan class=\"fc2-acc-icon\"\u003e+\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/button\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-content\"\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eA tantalizing pact between an ordinary woman and the silver-tongued son of the Devil is all that stands between Britain--and all hell breaking loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e1851, London. All supernatural species have emerged from hiding, a result of The Great Revelation, led by Her Majesty, the vampiric Queen Victoria, and her dhamphir consort, Prince Albert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eCora Hastings is the British government's Species Ombudsman, a human tasked with keeping the peace between supernatural creatures. It's run-of-the-mill work: enforcing the newly created shifting parameters, negotiating contracts between species, and generally making certain all Londoners are treated equally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003eThat is, until the Devil himself decides he wants to leave his hellish home and see the results of Prince Albert's greatest accomplishment, the Great Exhibition. His arrival could upset the uneasy peace between creatures, and worse--he's brought his son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003eThe Marquis of Hell is diabolically good-looking, unnaturally perceptive, and, well, a demon. Cora navigates her sinfully seductive diplomatic assignment as best she can, until she catches wind of a secret conspiracy set to come to fruition at the opening of the Great Exhibition. This leaves her with an impossible choice: Either Cora enters an unholy alliance with the Devil's son, or she watches as her world is torn asunder....\u003c\/p\u003e\n             \n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cbutton class=\"fc2-acc-btn\" onclick=\"fc2Toggle(this)\"\u003e\n        About the author \u003cspan class=\"fc2-acc-icon\"\u003e+\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/button\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-content\"\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMegan Frampton writes romantasy and historical romance under her own name and romantic women's fiction as Megan Caldwell. She loves reading danmei, listening to K-pop (SHINee!), and defending the Oxford comma. She lives in Brooklyn with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cbutton class=\"fc2-acc-btn\" onclick=\"fc2Toggle(this)\"\u003e\n        Also available digitally \u003cspan class=\"fc2-acc-icon\"\u003e+\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/button\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"fc2-acc-content\"\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003ePrefer to read or listen on the go? 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