{"title":"One Minute to Midnight (A Year of Accidental Love Affairs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVivienne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey say whatever you’re doing at midnight sets the tone for your whole year. Vivienne really hopes that’s not true… unless it is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer New Year’s Eve is already circling the drain. A viral scandal has torpedoed her reputation, her father is breathing down her neck, and a museum full of judgmental donors is the last place she wants to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCue Brooks Hayes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe museum's Head of Security. Tall. Serious. Handsome in a broody, yet adorable way. Maddeningly unimpressed by her. The most attractive man she’s ever wanted to strangle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir first interaction is a disaster. Their second is worse, ending with the doors to an off-limits exhibit sealing shut and locking them inside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorst New Year’s Eve ever? Or the best mistake she’ll ever make?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrooks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrooks Hayes believes in rules. Order. And keeping his head down and his emotions locked up tight. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen Vivienne Armitage walks into his museum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe’s glittering trouble and defiance. Recently disgraced. Wildly unapologetic. And absolutely determined to test every ounce of his self-control. She’s the last person he should want … and the only one he can’t seem to keep his eyes off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen fate traps them alone, overnight, with no way out until morning, the sexual tension crackling between them is at risk of snapping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven though Brooks knows better than to cross the line, midnight is coming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd some rules are made to be broken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/5646\/3396\/collections\/Short_Stories_Book_Covers.png?v=1769066466","url":"https:\/\/authorcedarjames.com\/collections\/one-minute-to-midnight.oembed","provider":"Cedar James","version":"1.0","type":"link"}