{"product_id":"whipped","title":"Whipped!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eTHIS BOOK IS ON PREORDER WITH A SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE IN SUMMER 2026. ALL PREORDERS WILL SHIP WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF RELEASE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe planned for everything... except Benji Kwon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey'd been neighbors for months — the methodical veterinary surgeon in 4B and the bartender with glitter on his collar in 4A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen a plumbing disaster flooded Benji's apartment, and Peter made the mistake of offering his foster room as a temporary home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was supposed to last for two weeks, maybe three. They had separate shelves, separate schedules and there would be absolutely no touching the laminated kitten binder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir Post-it war started on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Your shampoo smells like a man who has given up on joy. I upgraded you. — B\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I didn't ask to be upgraded. — P\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You didn't ask to be happy either, and yet here we are. — B\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was three months of 3 AM kitchen conversations, a stove light that stayed on long after either of them stopped pretending it was for the dog, and twenty-two feet of hallway that was never the distance that mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003eslow-burn MM romance \u003c\/b\u003eabout a man who planned for everything except falling in love again, and the bartender with a blown-out knee, a screaming hairless cat, and a gift for finding the cracks in every wall Peter ever built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheers, Heartstopper, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeated Rivalry walked into a bar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand refused to leave, the Barbacks series would be the hangover they'd wake up grateful for. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhipped!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is book 3 in the series and can be read as a standalone. There's found family, forced proximity, foster kittens with Spice Girls names, one nude ambush involving folded boxers, and a deliciously romantic love story built through sticky notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Mangrove by Author Casey Morales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51816840069421,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/0310\/9421\/files\/Whipped_paperback.jpg?v=1778269027","url":"https:\/\/authorcaseymorales.myshopify.com\/products\/whipped","provider":"The Mangrove by Author Casey Morales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}