{"product_id":"i-dont-think-about-us","title":"I Don't Think About... Us","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a pre-order. This story has a planned release date of September 22, 2026. Please see our \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vililybooks.com\/pages\/pre-order-policy\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pre-Order Policy\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePre-Order Policy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for more information.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe's sunshine, smiles, and organized chaos. He likes quiet corners, predictable routines, and absolutely no blueberries. Falling for each other was never part of the plan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth \"Beth\" Gardiner has built a life she loves inside her small-town coffee shop. She knows her regulars' orders by heart, has a smile for nearly everyone, and has gotten very good at hiding the hurts she'd rather not examine too closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Ben walks through her door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet, brilliant, and painfully literal, Ben likes his world orderly and predictable. Crowds are exhausting. Fluorescent lights are unbearable. Eye contact is complicated. And blueberries should never, under any circumstances, be allowed inside a perfectly good muffin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeth should overwhelm him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, she understands him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon, Ben's sixteen-ounce blond roast and chocolate chip muffin become part of both their morning routines. Beth saves him the quiet table in the darker corner. Ben notices when her smile isn't real. And somewhere between ridiculous earrings, comfortable silences, homemade soup, and cups of coffee, their carefully separate lives begin weaving together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Beth has spent years being everyone else's sunshine while keeping her own insecurities safely hidden. Ben has wounds of his own—and a past that has cost him one of the most important relationships in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeither is looking for someone to save them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe they've simply found someone who finally sees them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA warm, funny, emotional contemporary romance about unexpected love, family complications, learning to be seen, and discovering that sometimes the person who disrupts your carefully ordered life is exactly the person who belongs in it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":53667160293670,"sku":"IDTAU-EBOOK","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53667160326438,"sku":"IDTAU-PB","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53667160359206,"sku":"IDTAU-HB","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":53667160391974,"sku":"IDTAU-AUDIO","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/9917\/9046\/files\/1.jpg?v=1786374821","url":"https:\/\/vililybooks.com\/products\/i-dont-think-about-us","provider":"Vi Lily Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}