{"product_id":"the-girlfriend-experience-paperback","title":"The Girlfriend Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe's not interested in the experience. He wants her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicole Brooks has built exactly the life she intended. At forty-two, she owns her home, runs IT Operations with authority, and leans on a sisterhood of friends who would do anything for her. What she doesn't have, and has mostly stopped looking for, is a love that actually sticks. After too many almost-relationships and dates that went nowhere, Nicole has learned to protect herself. Her standards are high. Her patience for almost is gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Gabriel Johnson asks her out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twenty-nine-year-old French-American financial analyst has been watching Nicole from across the conference room for months, not with games or vague flirtation, but with the quiet certainty of a man who knows exactly what he wants. When he finally makes his move, he's direct: he isn't looking for something casual. He wants the girlfriend. He wants \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is a slow, scorching dismantling of everything Nicole told herself she didn't need. Gabriel feeds her, respects her, handles her loud and loving friends without flinching, and shows up with a consistency she doesn't know what to do with. The age gap that should feel like the dealbreaker turns out to be the least complicated thing between them.\u003cbr\u003eThe real complication is Nicole herself. She knows how to survive disappointment. She doesn't know how to trust that this time, someone might actually stay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girlfriend Experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a steamy, emotionally rich Black contemporary romance about a woman who built a whole life around not needing to be chosen, and the man determined to change her mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for fans of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge Gap Romance (Older Woman \/ Younger Man)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorkplace Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteamy Black Contemporary Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"He Falls First\" \u0026amp; Emotionally Mature Heroes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFierce Female Friendships (Found Family)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo Miscommunication (Just Real Emotional Vulnerability)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Zahra Woods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48723451117822,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0133\/7342\/files\/TheGirlfriendExperience.jpg?v=1786746300","url":"https:\/\/zahrawoods.com\/products\/the-girlfriend-experience-paperback","provider":"Zahra Woods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}