{"product_id":"unleashed-indie-exclusive-edition","title":"Unleashed: Indie Exclusive Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnleashed is a dark cowboy romance with a mafia twist...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: July 23, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eI've spent my whole life riding things that want to kill me. But the most dangerous ride of my life? Chasing the woman who broke my heart across a war zone to bring her home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eAce Sterling.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix years. That's how long I've been texting a woman who won't reply. Every birthday. Every Christmas. Every night I'm drunk enough to be honest and sober enough to hit send.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarper Jones. My Goldie. She stole my heart, ground it to dust and then drove it to Los Angeles without even looking back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt least, that's what I thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurns out, she's been protecting my family from the shadows this whole time. She loves me in silence and lets me think she doesn't.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen she walks back into New Falls with secrets that could ignite a war between two of the most dangerous mafia families in the country, it feels like the second chance I've been desperate for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen I find her tied up in my cousin's barn with another man's ring on her finger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don't buy it. Won’t. Because there is no me without my soulmate, and the second she stops loving me, my heart will stop beating. So I hold on, the way I always do. Eight seconds at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut this town is crawling with enemies I don't see coming. Alliances that aren't what they seem. And someone is pulling strings that none of us can trace until it's too late.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo I’m forced to let the woman I love walk down the aisle toward another man. But that isn’t the end of our story…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat’s the declaration of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne phone call changes everything. No words. Just the sound of her breathing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I know. She's not just calling for herself anymore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey say second chances don't come around twice. They're right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is our third. And it's the last one either of us will need, because she will always be the only woman I’ll ever love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey think because I ride bulls, I'm just a cowboy. But every Sterling has a line. Cross it, and the cowboy disappears. What's left ain't ranching. It's reckoning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e*Unleashed is a standalone romance, but part of the Beneath the Reign series, where each book follows one of the brothers in the Sterling family. This story is Ace \u0026amp; Harper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTROPES INCLUDE:\u003cbr\u003e- Professional Bull Rider x Mafia Underboss MMC\u003cbr\u003e- Criminal Journalist FMC\u003cbr\u003e- Second Chance Romance\u003cbr\u003e- Childhood Sweethearts\u003cbr\u003e- She's Investigating his crimes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShe's engaged to another man\u003cbr\u003e- All the angst, yearning and heartbreak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thirst Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52569946063029,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/3485\/7909\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-26163105.jpg?v=1779831463","url":"https:\/\/thirstbooks.com\/products\/unleashed-indie-exclusive-edition","provider":"Thirst Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}