{"product_id":"everything-after-an-element-of-everything-romance-paperback","title":"Everything After: An Element of Everything Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJade Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe moved to Fujiyako for a fresh start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe got one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a complication she didn't see coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeiliana Collins didn't do this the easy way. She packed up her life, took the dream job at Spherestone she'd worked herself half to death for, and moved to a new city - with a three-month-old, a tight budget, and the kind of bone-deep determination that doesn't leave room for second-guessing. She built something real. She did it alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe just didn't plan on \u003ci\u003ehim.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKanakami Mishada. Head of Sales at the exact company she just joined. The man she spent one incandescent Halloween weekend with - and then never saw again. She has her reasons for keeping her distance. She has her reasons for a lot of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut fate, apparently, has a brutal sense of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow they're in the same building, working the same accounts, while office gossip churns and a saboteur in the design division has Leiliana squarely in his crosshairs. Kanakami - raised to expect coldness, groomed to guard everything - is doing something he's never done before: staying. Showing up. Trying to understand why she keeps her worlds so carefully separate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has questions. She has answers she's not sure she's ready to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not insta-love. This is two emotionally guarded adults with every reason not to trust each other, choosing to anyway - slowly, terrifyingly, across typhoon season, a glittering winter ball, and a long weekend at a mountain onsen. The secret between them isn't a plot twist. It's the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything After\u003c\/i\u003e is for the reader who wants her slow burn to actually burn. Who wants an FMC who wins at work \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e wins in love - not instead of. Who wants forced proximity that feels earned, spice with real emotional stakes, and a love story that ends not with a grand gesture, but with the quiet, certain kind of choice that means everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eworkplace romance secret baby single mom romance forced proximity second chance interracial romance holiday arc\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of\u003c\/i\u003e The Hating Game, \u003ci\u003eThe Soulmate Equation, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e King of Wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67893405974618,"sku":"9781971227092","price":31.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/6698\/3258\/files\/R0sG40QIjL9781971227092.webp?v=1793315087","url":"https:\/\/preppypeacock.myshopify.com\/products\/everything-after-an-element-of-everything-romance-paperback","provider":"Preppy Peacock","version":"1.0","type":"link"}