{"product_id":"love-and-the-game-9781601622280","title":"Love and the Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt twelve years old  Perri Daniels is a tomboy at heart  fitting right in with the guys. Instead of making up cheers and playing double dutch like most girls her age  she spends her time fighting  hooping  and playing video games alongside her best friend  Plus. Living in the Millwood Projects of Prince Georges County  Maryland  the two grew up more like family than friends.  However  as they enter their teenage years  Perri discovers her secret desire to be more than just Pluss best friend. She has a terrible crush on him that just wont go away. On prom night  their relationship takes an unforeseen turn  and on graduation day  Perri discovers shes pregnant with Pluss child. Forced to face the hard reality that  in spite of everything  Plus still considers her nothing more than a friend  she gives up her own basketball scholarship and carries on as a single mother. As the years go by  Perri grows into a vivacious woman  and she and Plus gradually switch roles. Emotions he never knew existed come flooding in when he realizes he may have to share his best friend with another man when Derrick  a tall and handsome basketball  player sweeps Perri off her feet. NBA bound  Plus eventually goes on with his life  sharing only a daughter and a withering friendship with Perri.  When tragedy strikes  will Perri and Plus circle back to the connection they once shared as youth  or will they let sleeping dogs lie? Find out in this urban adventure  a romantic journey through time  Love and the Game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924282638389,"sku":"ByrdShop_1601622287","price":66.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781601622280.jpg?v=1794131473","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/love-and-the-game-9781601622280","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}