{"product_id":"take-it-offline-hf-27-copy","title":"Take My Word | HF 27","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Office #2. Can be read as standalones.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eContemporary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFake Dating \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSpicy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFaking it never felt so real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIVY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s over. Eight years of meetings, 'document emergencies' (whatever they are), and covering up my tattoos, and now a company-wide redundancy has finally pulled my name out of a hat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExit: stage left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo much for making the responsible choice. Giving up theatre to work a lifetime locked to a keyboard was supposed to show I was a grown up, except all it’s ever been is a role I forced myself into, and I’ve been playing it for so long I’m not sure who the real Ivy Hawkins is anymore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s no other answer when Lincoln Reeves offers me the chance to be anyone I want for a night. Saying no to those piercing grey eyes would be impossible… And then I immediately ruin it by sticking my foot in my mouth. Now I’m playing the part of his fake girlfriend, while desperately trying not to fall for my own act.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLINCOLN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne night. It’s not nearly enough, could never be enough where Ivy is concerned, but she’s itching for an adventure, so that’s what I’ll give her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlaying her boyfriend isn’t a hardship, but it’s one more lie separating me and my family, and the closer Ivy and I get, the more it threatens to unravel everything I returned from London to fix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dani McLean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56514608529748,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0906\/1148\/2964\/files\/ShopifyCoverNEW-2026-07-22T113008.509.png?v=1784716220","url":"https:\/\/www.heabookshop.com\/products\/take-it-offline-hf-27-copy","provider":"HEA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}