{"product_id":"deception-by-perception-paperback","title":"Deception by Perception - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucia Dolce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1898, Allegra Grayson has one dream: to become a journalist in a world built to keep women like her silent, well-married, and safely behind a needlepoint hoop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in Charleston's finishing-school society and unofficially promised to a proper gentleman of means, Allegra is expected to want nothing more than a household and a brood of children. But beneath her polished manners is a woman keeping secrets even her closest friends don't suspect -- and a heart set on a very different future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen circumstances carry her far from Charleston and into the path of a striking widowed rancher running his family's newspaper, Allegra finds herself unraveling every plan she'd carefully laid for her own life. He is guarded, grieving, and raising a young daughter alone. She is hiding more than anyone around her realizes. Between them grows a connection neither can explain -- and neither can resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeception by Perception is a lush, unhurried journey through Gilded Age society, family secrets, and a romance that builds from stolen glances to something neither Allegra nor Jeb ever expected to find. Told with rich period detail and simmering, explicit passion, this is a love story about the distance between who we're expected to be and who we truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the secret Allegra has been keeping -- and the love that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377605484683,"sku":"9798899228827","price":40.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/Yyu2E9GbF9798899228827.webp?v=1789624314","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/deception-by-perception-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}