{"product_id":"the-stable-boy-paperback-4","title":"The Stable Boy - 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\u003eZ. S. Storm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAna Storm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaige\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe called him the stable boy. Dad took him out of foster care and brought him to our farm because it meant free labor. I didn't know his name. Didn't want to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou know what else I didn't want? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI didn't want to notice him as he eventually grew out of that lanky frame and got...hot. I didn't want thoughts of him invading my brain when I was on dates with my boyfriend. I didn't want to care when he looked like he needed to say something so badly but couldn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause he was mute. He couldn't speak even if his life depended on it. And after making that same life a living hell for him all these years, I didn't want to face the fact that he might never forgive me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOliver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy didn't they ever say it? Why didn't they ever say my name? I ached to hear it sometimes instead of the usual phrases like 'stable boy' and 'dumb kid'. In their eyes, that was all I was. Because of what? My disability? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd her... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMy tormentor. My foster father's daughter who never got off her high horse. What did I ever do to her? Why did she hate me so much? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven when I treated her with kindness.\u003cbr\u003eEven when I helped her out with things.\u003cbr\u003eEven when tears gathered in my eyes and I wanted to tell her to stop because I didn't deserve to be bullied but words wouldn't come out of my mouth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world was my hell and she ruled it like the devil. And the worst part of it all was that...I let her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e(Note: The Dreamhaven duet is a loose retelling of the classics 'Oliver Twist' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo' consisting of reverse bully fiction and rich girl\/poor boy trope in Book 1 followed by a vengeance plot and a debatable HEA in Book 2. Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger. Contains triggers. Read at your own risk.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451447755001,"sku":"9798224614738","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ztgQ5Flqoy9798224614738.webp?v=1772053883","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-stable-boy-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}