{"product_id":"we-are-just-us-9798234115195","title":"We Are Just Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I saw you naked.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"That was an accident.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Still counts. I figure the Universe likes symmetry.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKieran Doyle is a liar. Small ones, \u003cem\u003emostly\u003c\/em\u003e. \"I'm fine. No one special. Everything's great.\" The kind of lies you tell the people you love when the truth feels like a weight only one of you should carry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe drove nine hours south with two dogs, a box of his mother's ashes, and thirty-two years of silence finally behind him. Encinitas wasn't the plan. Neither was accidentally saluting the shirtless man next door like a soldier reporting for duty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRory Kline surfs at dawn, keeps aloe in the fridge like a functioning adult, and looks at Kieran like he might actually mean it. He's also built his life around something Kieran doesn't yet understand-and wanting him might be a mistake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the walls of a duplex are thin. Conversations happen over fences. A jellyfish sting, a Taco Tuesday, and one catastrophic perineum sunning incident turn accidental glances into staying the night-and then wanting more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when the truth finally surfaces, Kieran has to choose between doing what he's always done, or staying long enough to be known, disappointed, and loved anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Are Just Us is a contemporary queer romance about grief, late-life coming out, and what it costs to stay.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jude Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Bee Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234115195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jude Bradley \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840906506397,"sku":"9798234115195","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0da23098-50f2-4af5-9532-f8d628105507.jpg?v=1787728196","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/we-are-just-us-9798234115195","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}