{"product_id":"the-project","title":"The Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Project\u003c\/i\u003e is a pulls-no-punches story from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Edgar Award winning author Courtney Summers, about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister no matter the cost.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe #1 Indie Next Pick and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award now in paperback with an exclusive bonus chapter. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELIEVE HIM, BETRAY HER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e1998: \u003c\/b\u003e Six-year-old Bea doesn't want a sister but everything changes when Lo is born early. Small and frail, Lo needs someone to look out for her. \u003ci\u003eHaving a sister is a promise, \u003c\/i\u003e Mom says--one Bea's determined not to break. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2011: \u003c\/b\u003e A car wreck, their parents dead. Lo would've died too if not for Lev Warren, the charismatic leader of The Unity Project. He's going to change the world and after he saves Lo's life, Bea wants to commit to his extraordinary calling. Lev promises a place for the girls in the project, where no harm will ever come to them again . . . if Bea proves herself to him first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017: \u003c\/b\u003e Lo doesn't know why Bea abandoned her for The Unity Project after the accident, but she never forgot what Bea said the last time they spoke: \u003ci\u003e We'll see each other again.\u003c\/i\u003e Six years later, Lo is invited to witness the group's workings, meet with Lev, and--she hopes--finally reconnect with her sister. But Bea is long gone, and the only one who seems to understand the depths of this betrayal is Lev. If it's family Lo wants, he can make her a new promise . . . if she proves herself to him first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful, suspenseful and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Project\u003c\/i\u003e follows two sisters who fall prey to the same cult leader\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand their desperate fight back to one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable now: I'M THE GIRL, the \"brutally captivating\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review) \u003c\/i\u003equeer thriller from Courtney Summers, based loosely on The Epstein case and \"not for the faint of heart\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Courtney Summers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53676830359765,"sku":"BS-I6J-848611","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781250848611-HD.jpg?v=1776193529","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/the-project","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}