{"product_id":"role-playing-paperback","title":"Role Playing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Yardley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Cathy Yardley, author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Comment, Subscribe\u003c\/i\u003e, comes an emotional rom-com about two middle-aged gamers who grow their online connection into an IRL love story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal--he'll be more social if she does the same--she can't refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drama caring for his aging mother while his brother plays house with Aiden's ex-fiancée.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBogwitch and Otter become fast virtual friends, but there's a catch. Bogwitch thinks Otter is a college student. Otter assumes Bogwitch is an octogenarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they finally meet face to face--after a rocky, shocking start--the unlikely pair of sunshine and stormy personalities grow tentatively closer. But Maggie's previous relationships have left her bitter, and Aiden's got a complicated past of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything's easier online. Can they make it work in real life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150881067143,"sku":"9781662503979","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/921f23a9d34bff149798be1391758ac3.webp?v=1733202994","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/role-playing-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}