{"product_id":"friends-2-lovers-the-ones-we-chose","title":"Friends 2 Lovers: The Ones We Chose Book Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComing soon.\u003c\/strong\u003e Volume Five of the Friends 2 Lovers series is on its way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night of Anthony and Myra's wedding, under a sky of silver stars, Kelly opens the envelope she has kept hidden in her Bible for months. The test proves Larry Vance is not the father of the daughter she placed for adoption. And if it was never Larry, there is only one other man it could be. The little girl with the mark on the back of her neck, the one who ran across the dance floor straight into Claude's arms, may be his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude wants to bring her home. Kelly wants something harder: no hiding, no fists, no lawyers first. She owes Valerie Dixon, the woman who opened her door and raised Lori with love, the truth face to face. But Valerie's husband, Reggie, greets kindness with a careful plan of his own, and Clinton Johnson, Claude's sparring partner and Lori's devoted big brother, is not about to let anyone take his sister without a fight. Anthony, ignoring his own failing health, offers his son a lawyer who only plays to win. And from a prison cell, Larry is still looking for ways to hurt them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo families love the same little girl. Both have every reason to hold on. When the law, blood and love all point in different directions, who gets to decide what makes a family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRead Chapter 1 free\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStart reading now: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/friends-2-lovers-volume-5-chapter-1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead Chapter 1 of The Ones We Chose →\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eQuotes from The Ones We Chose\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“That's all a father ever is. The one who stays.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Anthony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A kid can have more than one person decide they love her.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Clinton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Every time this family hides something, somebody gets hurt worse than the thing we were hiding.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Tell the truth first and fight second. If I have to fight at all.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I'm not asking you to give her up. I'm asking you to make room.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Claude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You stop fighting for the belt. You fight for the person.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Uncle Dev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Every secret I kept grew teeth. They got bigger in the dark.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Colin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Anybody can win it one time. A champion has to keep it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Arnold James\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“That's not less for her. That's more.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Clinton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/jonathan-anthony-burkett\/friends-2-lovers-volume-5-quotes\"\u003eSee all the quotes from this book →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShare any quote with the credit “— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, \u003cem\u003eFriends 2 Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstormed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67815008764147,"sku":null,"price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/7579\/7491\/files\/F2L-Vol5-front.jpg?v=1792589946","url":"https:\/\/www.upstormed.com\/products\/friends-2-lovers-the-ones-we-chose","provider":"Upstormed Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}