{"id":721,"date":"2012-09-12T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zahraowens.com\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2022-09-22T21:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:44:14","slug":"the-hand-me-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/?page_id=721","title":{"rendered":"The Hand-me-down"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-675\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamspinnerpress.com\/books\/the-hand-me-down-by-zahra-owens-3223-b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-675 size-medium\" title=\"Cover_Hand-me-down_Owens\" src=\"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Cover_Hand-me-down_Owens-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Hand-me-Down by Zahra Owens Cover By Paul Richmond Out in September 2012 From Dreamspinner Press\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Cover_Hand-me-down_Owens-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Cover_Hand-me-down_Owens-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Cover_Hand-me-down_Owens.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hand-me-Down by Zahra Owens &#8211; Cover By Paul Richmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When a volcano erupts in Iceland and leaves globetrotting headhunter Jez Robinson stranded in Barcelona, he isn\u2019t sure what to do. He has a hard time sitting still, so deciding to make the best of his situation, he pays a visit to his old friend Nick Stone, a retired porn star he shares a history with. Only the visit doesn\u2019t go anything like Jez expected.<\/p>\n<p>First Nick introduces Jamie, his much younger lover, a man so painfully shy he can\u2019t even bring himself to talk to strangers. The love he and Nick share is plain to Jez, but also puzzling, because Nick was never the monogamous type. Then Nick tells Jez he\u2019s dying and wants Jez to look after Jamie.<\/p>\n<p>In his whole life, Jez has never committed to so much as a house plant, so at first he refuses. But Nick and Jamie are insistent, and soon Jamie worms his way into Jez\u2019s graces and his bed, determined to do the convincing Jez\u2019s heart needs.<\/p>\n<p>Novel is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamspinnerpress.com\/books\/the-hand-me-down-by-zahra-owens-3223-b\">Dreamspinner Press<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"gr_add_to_books\">\n<div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_\"><a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16002342-the-hand-me-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/atmb_add_book-70x25.png\" alt=\"The Hand-me-down\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- the identifier in the following script tag can be a GR book id or an isbn --><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/add_to_books_widget_frame\/16002342?atmb_widget%5Bbutton%5D=atmb_widget_1.png\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a volcano erupts in Iceland and leaves globetrotting headhunter Jez Robinson stranded in Barcelona, he isn\u2019t sure what to do. He has a hard time sitting still, so deciding to make the best of his situation, he pays a visit to his old friend Nick Stone, a retired porn star he shares a history&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zahraowens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}