{"product_id":"2940183450125","title":"The Exit Interview","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exit interview is supposed to be procedural.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Megan Stoney, it's her specialty.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the company's meticulous HR manager, Megan has built her life on rules, restraint, and emotional distance. She knows how to keep conversations neutral, how to close files cleanly, how to make endings painless. Control is her armour — and it has kept her safe, successful, and profoundly alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Ivan Klarke walks into the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA star executive. A risk-taker. A man who refuses to play by corporate scripts. Ivan isn't leaving quietly — and he has no intention of giving Megan the tidy answers she expects. Instead, he turns the interview inside out, forcing questions Megan has spent years avoiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy stay in a life that feels cold?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy hide behind titles and policies?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when control finally cracks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped together high above the city as a storm rages outside, what begins as a professional formality becomes a confrontation charged with tension, power, and unspoken desire. Lines blur. Roles dissolve. And Megan finds herself standing at a crossroads she never planned to reach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Embers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47783578108145,"sku":"2940183450125","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940183450125_p0.jpg?v=1770557479","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940183450125","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}