{"id":1097,"date":"2020-11-02T23:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T23:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?page_id=1097"},"modified":"2024-09-14T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:23:30","slug":"crystals-crucible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/crystals-crucible\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal&#8217;s Crucible"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1097\" class=\"elementor elementor-1097\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f56a01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f56a01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68b904a\" data-id=\"68b904a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f3d089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f3d089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crystal's Crucible<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fba1a9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fba1a9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-670481a\" data-id=\"670481a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad86fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ad86fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><section data-id=\"4ac3259\" data-element_type=\"section\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;\"><div style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><div style=\"font-size: 16px; width: 1200px;\"><div data-id=\"db4f995\" data-element_type=\"column\" style=\"font-size: 16px; width: 1200px;\"><div style=\"font-size: 16px; width: 1200px;\"><div style=\"font-size: 16px; width: 1180px;\"><div data-id=\"55a42b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\" style=\"font-size: 16px; width: 1180px;\"><div style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><h2><i>A Phoebe Braddock Romance<\/i><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e5f78c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e5f78c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d71be7\" data-id=\"3d71be7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db066bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db066bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-640x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2334\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res-1281x2048.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kindle-Cover-web-res.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c268a\" data-id=\"16c268a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3b5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c3b5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blurb:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe1e2ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe1e2ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>The laws of attraction are quite beyond science.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Crystal loved rules. A set of principles governed her life. That is why the physical sciences appealed to her. Logic and reasoning kept her afloat amidst the sea of family drama. Intimacy was not part of her equation; she had excluded that variable years ago after a string of disastrous relationships with men who wanted nothing more than sex.<\/p><p>The day she walked through the doors of Aludel Pharma, locking eyes with Adam Fairfax, everything changed. The chemistry between them brought her carefully constructed system crashing down around her. He was her boss, completely off limits. Crystal thought he was safe to admire from a distance. She was wrong. 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Crystal loved rules. A set of principles governed her life. 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