{"id":19,"date":"2026-04-28T23:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:49:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull py-20 md:py-32 bg-slate-50 border-b border-slate-200 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group authorpro-container px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center gap-12 items-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center space-y-8 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"inline-block px-3 py-1 bg-brand-600\/10 text-brand-600 rounded-full text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider\">Modern Noir Romances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading text-4xl md:text-6xl font-serif font-extrabold text-slate-900 leading-tight tracking-tight has-5-xl-font-size\">Tough Love<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-lg text-slate-600 leading-relaxed\">Nine stories about men and women who don\u2019t walk away clean. 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