{"id":1599,"date":"2026-08-21T01:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathleenkole.com\/?page_id=1599"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:58:32","slug":"breaking-even","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kathleenkole.com\/?page_id=1599","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Even"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"brz brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz-root__container-page\" >\n<section id=\"dKmgzN8GChaT_dKmgzN8GChaT\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-d-ynf0il brz-css-mf8fd3\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-d-oh3bvl brz-css-1rsxhv5\" data-brz-custom-id=\"zyniHSztMNyX\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-d-x9rvyp brz-css-z4j8oq\">\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-d-w3a52u brz-css-vn5txw\" data-brz-custom-id=\"fRc3OSy4EhH3\">\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-css-d-1n95ksq brz-css-r-1xc399q brz-css-1e6sl53\">\n<div 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href=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/brizy\/public\/editor-build\/prod\/editor\/icons\/glyph\/books.svg#nc_icon\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-text-btn\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-1ehz5mr brz-css-hg6w9i\" data-brz-custom-id=\"hwcY5gvTam0j\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-bcp-color1 brz-text-lg-left brz-mt-lg-10 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-ntr brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-20 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_1 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-1yahey1\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-1yahey1\" data-uniq-id=\"qUJKO\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Meet Penelope Whittaker, a sensible, soon-to-be-married, accountant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-bcp-color1 brz-text-lg-left brz-mt-lg-10 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-ntr brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-20 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_1 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-1yahey1\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-1yahey1\" data-uniq-id=\"qUJKO\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Or, so she thought. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-bcp-color1 brz-text-lg-left brz-mt-lg-10 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-ntr brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-20 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_1 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-1yahey1\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-1yahey1\" data-uniq-id=\"qUJKO\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Penelope was under the impression that she had her path mapped out, until she was hit by an unexpected force: Single Dad. Suddenly, Penelope\u2019s world is turned upside down, and her family and fiance have all been pushed back to second place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-text-lg-left brz-mt-lg-10 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-ntr brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-20 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_1 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-bcp-color1 brz-css-1yahey1\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-1yahey1\" data-uniq-id=\"qUJKO\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Will she choose love, or, possibility? 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