I want to publish chapters of multiple books, looking for guidance

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When I do this I can’t include links by themselves I have to have some text first. I also can’t use : in the description, how do I use this / escape it?

---
title: "Wuthering Heights"
description: Links -- [Description & Chapters](/books/wuthering-heights/front/) • [Chapter I](/books/wuthering-heights/chapter-1/)
author: Emily Brontë
searchHidden: true
draft: false
date: 1614546475
---

The above works but I can’t do

description: [Description & Chapters](/books/wuthering-heights/front/) • [Chapter I](/books/wuthering-heights/chapter-1/)

I get: failed to unmarshal YAML: yaml: line 1: did not find expected key

When I do

description: Links: [Description & Chapters](/books/wuthering-heights/front/) • [Chapter I](/books/wuthering-heights/chapter-1/)

I get: failed to unmarshal YAML: yaml: line 2: mapping values are not allowed in this context