Author: Cristy VanKleek
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973640805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Every person has one ‘First Kiss’ story. God cares, and so should you. The principal called my parents informing them about some disruptive playground behavior. I was entertaining myself by kissing my fingers; stretching my arm out and chasing boys with girl germs. I enjoyed their looks of horror and that had power to make them run! Isn’t it interesting that youth have a desire for sexual purity? They cringe at the thought of germs from the opposite sex. We don’t have to teach them purity. We can combat media that perpetuates the belief that a kiss will miraculously heal the body and innermost being. The beast doesn’t become a charming man. The frog doesn’t become a prince. I have written a book to help dispel the myth. It is written for grade schoolers because that is the age media aims the myths. Join me in the battle for the mind! 2 Timothy 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Spoiler alert: Star doesn't kiss anyone. After hearing the stories of her parents and grandparents she decides to wait a long time. Until she might marry the person.
Star’s ‘First Kiss’
Author: Cristy VanKleek
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973640805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Every person has one ‘First Kiss’ story. God cares, and so should you. The principal called my parents informing them about some disruptive playground behavior. I was entertaining myself by kissing my fingers; stretching my arm out and chasing boys with girl germs. I enjoyed their looks of horror and that had power to make them run! Isn’t it interesting that youth have a desire for sexual purity? They cringe at the thought of germs from the opposite sex. We don’t have to teach them purity. We can combat media that perpetuates the belief that a kiss will miraculously heal the body and innermost being. The beast doesn’t become a charming man. The frog doesn’t become a prince. I have written a book to help dispel the myth. It is written for grade schoolers because that is the age media aims the myths. Join me in the battle for the mind! 2 Timothy 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Spoiler alert: Star doesn't kiss anyone. After hearing the stories of her parents and grandparents she decides to wait a long time. Until she might marry the person.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973640805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Every person has one ‘First Kiss’ story. God cares, and so should you. The principal called my parents informing them about some disruptive playground behavior. I was entertaining myself by kissing my fingers; stretching my arm out and chasing boys with girl germs. I enjoyed their looks of horror and that had power to make them run! Isn’t it interesting that youth have a desire for sexual purity? They cringe at the thought of germs from the opposite sex. We don’t have to teach them purity. We can combat media that perpetuates the belief that a kiss will miraculously heal the body and innermost being. The beast doesn’t become a charming man. The frog doesn’t become a prince. I have written a book to help dispel the myth. It is written for grade schoolers because that is the age media aims the myths. Join me in the battle for the mind! 2 Timothy 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Spoiler alert: Star doesn't kiss anyone. After hearing the stories of her parents and grandparents she decides to wait a long time. Until she might marry the person.
First Kiss at Christmas
Author: Lee Tobin McClain
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 0369703626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"Lee Tobin McClain's books make my heart sing."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author On the Chesapeake Bay, you don’t need mistletoe for the perfect Christmas kiss… Not many women still have “first kiss” on their Christmas list, but somehow Kayla Harris is permanently in the friend zone with men. So when veteran Tony DeNunzio shows up in her preschool classroom with his nephew, Jax, her focus is solely on helping the troubled little boy adjust. But as Tony takes on a volunteer role at the school, she can’t help noticing his softer side is as appealing as his rugged male presence. Tony will do anything to make Jax's first Christmas without his mom a happy one. And that includes spending more time than is typical with the teacher who’s drawn Jax out of his shell. Beautiful and kindhearted, Kayla makes Tony long for family and a happiness he doesn’t think he deserves. But with the magic of Christmas in the air, a first kiss might lead them both to a forever love. Don’t miss Forever on the Bay, the next book in The Off Season series by Lee Tobin McClain, where safe harbor and new beginnings await on the Chesapeake Bay. The Off Season Series Book 1 - Cottage at the Beach Book 2 - Reunion at the Shore Book 3 - Christmas on the Coast Book 4 - Home to the Harbor Book 5 - First Kiss at Christmas Book 6 - Forever on the Bay
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 0369703626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"Lee Tobin McClain's books make my heart sing."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author On the Chesapeake Bay, you don’t need mistletoe for the perfect Christmas kiss… Not many women still have “first kiss” on their Christmas list, but somehow Kayla Harris is permanently in the friend zone with men. So when veteran Tony DeNunzio shows up in her preschool classroom with his nephew, Jax, her focus is solely on helping the troubled little boy adjust. But as Tony takes on a volunteer role at the school, she can’t help noticing his softer side is as appealing as his rugged male presence. Tony will do anything to make Jax's first Christmas without his mom a happy one. And that includes spending more time than is typical with the teacher who’s drawn Jax out of his shell. Beautiful and kindhearted, Kayla makes Tony long for family and a happiness he doesn’t think he deserves. But with the magic of Christmas in the air, a first kiss might lead them both to a forever love. Don’t miss Forever on the Bay, the next book in The Off Season series by Lee Tobin McClain, where safe harbor and new beginnings await on the Chesapeake Bay. The Off Season Series Book 1 - Cottage at the Beach Book 2 - Reunion at the Shore Book 3 - Christmas on the Coast Book 4 - Home to the Harbor Book 5 - First Kiss at Christmas Book 6 - Forever on the Bay
Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
Author: Kasie West
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006267580X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star in a movie alongside one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, she doesn’t hesitate to accept the part. But Lacey quickly learns that life in the spotlight isn’t as picture perfect as she imagined. She’s having trouble bonding with her costars, her father has hired the definition of a choir boy, Donavan Lake, to tutor her, and somewhere along the way she’s lost her acting mojo. And just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse, it looks like someone on set is deliberately trying to sabotage her. As Lacey’s world spins out of control, it feels like the only person she can count on—whether it’s helping her try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get her or snap her out of her acting funk—is Donavan. But what she doesn’t count on is this straight-laced boy becoming another distraction. With her entire future riding on this movie, Lacey knows she can’t afford to get sidetracked by a crush. But for the first time in her life Lacey wonders if it’s true that the best stories really do happen when you go off script.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006267580X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star in a movie alongside one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, she doesn’t hesitate to accept the part. But Lacey quickly learns that life in the spotlight isn’t as picture perfect as she imagined. She’s having trouble bonding with her costars, her father has hired the definition of a choir boy, Donavan Lake, to tutor her, and somewhere along the way she’s lost her acting mojo. And just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse, it looks like someone on set is deliberately trying to sabotage her. As Lacey’s world spins out of control, it feels like the only person she can count on—whether it’s helping her try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get her or snap her out of her acting funk—is Donavan. But what she doesn’t count on is this straight-laced boy becoming another distraction. With her entire future riding on this movie, Lacey knows she can’t afford to get sidetracked by a crush. But for the first time in her life Lacey wonders if it’s true that the best stories really do happen when you go off script.
The First Kiss Hypothesis
Author: Christina Mandelski
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
ISBN: 1640633561
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Nora Reid believes scientific laws control everything, even love. With her grandparents’epic first kiss story cemented in her brain, Nora develops a hypothesis she’s determined to prove:for each person in the world, there is exactly one other person, and at first kiss, they’ll experience an immediate and intense reaction. But after four years of zero-reaction kisses, she comes up with a new theory: maybe that pesky crush on her stunningly hot best friend Eli Costas is skewing her results. She needs to get rid of him, and fast. Eli Costas is an injury-prone lacrosse star with a problem—the one chance he had at winning over the girl next door resulted in the most epically sucktastic first kiss ever. And now she’s...trying to get rid of him? Hell no. It’s time to disprove her theory and show her exactly what she’s missing. Game. On. Disclaimer: This book contains a stunningly hot lacrosse player who isn’t above playing dirty to win over the stubborn girl-next-door of his dreams. Each book in the First Kiss Hypothesis series is STANDALONE: * The First Kiss Hypothesis * Love and Other Secrets * Stuck With You
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
ISBN: 1640633561
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Nora Reid believes scientific laws control everything, even love. With her grandparents’epic first kiss story cemented in her brain, Nora develops a hypothesis she’s determined to prove:for each person in the world, there is exactly one other person, and at first kiss, they’ll experience an immediate and intense reaction. But after four years of zero-reaction kisses, she comes up with a new theory: maybe that pesky crush on her stunningly hot best friend Eli Costas is skewing her results. She needs to get rid of him, and fast. Eli Costas is an injury-prone lacrosse star with a problem—the one chance he had at winning over the girl next door resulted in the most epically sucktastic first kiss ever. And now she’s...trying to get rid of him? Hell no. It’s time to disprove her theory and show her exactly what she’s missing. Game. On. Disclaimer: This book contains a stunningly hot lacrosse player who isn’t above playing dirty to win over the stubborn girl-next-door of his dreams. Each book in the First Kiss Hypothesis series is STANDALONE: * The First Kiss Hypothesis * Love and Other Secrets * Stuck With You
Love, Life, and the List
Author: Kasie West
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062675788
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances. Which is where the list comes in. Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062675788
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances. Which is where the list comes in. Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.
First Kisses 4: It Had to Be You
Author: Sabrina Jordan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061973920
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
As the new, secret (shhh!!!) Dear Daisy, I must be an expert on romance, right? Wrong. Here I am living next door to Kyle, who is friendly, polite, and devastatingly cute in his board shorts—yet I act like a drama queen every time we talk. That's not me, really! How can I (as Daisy) give love advice to someone called "Romeo14" if I can't even get Kyle to ask me out? But I've got to keep trying. Because what if he's the one?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061973920
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
As the new, secret (shhh!!!) Dear Daisy, I must be an expert on romance, right? Wrong. Here I am living next door to Kyle, who is friendly, polite, and devastatingly cute in his board shorts—yet I act like a drama queen every time we talk. That's not me, really! How can I (as Daisy) give love advice to someone called "Romeo14" if I can't even get Kyle to ask me out? But I've got to keep trying. Because what if he's the one?
The First Kiss
Author: Daryl Chow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648267010
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do some many clients disengage so early, when we have so much to offer? One of the key reasons is we are too focused on conducting an Intake instead of finding an engaging way to Give.You want to find ways to deepen the engagement with your clients right from the first session of therapy. The First Kiss is specifically for the discerning psychotherapist who is willing to challenge the status quo of our profession in the way we conduct our first sessions.At the forefront of coaching psychotherapists and agencies in their professional development using principles of deliberate practice, psychologist and trainer Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D. (Psych) provides compelling and immediately applicable ways to increase your impact with your clients, so as to achieve better outcomes.By following the concepts in this book, you will discover ways to create a lasting impact with your clients right from the first contact, as well as develop a perennial framework to sustain your lifelong development plan.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648267010
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Many clients take the first step to see a psychotherapist and do not return after the first session. Why do some many clients disengage so early, when we have so much to offer? One of the key reasons is we are too focused on conducting an Intake instead of finding an engaging way to Give.You want to find ways to deepen the engagement with your clients right from the first session of therapy. The First Kiss is specifically for the discerning psychotherapist who is willing to challenge the status quo of our profession in the way we conduct our first sessions.At the forefront of coaching psychotherapists and agencies in their professional development using principles of deliberate practice, psychologist and trainer Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D. (Psych) provides compelling and immediately applicable ways to increase your impact with your clients, so as to achieve better outcomes.By following the concepts in this book, you will discover ways to create a lasting impact with your clients right from the first contact, as well as develop a perennial framework to sustain your lifelong development plan.
Love At First Kiss
Author: Olivia T Turner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
It was only supposed to be one night.A thousand dollars to pretend to be Nolan Cline's girlfriend.How could I say no to that?I was probably the only virgin escort on the planet, but Mr. Cline didn't have to know about my lack of experience for the job.All I had to do was hang onto his arm, smile, and look presentable to the rich CEO billionaire's friends and coworkers.It was all great until I saw the possessive and territorial look in Nolan's eyes when he first spotted me in my red dress...Then, I knew that there wouldn't be any pretending between us.It started in the limo... it continued at the gala... until we were so consumed with need for each other that I ended up looking anything but presentable.I might have been the first virgin escort on the planet at the start of the date... But I definitely won't be by the end of it.After one look at his pretend date, Nolan Cline shows Arya just how much of an Over-The-Top possessive alpha he really is. SAFE, no cheating, and a sweet HEA that will have you grinning and blushing! Enjoy!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
It was only supposed to be one night.A thousand dollars to pretend to be Nolan Cline's girlfriend.How could I say no to that?I was probably the only virgin escort on the planet, but Mr. Cline didn't have to know about my lack of experience for the job.All I had to do was hang onto his arm, smile, and look presentable to the rich CEO billionaire's friends and coworkers.It was all great until I saw the possessive and territorial look in Nolan's eyes when he first spotted me in my red dress...Then, I knew that there wouldn't be any pretending between us.It started in the limo... it continued at the gala... until we were so consumed with need for each other that I ended up looking anything but presentable.I might have been the first virgin escort on the planet at the start of the date... But I definitely won't be by the end of it.After one look at his pretend date, Nolan Cline shows Arya just how much of an Over-The-Top possessive alpha he really is. SAFE, no cheating, and a sweet HEA that will have you grinning and blushing! Enjoy!
Before the First Kiss
Author: Ashe Vernon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997940428
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997940428
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Kiss Like a Star
Author: William Cane
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312359934
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Surprise Your Date With a Scene-stealing Kiss!
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312359934
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Surprise Your Date With a Scene-stealing Kiss!