The Kissing List

Download or read book The Kissing List written by Stephanie Reents and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short-story collection about women who defy expectations and take outrageous chances in the face of a life that might turn out to be anything less than extraordinary. After spending a post-college year abroad at Oxford, where she found herself having dinner with famous poets and kissing all the wrong people, Sylvie moves to New York City to begin a life that is full of possibility. Her choices seem endless: from new jobs to new friends to new kissing partners, her future is hers to create. But what she doesn’t realize is that each exciting life that she envisions for herself is inevitably shadowed with potential disappointment: the stultifying temp job, the disastrous first date, the surprising and heart-breaking loss of friends, lovers, and roommates. In a modern world that is increasingly unforgiving, Sylvie and the friends she meets along the way test the boundaries of how far they will go to carve out unique and brilliant adult lives for themselves. Written in exuberant, imaginative, and sardonically funny prose, these interlocking stories take place in a fictional universe where sex is casually exchanged for a designer dress, a vacation home is surrendered to mice in the hope of saving a relationship, a jealous argument leads to a life-threatening game, and a headless woman gives an impatient speech on the many varieties of tears. Shot through with laugh-out-loud lines, yet still wrenchingly emotional and resonant, The Kissing List is a book about women who bravely defy expectations and take outrageous chances in the face of living a life that might turn out to be anything less than extraordinary.

Download or read book The Kiss List written by Sara Jo Cluff and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When high school student Camille Collins' ex-boyfriend spreads a dirty rumor that she's a terrible kisser, Camille and her friends devise the perfect plan to prove Dylan wrong--a kiss list. Perfect kisses with a few of the hottest guys in school will leave too much evidence for anyone to deny.

Download or read book The Kissing List written by Stephanie Reents and published by Hogarth Press. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bold, inventive, and slyly witty work of debut fiction about life and love in your twenties When Sylvie moves to New York at the age of twenty-three, all she can think about is kissing. Who is kissing whom, she wonders, and are they doing more than kissing, and when she meets the right guy, is a kiss just a kiss, or could it lead to something more? As Sylvie and her friends navigate the treacherous world of their twenties, more men are added to their kissing lists - the porn star, the pseudo-intellectual, the creepy boss, the animal rights activist. But which kiss will be the one to ultimately change their lives? With sardonic humor and unexpected emotional force, THE KISSING LIST follows a group of women who take outrageous chances in life and love, and merrily defy the expectations of parents and friends - perfectly capturing that harrowing and thrilling decade in life when just about anything seems possible"--

Download or read book The Kiss List written by Sonya Weiss and published by Entangled: Bliss. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Haley Bowman has ever wanted was her One True Love. But now, with her cousin getting married and Haley back in her small town, the pressure is on. Good thing she’s got a foolproof Kiss List, full of potential OTLs. Her parents knew they were soul mates at their first kiss, so surely Haley will know the same. All she needs to do is...well, kiss each of these guys... Enter Max Gallagher: bane of Haley’s existence, her nemesis since childhood, and, unfortunately, as a local, her way in with all the guys on the Kiss List. Max wants nothing to do with love and certainly nothing to do with Haley, but he can clear the way for her to get to know the guys on the list. Of course, he wants something in return: to be made a partner in Haley’s family’s business. One kiss for relinquishing her hold-out vote on Max. But the more time Max and Haley spend together, the clearer it is that there’s a paper-thin line between love and hate. Max will have to decide between the job he’s always dreamed of or the girl of his dreams before his fate is sealed with someone else’s kiss.

Download or read book Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List written by Rachel Cohn and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a motion picture starring Victoria Justice! From the New York Times bestselling authors of NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST, NAOMI AND ELY’S NO KISS LIST is the quintessential Girl-Likes-Boy-Who-Likes-Boys story. Naomi and Ely are best friends. Inseparable since childhood. Naomi is straight. Ely is gay. Naomi dates guys who she claims to like. They’re okay, but she likes Ely more. To protect their feelings, Naomi and Ely created a No Kiss List—a list of people neither of them is allowed to kiss under any circumstances. Naomi’s latest boyfriend Bruce isn’t on that list. But he probably should have been. Because when Ely kisses Bruce, it breaks Naomi’s heart. The result? A rift of universal proportions. Can these best friends come together again, or will this be end of Naomi and Ely: the Institution? Told in alternating voices using an array of emoticons and symbols by co-authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, co-author of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON with John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS), NAOMI AND ELY’S NO KISS LIST is the ultimate offbeat story about leaving room for every kind of love.

Download or read book The Kissing Garden written by Charlotte Bingham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cosy, captivating and dreamy love story with a magical twist by million-copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham, is the perfect escapist read. A must read for fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah. 'Extremely popular...her books sell and sell' -- Daily Mail 'A perfect escapist cocktail for summertime romantics' -- MAIL ON SUNDAY 'I could not put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Fiction at its best' -- ***** Reader review 'A magical tale' -- ***** Reader review 'I have to say curled up by a log fire under a duvet is the best time to read this!' -- ***** Reader review 'I was totally captivated' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************** PEOPLE CHANGE BUT CAN LOVE SPRING ETERNAL? As children, George Dashwood and Amelia Dennison loved to roam the Sussex Downs in company with their dogs, and just as their two very different families were friends, so too were they. Years later, as the storm clouds of war gather, George realizes that what he feels for Amelia is more than friendship. But it is 1914 and the declaration of war cuts across any romantic plans that the two might have. George is away at the Front for four years, and when the miracle happens and he returns home safely, it seems to Amelia and to both of their families that all they have to do is to marry. But Amelia quickly realizes that the George she loved as a child has gone... Will a trip to the West Country and the discovery of an old, ruined priory be what they need to find the love and happiness they both know is buried deep?

Download or read book Only a Kiss with a Billionaire written by Ellie Hall and published by Ellie Hall. This book was released on with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She prefers cookies and nights in with Netflix. He's a model and would rather be out on the town. Forced to stage a fake relationship will they keep running toward the past or into each other's arms? Emma plans to spend the holidays with a pint of ice cream to beat the breakup blues. But with her bank account bottoming out, she reluctantly takes on a Christmas Day gig at a gym and brings her tin of cookies as a plus one. At first annoyed by the big-shot owner’s flexing, Emma discovers he just might have the muscle she needs to work out her money problems… Will’s playboy reputation is taking a serious toll on his growing exercise empire. Forced to fake a stable relationship, the sharp-witted and quirky Emma seems like the perfect quick fix. But as he trots the globe with the gorgeous girl who loves carbs more than him, he’s surprised to find himself sweating every staged kiss… With Emma’s financial troubles on hiatus, she hopes to drag out her billionaire hate-love relationship for all its worth. But as their fake feelings turn into truth, lovers from their pasts threaten to blow the whistle. Can Emma and Will ditch the charade and add some real weight to their relationship? This is book 2 in the Only Us Billionaire Romance series. Each book stands alone but reading them in order provides a deeper, richer experience. It is a sweet, “clean and wholesome” romance without swearing or mature content and contains a happily ever after. If you like opposites-attract love, sweet chemistry, and a dash of clever suspense, then you’ll adore this heartwarming romance.