Keri has taken over the blog and we are talking about kissing… Great topic. Please make Keri feel welcome.
Take it away Keri….
Kissing. And Smooching.
Thanks Kelly for having me out today! I can’t wait to talk to your readers about something most all romance readers love.
Since this is Books-N-Kisses what better topic is there than the act of smooching? Frenching. Locking lips. Tonsil Hockey. Dancing tongues…okay, I’ll stop. In my latest release, Satisfying Her Tastes Rebecca Gabel is after one kiss.
To start with. But to get more, she knows she needs to get that one first kiss. She creates a plan that doesn’t really work out, BUT with some courage to take action, she does get that kiss. That quick moment becomes everything she’d hoped it would be and surprisingly, a little bit more.
Writing Rebecca’s nerves and anxiousness to feel wrapped up in Grant’s arms took me back a little. Back to a kiss I’ll never forget. It was a fall night. Warm perhaps. Maybe cool. I couldn’t say because he was there. Eight inches taller than me. Chest broad. Strong shoulders. Much like Rebecca, I knew what I wanted. I was 17 and had no idea how to get it.
Let’s be honest here. Good little southern girls don’t go around asking boys for kisses on their first date. J I may wear those devil horns on twitter, but I was a good girl in high school.
While Rebecca is rumored to be that bad girl, images are not always as they appear. Rebecca may come across as confident and flirty, but inside, she’s insecure and is trying to navigate what she wants with how to get it. She’s no teenager either, but she’s had some complications in her life that’s left her struggling with taking action. You’ll have to read the book to see how this first kiss works out for her.
Lucky for me, I didn’t have to take much action to get my first kiss. The guy was 18. And well, you know how 18 year old boys are. He was so shy, but not much comes between a teenage boy getting his hands on girl when opportunity is there. J
Giveaway Time
Tell me about a kiss. Doesn’t have to be your first, but one with someone you’ll never forget. Or for reasons, a kiss you’ll never forget. That boy I kissed when I was 17? I married him. For the last 11years I’ve been kissing that same boy. I’m anxious to do it again.
Leave me a comment & email address and you’ll be entered for a chance to win an electronic copy of Satisfying Her Tastes!
We will leave giveaway open until Sept 17th
Winner will be announced on Sept 19th.
Thanks for having me today!
I’ll check back in through the day for comments—if you have any questions about the series, ask away!
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Excerpt and Video reading http://keriford.com/2011/08/28/satisfying-her-tastes-now-available/
Lots of first kisses but nothing that stood out. Till this one first kiss, he was shy and I had to grab his shirt and pull him in. But after that it was a kiss I felt all the way to my toes, now that is the way a first kiss should feel. I kept thinking that was what I had been waiting for, and yes I ended up marrying him =)
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Lexi–that sounds WONDERFUL! and I love that story that you pulled him in. amazing how you just know that THIS BOY is different.
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Oh man. Let me think. I think I'll have to go to my first kiss with Hubs. That sweet little moment of recognition, the zing to my spine. The feeling of "this shouldn't mean as much as it does, and that's scary."
The man can kiss. What can I say?
A kiss that I'll never forget is my first kiss with my first girlfriend – we were both so incredibly shy and we hardly dared to kiss each other. We had just watched Romeo & Juliette and after five minutes of just staring at each other, we finally kissed. This is the girl I'm going to marry next year…
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A kiss I will never forget was the one with my husband, boyfriend at the time. Was our first date. 🙂 I think that kiss lasted for hours. It has been almost 19 years later and I still love kissing him as now as I did then. 🙂
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I will forever remember the first kiss from a boy! It was my first date too. The kiss was AWFUL and never really happened. First, we leaned in and banged noses. Then we both turned our head the same way and hit again! He kissed me on the cheek! Embarrassing! UGH! I didn't get a REAL kiss for a few years!
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KJ–what a great description! you should be a writer.
Mierke–Congratulations!!! What a wonderful story.
Trish–You are SO RIGHT. I can still remember a lot about that first night. Ours lasted seconds but it's a few seconds I'll never forget.
Books4–If ONLY our first kiss could be the stuff we read about! I remember kissing a boy or two, but I don't remember my first one–that must of have been one lackluster of a smooch!
I think the kiss I remember most is the one right after we said "I do" might sound silly, but I was so happy that I would get to be on the receiving end of those kisses the rest of my life!
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I've been married forever. I dated very little in high school, met my husband when I was 16 got married at 17. The kiss I remember is the one my husband gave me as they wheeled me in to have my back operated on about 4 years ago. I was terrified and he just made me feel so good and so loved.
I don't remember the kiss as much as I do when it occurred and it was when a man I was seeing told me he wanted to take our relationship to the next level. We'd been friends for a year or so and did stuff together, going dutch, not really dating. I remember freezing up. I had only been divorced about 2 years and had no plans of getting romantically involved again, figuring I didn't do well at relationships. He convinced me otherwise. We've now been together 13 years. And, yes, I still love kissing him.
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