First Kiss #13

In "The Serious Type," Jo finds herself reluctantly sharing a summer house with Kent Marsden, the charming campus hero she’s always dismissed. Though she’s more at home with a book than a conversation, Marcia begins to see that there’s more beneath Kent’s polished exterior than she ever expected.

In "Summer Always Passes," Fran, a young woman from a quiet seaside town, finds herself drawn to the glamorous lives of summer visitors, leaving behind her steady engagement to pharmacist Paul Grove. As she seeks a more exciting existence, she quickly learns that the glitter of the season hides a deeper emptiness.

In "The Betraying Kiss," Pam finds herself torn when her boyfriend Jimmy is accused of cheating on a crucial test that could win him a scholarship. To uncover the truth, she reluctantly agrees to go out with Jimmy’s rival, hoping to provoke a confession about the planted test questions.

A girl returns home from boarding school and encounters Ronnie Ravic, the town troublemaker with a reputation for quick fists and a quicker temper—but when she gets to know him, she discovers there's far more to him than the rumors suggest. As Claire and Ronnie grow closer, she begins to see how circumstances and others' judgments have shaped his troubled past, and she finds herself determined to look beyond the gossip. What unfolds is a story about seeing past first impressions and understanding the real person beneath a tarnished reputation.