First Kiss #28

Helen Scott’s love life is stuck in the dugout, while her younger sister Gail seems to attract men with ease. Hoping to change her luck, Gail suggests Helen spend a week at Paradise Lodge—where the air is thick with romance and the only thing hotter than the summer heat might be the attention she’s about to get.

Lotus Lee, raised in America but bound by tradition, faces an arranged marriage to a man she’s never met. Torn between duty and her own desires, she makes the bold decision to walk away from a life she didn’t choose.

Georgia thinks she’s the luckiest girl in Jefferson High when Biff Johnson chooses her, but her feelings shift when she witnesses Biff and his friends mocking Clark Davis in the cafeteria. A quiet moment of empathy sets the stage for something deeper than a high school crush.