“This gut-wrenching story of friendship, first love, and of course heartbreak is a must-read for fans of If He Had Been with Me and is best read beside a box of tissues.” Barnes&Noble.com
Description
One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime.
One boy. One girl. A bond that is forged in an instant and cherished for a decade. A bond that neither time nor distance can break. A bond that will last forever. Or so they believe.
When seventeen-year-old Rune Kristiansen returns from his native Norway to the sleepy town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he befriended Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has just one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was one half of his soul, who promised to wait faithfully for his return, cut him off without a word of explanation?
Rune’s heart was broken two years ago when Poppy fell silent. When he discovers the truth, he finds that the greatest heartache is yet to come.
A young adult tearjerker romance recommended for ages fourteen and up.
Praise
“This gut-wrenching story of friendship, first love, and of course heartbreak is a must-read for fans of If He Had Been with Me and is best read beside a box of tissues.” Barnes&Noble.com
“I highly recommend this book with all my heart. Be prepared to ugly cry. Possibly more than once. I can almost guarantee that you’ll be full-out sobbing at some point. But know that it is absolutely worth every single tear, because the ending was more beautiful than I could ever have imagined.” Aestas Book Blog (6 stars)
"From the funny to the gritty, from the emotional to the uncomfortable, we’re convinced there is nothing this lady can’t write…This is the most beautiful, emotional, and stunningly written love story we’ve ever read…This book is as special as special can be.” Totally Booked Blog (10 “and our hearts are bursting” stars)
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Release Date | July 1, 2016 |
| Number in Series | 1 |
| Series Display String | A Thousand Boy Kisses |
| Release Date Machine | 1467331200 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Teen & Young Adult, Romance, Literature & Fiction, Children/YA, Literature & Fiction, Romance, YA, Fiction - All, Fiction - Child |
Author Bio
Tillie Cole hails from a small town in the northeast of England. She grew up on a farm with her English mother, Scottish father, older sister, and a multitude of rescue animals. As soon as she could, Tillie left her rural roots for the bright lights of the big city. After graduating from Newcastle University with a BA degree with honors in religious studies, she followed her professional rugby player husband around the world for a decade, becoming a teacher in between and thoroughly enjoyed teaching high school students social studies before putting pen to paper and finishing her first novel.
Narrator Bio
P. J. Ochlan is an Audie Award–winning, multiple Earphones Award–winning, and Voice Arts Award–nominated narrator of hundreds of audiobooks. His acting career spans more than thirty years and has also included Broadway, the New York Shakespeare Festival under Joseph Papp, critically acclaimed feature films, and television series regular roles.
Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel’s bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, “Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.”
Overview
One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime.
One boy. One girl. A bond that is forged in an instant and cherished for a decade. A bond that neither time nor distance can break. A bond that will last forever. Or so they believe.
When seventeen-year-old Rune Kristiansen returns from his native Norway to the sleepy town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he befriended Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has just one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was one half of his soul, who promised to wait faithfully for his return, cut him off without a word of explanation?
Rune’s heart was broken two years ago when Poppy fell silent. When he discovers the truth, he finds that the greatest heartache is yet to come.
A young adult tearjerker romance recommended for ages fourteen and up.
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