Kissing the Rain

Kissing the Rain
Author: Kevin Brooks
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2014-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 190948928X

Pale, blubbery Moo silently endures a rain of spite each day. But when he sees a murder, he must take a stand, and choose between truth and lies, weakness and strength...

Kissing in the Rain

Kissing in the Rain
Author: Annie Rains
Publisher: NYLA
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2018-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1641970413

A Blushing Bay Prequel Novella After a rough year, Jillian Maready is overdue for a relaxing weekend getaway. Where better to find that than Blushing Bay, North Carolina where her family vacationed growing up? When she sets sail on her own, however, she ends up stranded on a deserted island in the middle of one of the biggest storms of the summer—and in the arms of her sexy childhood crush. As part of the Coast Guard Reserve, Gabe Sawyer is used to search and rescues. After learning that his sister’s best friend is in trouble, he doesn’t hesitate to brave the storm to find her. With the raging seas too volatile to navigate back, Gabe is in over his head when he and Jillian must spend one hot summer night surviving the storm together—and giving in to their sizzling attraction. But what happens when the sun comes back out?

A Garden in the Rain

A Garden in the Rain
Author: Lynn Kurland
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425192023

Lynn Kurland tells the story of Patrick MacLeod—the first MacLeod to discover the secrets of his ancestral land.... Patrick MacLeod is haunted by his past, by events he had no control over and wishes desperately he could change. He hasn’t the heart for love, nor the time for rescuing maidens in distress of their own making. Until he sees a woman who touches his heart and stirs his soul...and makes him believe love might be possible again after all. For Madelyn Phillips, Scotland is the land of dreams, filled with magic, romance, and handsome Highland lords. Unfortunately, the reality of her dream vacation is no car, no luggage, and a pesky ex-fiancé determined to shadow her every move. She thinks her dreaming is in vain until she sees a man standing on a windswept moor, a Highlander full of secrets and longing, and knows she has seen her destiny. But the past isn’t through with either of them, and it will take all the love both of them possess to make their dreams come true.

Dance in the Rain

Dance in the Rain
Author: Sara Leya
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1452561168

Little did I know when I was born all the pain I would see and feel. My turbulent journey, seeing my Nana's heartbreak to the day I lost her, through my own teenage heartache where I wanted my life to end, and then to being on a life-support machine after a car accident a few years later. Upon recovery, I entered a dark world of being a victim of domestic violence from which I had to make a dramatic escape. Finally, when things seemed more settled, I fell in love with a guy with a big secret. After many insights, I received from the obstacles that seemed insurmountable on my journey. I always felt in my heart that triumph would overcome adversity Through all troubles, try dancing when it rains, as I have over and over again! The epic, suffocating turmoils of Sara's life all had a gift in them, yet she didn't see clearly until she was much older. The painful experiences of childhood, teenage years, and onwards were all, she realised, created by her thoughts and beliefs. Many years of unfathomable emotional turbulence finally left her with the deep ingrained belief if only we all treated each other as we would wish to be treated, then this world would be a more positive place.

My Little Phony

My Little Phony
Author: Lisi Harrison
Publisher: Poppy
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 031613256X

Sugar, spice, and everything lice. Massie Block: The holidays are just around the corner, and the only thing Massie doesn't want for Christmas is a lip-kiss from her ninth-grade crush, Landon. Not that she'd ever admit it, but she's nervous! To distract herself, Massie focuses on getting revenge on Claire for ditching the Pretty Committee. But when the plan to bug her ex-BFF backfires big-time, she may find herself headed for a Merry Kissmass-whether she likes it or not. Alicia Rivera: Promised her parents she wouldn't shop at awl between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her reward? An all-expenses-paid trip to the Spanish Riviera. But what happens when she sees the cuh-yutest pair of Ralph Lauren sunglasses? No pain, no Spain. Dylan Marvil: After going overboard at the Westchester Mall, Dylan isn't worried about the size of her clothes . . . but she is worried about the size of her clothing budget. Cuh-redit denied! Kristen Gregory: Is sick of being the only poor girl in Westchester. But misery loves company, and maybe, just maybe, she won't be the only broke member of the Pretty Committee for long. . . . Claire Lyons: When Massie scares off her new drama friends with a fake-lice scare, Claire decides she's done letting Massie bully her. The alpha may have exterminated Claire's social life, but what goes around comes around. The raid is on, and it won't be over until the fat ladybug sings. The Clique . . . the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

Romance and the Rain

Romance and the Rain
Author: B. J. Winkleman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 150358464X

Izzy and Bobby were best friends, since before they even started school together in the first grade. Why not? After all, their fathers spreads were next door to each other. Well, next door, if you consider their houses being almost five miles apart, in beautiful new state of Wyoming, in the late 1800s. They were always best friends, yet never becoming what Izzy had hoped. She had given up on him ever loving her as more than friends, when a handsome young man moved into the next ranch over and they fell deeply in love with each other. Women being women and men being men, even in the late nineteenth century, they could hardly keep their hands off each other. Though they each had commitments to God as well as to themselves, that they would each stay virgins until their wedding night, it was very hard for them not to have sex. The want and then the need for each other were almost overpowering. Would they be able to stay true to their commitment? And would Bobby turn bitter for the love he could have had, or would he find a love of his own as his two best friends had found?

After the Rain

After the Rain
Author: Nicola Thorne
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780103018

A young girl in 1920s New Zealand dreams of achieving her aspirations, but at what cost? - 1921, New Zealand. Bright, fiery and pretty, sixteen-year-old Lottie O’Brien lives with her troubled family in an impoverished part of Wellington. Aspiring for a better life, Lottie is befriended by her class teacher Madeleine Carson, who introduces her to her affluent family living in a prosperous part of Wellington. At first, Lottie resists becoming involved with them, but is gradually drawn into their orbit. Her life is soon transformed, but is Lottie prepared to face the consequences?

Back in the rain

Back in the rain
Author: Elen Chase
Publisher: Elen Chase
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2024-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Unable to get over his girlfriend’s supposed suicide, Andrew spends his days in the deepest apathy, until one day the realization hits him: his Shallie would have never taken her own life. As he stands in the pouring rain in front of her grave, a familiar voice calls his name. Dan once was his best friend, but after seven years apart, Andrew doesn’t know him anymore. He knows he should be angry at Dan for leaving him when he needed him the most. He shouldn’t trust him when he offers to help. But he does. A story of two young men who, drawing closer to a terrible truth, find hope in a relationship that could either save them or destroy them completely.