title: How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3)
author:  Elizabeth Bernard 
description: Grade 7-9?Naomi Peters, 15, is a brain on the fast track to Harvard prelaw. She hangs out with a group of kids whose parents are successful and expect their children to follow in their footsteps. On a lark, she tries out for the school play, Beauty and the Beast, and gets the lead. She is immediately attracted to the Beast, Dylan Russo, and feels a chemistry between them that she'd only read about in romance novels. Josh, whom she's known for years, has been more of a good friend than a boyfriend. Dylan is from the wrong side of town, rides a Harley Davidson, and encourages her to cut her hair and skip school. Naomi struggles with a new relationship that is meaningful to her, but feels no support from her family, drama teacher, or friends. She must make the decision of how to resolve her two worlds on her own and almost loses Dylan in the process. The story is believable, and Naomi does take control of the situation. She faces Josh with the painful truth, and the ending is happy. This novel will appeal to YAs trying to discover who they are as opposed to who their parents want them to be.?Sandra L. Doggett, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD<BR>Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  A GIFT OF DAISIES
  
  BY MARY BALOGH
  
  THE IMPOSSIBLE MR. GOWER
  
  Lady Rachel Palmer was quite used to men falling helplessly in love with her.
  Every gentleman in aristocratic society, including her devoted fiancé, Lord
  Algernon Rivers, fell a willing victim to Rachel's dazzling beauty and
  bewitching charm.
  
  Every gentleman, that is, except Lord Rivers' closest friend, the studiously
  unfashionable and splendidly handsome Mr. David Gower.
  
  Mr. Gower made it clear that the ravishing Rache represented everything he
  scorned, and that he was the very last man in the world she could ever
  ensnare. It was a challenge Rachel could not ignore—from a man she could not
  resist....
  
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  FIRE AND ICE
  
  Rachel had never been held thus, against the full, warm length of a man's
  body. And she had never been kissed thus, with lips that moved over hers,
  parting and persuading hers to do the same. But she knew this was right. This
  was the way it must be.
  
  Then she fel