When
I was coming up with additional titles for my Bradford series (they all start
with Just in case you didn’t know), the title for book five came to me right
away—Just A Kiss. I loved it immediately and I was thinking about that this morning.
There’s just something about the word KISS that brings so many nice
things to mind! Who doesn’t like
kissing?
I
was thinking about some of my other favorite kissing things :) For
instance, two of my favorite movies are Never Been Kissed and French Kiss. And, what good chocoholic doesn’t like
these? (especially with almonds!)
Once
I started looking around at kissing stuff well… there’s simply kissing *all
over*! Which is exactly as kissing should be, in my opinion :) Books,
movies, songs, recipes… it goes on and on!
Here are some of my favorites:
Drink Recipes!
Kiss On the Lips
Quantities are an estimate, adjust to taste.
1 - 1 1/2 oz peach schnapps
4 - 6 oz frozen mango mix
1 tbsp grenadine syrup
4 - 6 oz frozen mango mix
1 tbsp grenadine syrup
The
mango mix should be blended with crushed ice firstly with the schnapps. Pour
the schnapps and mango mix into a cocktail glass with the grenadine already
placed at the bottom.
Angel’s Kiss
¼
shot crème de cacao
¼
shot sloe gin
¼
shot brandy
¼
shot cream
Layer
in order, into a Pony or Pousse-café glass
(http://www.cocktailmaking.co.uk/displaycocktail.php/140-Angels-Kiss)
Cookie Recipes!
Forgotten Kisses
Ingredients
·
3 egg whites
·
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
·
1/4 teaspoon salt
·
1 1/2 cups white sugar
·
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
·
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
·
3 drops red food coloring
Directions
·
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190
degrees C). Spray cookie sheets with non-stick spray.
·
Beat egg whites until frothy. Add
cream of tartar and salt. Beat until very stiff.
·
Add sugar slowly by teaspoonful.
Beat until glossy.
·
Fold in vanilla, food coloring, and
chips.
·
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased
sheet. Place in oven. Turn OFF the oven. Leave til oven is cold. DO NOT OPEN
THE DOOR TO PEEK ... THE COOKIES WILL TURN GUMMY!
Chocolate Kiss
Cookies (these
are a favorite around my house!)
Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
24 milk chocolate kisses
Directions
In a large bowl, cream peanut butter
and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until blended.
Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls. Place 2
in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until
tops are slightly cracked.
Immediately press one chocolate kiss into the center
of each cookie. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2
dozen.
As mentioned
above :) Never
Been Kissed and French
Kiss are my favorites with kiss in the title, but when it comes to the actual KISSES in movies (and TV) there are so many great ones! This shows various clips from some of the best kisses-- Titanic, Spiderman, Pirates of the Carribean, Princess Bride... oh, you just have to watch it! :)
Songs!
There
are a ton of songs that have kiss or kissing or kisses in the title, of course. And then there’s a huge number of songs by some band named KISS (you may have heard of them) But here
are some of my favorite kiss songs:
Then He
Kissed Me—The Crystals
It’s In His Kiss (okay, really
known as the Shoop, Shoop Song :))—Cher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfGFUJV2WI
Kiss Me
Deadly—Lita Ford
BOOKS!
Okay,
there’s 100 pages of books with “kiss” in the title on Amazon. Which doesn’t surprise anyone, right? There are seductive kisses, kisses at midnight, last kisses, first kisses... And also not surprisingly, a huge number of
those are about the band KISS. But there
were a few others that caught my eye.
For instance, and yeah because I’m a big fan of hers, Julia Quinn’s
upcoming book The Sum of All Kisses.
Come on, that’s a great title.
And then
there’s It’s In His Kiss, another Julia Quinn.
Not my favorite Bridgerton, but I do like the title—second only to When
He Was Wicked.
This one
isn’t a romance, but it’s about love. I
read it to my kids and it still makes me smile.
The Kissing Hand.
And then
there is this one. Great title, great
cover and sounds like something *everyone* should pick up! :)
She’s unforgettable…
and that’s exactly what got him into trouble the first time.
Blurb:
The Bradfords, Book 5
As a paramedic in the busiest ER in the city, Kevin Campbell
knows there’s no such thing as a typical night—but this one definitely has them
all beat.
His dad’s been stabbed with a fork, his mom’s been in a
fight, and it’s all because of a younger half-brother he never knew existed.
And if that’s not enough, everyone
seems to agree that Kevin should take the boy in for the six months during his
mom’s rehab. Oh, and the annulment he thought he got fourteen years ago? Never
went through.
It’s really too bad he gave up drinking and swearing.
Eve Donnelly is shocked to see Kevin again, but not
surprised they’re still married. After all, she was the one who refused to sign
the annulment papers. Now that she’s got Kevin back in her life, nothing else
matters. Not even her past fourteen less-than-virtuous years. In fact, the
truth about her life without Kevin isn’t even worth bringing up. She hopes.
When Eve offers to help Kevin with his younger brother, a
sweet, devout preacher’s daughter seems like an answered prayer. Besides,
things can’t get more complicated.
Can they?
Warning: Contains
a bad boy gone good, a good girl who knows all about being bad, and lots of
hot, sweet, so-this-is-how-married-couples-do-it lovin'.
2 comments:
Oooh Erin, love the title, love the kisses, love love love! Or should I say kiss kiss kiss!
Let us not forget the infamous S.W.A.K.! No love letter would be complete without that lovely kiss filled seal!
Such a cute post, Erin! Happy newest release!
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