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Tropical Kiss

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Seventeen-year-old Morgan Callahan just knows that her summer is going to stink like a dozen rotten eggs. It's bad enough that her boyfriend has just dumped her, calling her emotionless, leaving her without a date to the Junior Prom, as well as a broken leg, which is now trapped in a cast amidst all this crucial heat, but now she has arrived in Aruba to spend the summer with her father. Or, rather, her ESTRANGED father, seeing as how he hasn't so much as even visited her in over three years. The vacation starts out just how Morgan expected it to. Horribly. She is forced to wait over an hour to be picked up at the airport, and when her ride does turn up, he's totally gorgeous, goes by the name of Cyrus "Cy" Reed, and has every girl in Aruba after him. There's an instant attraction between Cy and Morgan, but that attraction is semi-put on hold due to the fact that Morgan realizes that her father is up to something fishy, something that she has decided to stick her nose into, even if she's putting herself in danger.

I'm a HUGE fan of HarperCollins' Summer Romance series, and have loved many of the books that have been published from it. Hence, I knew that I had to read TROPICAL KISS. Morgan is a fiery character, who is spunky and self-assured, and a great addition to the characters gracing the pages of teen fiction nowadays. Her partner in crime, Cy, is entertaining, while at the same time eye candy for every girl in Aruba. The romance between the two of them is sweet, and fun to read about - especially if you're lounging on the shore at the beach, or by the side of a pool - but it's the mystery that really grabbed my attention. Overall, this is an entertaining addition to the Summer Romance series that will be enjoyed by female readers young and old.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

This book was really great. I first saw it at borders, and the cover was really cute, so i bought it. (I know, don't judge a book by its cover, but i just can't help it!) Anyways, this girl Morgan is visiting her father in Aruba, when she starts to go out with her dad's assistant. They have the time of their lives going out, but then Morgan starts noticing that her dad is always around strange people, and she is scared he's breaking the law! I'm not going to spoil the end, but Morgan, her boyfriend, and her dad are all happy! It's SUCH a good ending! surprising too!

Mrgan hasn't seen her father for 3 years. Now that she is 17, the last thing she wants is to be foisted onto her father for a summer in Aruba while her mother honeymoons in India. When Morgan arrives, broken leg and all, she is greeted by Cy, her father's college age intern. Morgan has little hope for a great summer, expecting to simply be dragged around by Cy, who she assumes will be her babysitter. When she and Cy begin to fall in love, the summer from hell starts to brighten up. As Morgan makes new friends and has fun, only one thing bothers her. Her mysterious father seems to be trying so hard to reach out to her, while at the same time pushing her away to keep his secrets. Is he involved in something illegal? And if so, does that mean she is in danger?

I read this book in three days. It had a lot of suspense and it held my attention. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 12 because some parts are very sexual....and they are written in detail. It is the perfect beach read.

Tropical Kiss was a pretty good book. It definitely wasn't my favorite book.... but I liked how there was love, mystery, and family. The beginning was a little shaky, but the end got very good and exciting.

Morgan Callahan is a seventeen-year-old girl with a life in turmoil. She's still recovering from a broken leg, hobbling along on crutches. Her mother has just remarried and is indulging in a little private honeymoon with her new husband. Her father, who she hasn't seen in three years, is currently in Aruba for business, and she's passed along to him for the summer. Arriving on a tropical island for a little summer vacation should be calming, but from the very beginning, it's anything but.

Her father is so busy with work-big surprise!-that he sends his twenty-year-old assistant, an intern for the summer, to pick Morgan up at the airport. Heaven forbid Phillip Callahan should take even an hour break from his busy schedule to pick his own daughter up upon arrival on an island in the middle of nowhere. To make matters worse, Phillip is detained in a late meeting, and the only person Morgan has for company is Cyrus "Cy" Reed, that cute assistant of her father's.

Determined to get to know her father better, to get to know Cy a whole lot more, and have a relaxing vacation beneath the Aruba sunshine, Morgan gets a bit more than she bargained for. When a battle begins to erupt between some drug lords and CIA agents, all hell breaks loose on Aruba.

TROPICAL KISS was a sweet story that has it all-suspense, intrigue, a nice island setting, comedy, and a summer spent learning about romance and family dynamics. Morgan is a typical teenager from a broken home. She's struggling to find her own identity, trying to get closer to a father who has always put his business first. With Cy, she finds a man who is both irritating and attractive at the same time, and she has to learn to come to grips with those conflicting emotions.

A well-paced young adult book with down-to-earth characters, TROPICAL KISS is a great read for a summer afternoon spent out in the sun.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

Okay, so i've wanted this book for a long time because after one read it became one of my top favorite reads, so finally I bought it and reread it, and after a couple months i've read it at least 6 times. It's a great read! and I am definitely biased since it's one of my favorites! But if you've never read anything of Jan Coffey (like me, since all her other books are really dark) this one is a must!!!!

I love this book. it was originally a gift for my sister but after i read it i held it captive then bought a new copy when she lost hers just so i could have my own copy.

Most seventeen-year-olds would be looking forward to spending the summer in Aruba. Morgan Callahan is not most seventeen-year-olds. First of all, her leg is in a cast, which sort of rules out most forms of fun in the sun. Even if it didn't, Morgan is a natural redhead whose skin burns at the very idea of exposure to the sun.

The bigger problem, of course, is that Morgan is being shipped off to spend the summer with her father on Aruba. That would be the father she barely knows, the one she hasn't even seen for three years. And while Morgan knows she can't possibly spend the summer with her mother and her mother's new husband on their extended honeymoon in India, it irks her that her mother didn't trust her enough to let her stay in Boston with her friends.

If Morgan's arrival in Aruba is anything to go by (her father is too busy with work to pick her up so he sends his intern, Cyrus), she's not going to be getting much quality time with dear old Dad this summer. Still, there are consolations. Cyrus is kind of hot and seems interested in Morgan, and she makes a great new friend her second day on the island. Then Morgan uncovers some clues to her father's `work' and they aren't pointing to anything good. Is it possible that her Dad is some sort of international criminal?

Morgan Callahan is a seventeen-year-old girl with a life in turmoil. She's still recovering from a broken leg, hobbling along on crutches. Her mother has just remarried and is indulging in a little private honeymoon with her new husband. Her father, who she hasn't seen in three years, is currently in Aruba for business, and she's passed along to him for the summer. Arriving on a tropical island for a little summer vacation should be calming, but from the very beginning, it's anything but.

Her father is so busy with work-big surprise!-that he sends his twenty-year-old assistant, an intern for the summer, to pick Morgan up at the airport. Heaven forbid Phillip Callahan should take even an hour break from his busy schedule to pick his own daughter up upon arrival on an island in the middle of nowhere. To make matters worse, Phillip is detained in a late meeting, and the only person Morgan has for company is Cyrus "Cy" Reed, that cute assistant of her father's.

Determined to get to know her father better, to get to know Cy a whole lot more, and have a relaxing vacation beneath the Aruba sunshine, Morgan gets a bit more than she bargained for. When a battle begins to erupt between some drug lords and CIA agents, all hell breaks loose on Aruba.

TROPICAL KISS was a sweet story that has it all-suspense, intrigue, a nice island setting, comedy, and a summer spent learning about romance and family dynamics. Morgan is a typical teenager from a broken home. She's struggling to find her own identity, trying to get closer to a father who has always put his business first. With Cy, she finds a man who is both irritating and attractive at the same time, and she has to learn to come to grips with those conflicting emotions.

A well-paced young adult book with down-to-earth characters, TROPICAL KISS is a great read for a summer afternoon spent out in the sun.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"