A Kiss Remembered: A Classic Love Story (Hardcover)

by Sandra Brown (Author) "She had purposely chosen a seat near the back of the classroom in order to study him without being obvious..." (more)
Key Phrases: Grant Chapman, Poshman Valley, Chancellor Martin (more...)

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Product Description
An exciting hardcover reissue of a classic love story from #1 New York Times bestseller Sandra Brown about a woman who gets a second chance to pursue her first love.Shelley Browning is finally getting her life together. At 26, shes survived a failed marriage and is going back to school to finish her degree. Except history is about to repeat itself. During her first day on campus, Shelley finds herself in the class of Grant Chapman, her former government teacher, and the man whose kiss still burns in her memory from when she was 16. Certain he wont remember her she keeps her distance, until one day he insists they meet for coffee. Shelley finds him to be as brilliant as ever, and the chemistry between them unchanged. But the sacred law of the university prohibits the kind of relationship they are longing for. If they break it, they risk all theyve both worked for; if they dont, they risk never knowing what could be.

About the Author
Sandra Brown has had 45 New York Times bestsellers since 1991. Close to 60 million copies of her novels are in print worldwide, and they have been translated into 30 languages.

She lives in Texas and South Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446529788
• ISBN-13: 978-0446529785
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #850,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Serves as a remembrance to Brown's powerful romance, April 10, 2002

By	Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

It is so often that readers now not only judge a book by its cover and tantamount to it is the value for price. Sandra Brown's latest hardcover A KISS REMEMBERED billed as a classic love story should be released into a paperback given that it is firstly too short and ungratifying in terms of price against quality and secondly a dated re-release of her work when she writes under the pseudonym of Erin St. Clare.

Not that the story itself is insipid. Sandra Brown is a master at crafting moral dilemmas and poignant romance. This time round she weaves a student-teacher romance between Shelley Browning and Grant Chapman. Once at Poshman Valley High when Shelley was a budding student worshipping the devastatingly handsome political science teacher Mr. Chapman until a shocking yet pleasantly intimate kiss fuelled their desire. Confusion propels Shelley to distance herself and run straight into the arms of Daryl Robins, who later she discovered was a erroneous choice for a husband with his selfishness. Grant moved on to the political stage as a senatorial aide but later a scandal exploded to revert him to teaching yet again.

When they meet again it is at a church-sponsored university where Shelley studies as an undergraduate and Grant as the professor. A wiser and matured Shelley finds her grappling with the primal attraction to Grant, yet again public opinion and objections from the school chancellor threatens their rekindle of romance. When love comes heading, Shelley is forced to evaluate her option and apprehend her fears in love. Most importantly of all, she has to learn to trust Grant....

The awkward relationship under Ms. Brown comes maturedly handled without eager prurience - and it is all the more miraculous she can explore and develop their passion within 180 pages. The hardship and hurdles to surmount manifest as ostracization, gossips that threatens Grant's career, political scandals and Shelley's selfish ex-husband. It makes their precarious May-December romance all the more rewarding and triumphant. The love scenes are uniquely Brown's passionate prose and they sizzle. However, it is ultimately Ms. Brown's high-voltage emotional drama that renders her one of the most profilic author today and also one romance writer who is fondly remembered for her optimistic and uplifting romance.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated but interesting story, July 22, 2005

By	Tracy Vest (Northern California) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Ten years after a smoldering kiss from her civics teacher, Shelley finds herself back in his classroom, college classroom that is. Recently divorced from the husband she nurtured and put through medical school, Shelley is starting over.

Also starting over is Grant Chapman, former high school civics teacher cum congressional aide, now college civics professor. He is trying to live down a Washington DC scandal involving the daughter of a senator. The last thing he needs in his life is the now grown up teenager that sent him running from Oklahoma to the nation's capital after a fateful kiss.

The passion they felt ten years earlier but never acted on is rampant, and Grant attempts to seduce her until she will finally give in to him. Despite trying to stay away from each other, they cannot. They have a lot of obstacles thrown in along the way including more scandals, the college chancellor, and a host of old lovers.

The material is really dated, but if you read the preface going in, you would know that. Yes, Grant had a hard time saying no, but back when this was written, it was still okay to slap women around in movies, so you can forgive the timing.

Despite the "datedness," it is a compelling romance, which has you rooting for he charismatic leads right until the end. This is a short one - less than 200 pages, and can be read in a single day. It is a nice escapist story

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacked everything you normally get with a Sandra Brown novel, June 15, 2002

By A Customer

I wanted to give this book a chance, even though I knew she had written it years ago, but I just could not finish this book. I didn't like the plot, I didn't even like the characters. Blah. I can recommend, however, a spine-tingling lovefest in The Color of Revenge by Millicent Hart. Not one to miss.