Kiss Me Not is the first book in the Kiss Me series by author Emma Hart.
I, Halley Dawson, don’t care that Preston Wright is kissing other women. I really care that he’s doing it six feet from me behind a gauzy velvet curtain – making him my contender in this year’s kissing contest.
Because I’ve had a crush on an unbearable idiot since I was 16, but I also know it’s never going to happen.
He’s a single in Creek Falls, and I’m the raccoon lady from Creek Falls who brings them peanut butter sandwiches every night. I won’t let him break my four-year reign – no matter how many times he breaks the rules and pulls back the curtain to do the one thing he’s not allowed to: kiss me.
Emma Hart brings out her sassy, sarcastic and endearing cuteness. Halley is the local librarian, the daughter of the mayor of the town, the daughter of an heirloom bride and a raccoon feeder. Preston is the brother of Halley’s best friend whom she has had a crush on since the age of sixteen. As the defending champion in Kissing Booth, Halley wasn’t sure who her opponent was, until Preston showed up and she realized she would have to hear him kiss other women every day for the next week.
But when Preston makes it clear that the person he really wants to kiss is Halley, she doesn’t know what to do. What if it all blew up and she ruined his friendship with Reagan, Preston’s sister, or he felt completely weird about her feeding feral raccoons? Her imperfect relationship with her mother has severely damaged Halley’s confidence and Preston will have to prove he’s more than just a quick affair.
