A First Time for Everything

Isabel Morin

Mar 2020 · Sold by Entangled: Embrace

About this ebook

Hannah Bloom arrives on campus for her senior year of college looking like a new woman. No more mortifying acne—though she still bears the scars—and no more trying to be invisible. She has two goals: get into med school and have sex before graduation. But getting into med school may prove easier than having sex, because Hannah has a secret: she’s never even been kissed.

What she needs is a tutor who’ll give her lessons in all the things she’s missed out on, and Casey Grant is the perfect candidate. He’s the dorm’s resident player—and he’s not only the hottest guy she’s ever seen, but he already knows her secret.

The only trouble is, nothing goes according to plan. Their lessons don’t feel like lessons, they feel like the real thing. She tries to date other guys, but nothing can compare with what she has with Casey. If she’s not careful she’ll fall for him just like every other girl on campus—and have her heart broken like them, too.

Ratings and reviews

Tender and sweet college romance Hannah's new-found confidence leads her into her senior year determined to check the remaining college experiences of her list. After inadvertently sharing her secret with the hottest guy on campus, she recruits him to tutor her on everything she's been missing out on. I admired Hannah's restraint, vowing to herself to keep her feelings for Casey simple and transactional, not willing to be just another girl who pines for what she can never have. I loved the way Casey wrestled with his own feelings for Hannah, and it was sweet to watch his confusion about how to keep a girl who was pulling away from him, after always having been the one to walk away before. Written entirely from Hannah's first-person POV, this story layers all the emotions with surprising insight and depth. The brilliant use of dialogue and observation gives the reader a clear view of Casey's heart even as Hannah struggled to figure it all out. There is plenty of steam in this book as Casey tutors Hannah on all aspects of intimacy, but they are also developing a surprising friendship that proves to be the foundation they didn't know they needed. It's a beautiful coming-of-age story, one I highly recommend for every romance reader. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

About the author

Isabel began reading romances when she was thirteen years old. That's the year her grandmother came to visit, bringing with her a summer's worth of romance novels. Isabel was immediately and forever hooked.

She earned her MFA in creative writing and wrote poetry for years, but it was all pretty melancholy (as poetry is wont to be). After she met her husband, she was too happy to write poetry and decided to try her hand at the kinds of stories she’d been gobbling up for years. Now she writes sensual, emotionally intelligent stories about likable people who discover themselves as they navigate their way to great sex and true love. What could be better than experiencing all that new love and lust just by picking up a book?

She watches British mysteries and anything with dancing, and in the summer she hikes, plays disc golf, and putters in her modest garden. She lives in Connecticut with her conveniently tall, dark, and handsome husband.