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Summer Promise
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Summer Promise
Book 1 of the Christy Miller series
160 pages · First published 1988
Fourteen-year-old Christy Miller leaves her Wisconsin farm to spend the summer with her wealthy aunt and uncle in Newport Beach, California. She hopes surfer Todd will notice her and that the sophisticated beach crowd will accept her, but the summer brings painful choices and consequences she never anticipated. New friendships, peer pressure, and tragedy force Christy to examine what her Christian faith actually means outside the protected world of home. Robin Jones Gunn opens the Christy Miller series with YA Christian fiction about belonging, first romance, and a teenager discovering that popularity is a poor substitute for identity.
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Blackberry Sage Tea
A fragrant cup of tea suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
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- Steep the tea and any herbs or whole spices in hot water according to the tea type, then strain. Stir in sweetener and juices. Serve hot.
- Garnish: Citrus peel, herb, or fruit from the recipe, if applicable.
- Glassware: Mug.
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Smoked Old Fashioned
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A warming pour with a sharp edge suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1/4 oz demerara syrup ↗
- 2–3 dashes aromatic bitters
- Ice
- Food-safe oak or cherry wood chips for smoking ↗
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How to mix it
- Stir bourbon, demerara syrup, and bitters with ice and strain over one large cube. Express an orange peel over the drink. Use a cocktail smoker with food-safe oak or cherry chips to fill the covered glass with smoke for 20–30 seconds, then uncover and serve.
- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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