After years of people constantly saying to me "Courtney, you really should be writing a book with all of these dating stories you have," I finally took the plunge and put pen to paper. It was time for me to share the utterly amazing and often ridiculous circumstances I always seemed to find myself in when it involved a person of the opposite sex. If I was going to be one of the poster children for living the single life, I realized I might as well use it as some form of entertainment for others to enjoy. Kissing Frogs begins with a prologue, painting the picture of a single girl looking for love. As the book unfolds, it delivers funny, horrifying, sad, exciting, disappointing, and any other word one can and would use to describe the dates we've all gone on and experienced, with the mere purpose of bringing a deeper understanding of what dating life was like. My journey and self-evolution is meant to relate to those also living the single life; maybe it will bring them some peace of mind that they are not alone, as I had lived the same dating nightmares they are. Or maybe it will give them hope and the same determination I had to never give up on what they want for themselves; that there is power in discovering that only they get to determine what that looks like for themselves. When I initially stepped out in to the single scene in NYC in the early 2000's, it is clear nothing could have prepared me for the treacherous waters of dating and the various experiences I would have over the years I remained single. But no matter what frustrations, disappointments, or heartache I endured, I never gave up on what I was truly out to find. Dating for roughly ten years not only provided me with memorable experiences, but in some ways it truly made me a "dating expert." The short stories are in chronological order so there is a flow that occurs. I sew the pieces together, and show the evolution of my approach to dating by threading in the lessons I learned from every man and situation I found myself in. I had my heart broken, I broke hearts, I left a date after twenty minutes, I stayed in a relationship merely for the physical benefits, I experienced over-seas and cross-country relationships, I went out with men I met through numerous dating sites, I was set up by friends and co-workers, and I was picked up by and picked up men in a bar. When it came to dating, I had pretty much done it all Whether you are a twenty, thirty, or forty something single lady living the same "nightmares" I had, a single guy wanting to know why a girl doesn't accept that second date or a "married since nearly puberty" gal who can't understand what her single best friend's dating life is like, there is something for everyone in Kissing Frogs