Below, an excerpt from RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil's JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, in which John's closest friends tell the true story of how he started dating Carolyn Bessette.

There was no electricity. John and Carolyn stayed at our house that night. Someone had the great idea of putting rose petals all the way up our driveway and into our bedroom, which ended up a ...

The insider continued: "The family really just want John and Carolyn to be left to rest in peace. They don't endorse this project, and they're anxious about what Ryan has planned." But the love of ...