Cinderella Love #28

A young waitress named Barbara is juggling secretarial school and her steady relationship with Tom when a promoter from the Meriwether Root Beer Company approaches her in the restaurant with an unexpected offer—to become the face of their brand. When the opportunity leads to a board meeting and a chance to meet Mr. Meriwether himself, Barbara finds herself caught between the promising career suddenly within reach and the life she's been building with Tom. What unfolds is a test of where her priorities truly lie.

When Diane becomes fascinated by Leo, a rough-around-the-edges warehouse worker known as "the Bruiser," she pursues him despite warnings from her steady boyfriend and former classmates about his crude behavior and reputation. As she gets closer to him, Diane discovers a gentler side beneath his tough exterior—but soon faces a painful choice between accepting him as he is or walking away when his crude habits clash with her values.

A farmer's daughter thought her life was complete until the new veterinarian, Steve Hale, returns to town to treat her prize cow—and a city visitor named Clara Clark arrives determined to claim him for herself. As Beth watches Steve fall under Clara's spell, she must decide whether to fight for the man who's captured her heart or accept that some loves simply aren't meant to be.

Kay arrives at girls' college eager to find a boyfriend, and when her popular roommate Virginia starts dating Jeff Hunter, Kay sets her sights on him instead—scheming her way into a weekend prom date that puts her and Jeff in increasingly close quarters. As Kay manipulates situations to spend time alone with him, she creates a rift between Virginia and Jeff, but what started as calculated flirtation begins to show her something uncomfortable about herself and the cost of her deception.