Dear Lonely Hearts #3

Jane Lance answers a lonely hearts ad from a charming rancher named Burt King, hoping to escape her fear of growing old alone—but her arrival at his remote ranch quickly transforms from romantic promise into a nightmare of deception and danger. As Jane's excitement turns to terror, she discovers that King's previous correspondents never left, and that his sweet letters masked something far darker. With the help of an unexpected ally, Jane must survive a night of mounting horror to expose the truth behind King's cruel scheme.

Reenie Calhoun, a lonely seventeen-year-old farmgirl in Rapid River, spots a dashing stranger named Buck Riley and impulsively decides to win his heart by playing a woman of the world. When their evening at a local dancehall leads to a rowboat excursion, they're swept into the rapids and stranded on Lonesome Island, where Buck learns the truth about Reenie's innocence—and discovers what she truly means to him.

Gloria Dale, a calculating young woman from the slums, hatches a scheme to exploit the wealthy by grooming the handsome but naive Jim Parker to charm lonely society women for insider stock tips. When Gloria's carefully constructed emotional walls begin to crumble around Jim, she discovers that the heart of stone she prided herself on may not be quite as impenetrable as she believed.

Nell Gary has everything a young woman should want—youth, beauty, and an engagement to Ken Hunter—yet she's plagued by an inexplicable compulsion to flirt shamelessly with every man around her, a behavior that threatens to destroy her relationship and her reputation. When a dangerous encounter forces her to seek counsel from an unlikely source, Nell discovers a painful truth from her past that may finally explain her self-destructive impulses and offer her a chance at real change.