Just Married #21

A plain secretary at Orwell Engineering finds herself caught between an old crush on her charming boss and a budding romance with Hal Jensen, a friendly new draftsman who teaches her to see herself as more than just office furniture. When the glamorous Claire Lorrie joins the staff with designs of her own on Mr. Orwell, Helen must navigate shifting feelings and competing affections to discover what her heart truly wants. Sometimes the man you dream about and the man who dreams about you turn out to be two very different things.

A wife waits anxiously to tell her husband Danny a secret she fears will shatter their marriage—he's made it clear he never wants children, insisting their lives belong to each other alone. When the moment finally arrives, Joan discovers that Danny has grown beyond the possessive young man he once was, and what she dreaded becomes a moment of joy instead.

Julia Simms catches the eye of Judd Warren, a daring steelworker literally hanging outside her 34th-floor office window—and his unorthodox persistence wins her a lunch date that blossoms into something neither expected. When Judd's job takes him away to Pittsburgh, Julia must decide what her heart truly wants, especially when the persistent Crosley Baird tries to fill the void left behind. A charming romance about finding love in the most unexpected places, from the pages of Just Married.

Mary's happiness dims when Don leaves for a business trip to the coast, and their kind neighbor John Marlowe—a grieving widower who sees Mary as a replacement for his lost daughter—steps in to ease her loneliness while her husband is away. As the two spend time together, townspeople begin to talk, and Mary must navigate the dangerous territory between gratitude and gossip that threatens the trust between her and Don.