Love at First Sight #2

Paula's carelessness has always frustrated her methodical fiancé Whit, but when she loses her engagement ring at a movie theater, a chance encounter with the charming Jeff Harte—a visiting stranger with connections to the theater business—threatens to expose deeper cracks in their relationship. As Paula and Jeff grow closer while searching for the ring, she discovers that Whit may care more about a profitable business deal than about her honesty, forcing her to choose between her engagement and doing what's right.

In "Nobody Knew We Were Married," a frustrated freelance artist finds unexpected romance at the Newspapermen's Ball, dancing all night with a stranger who soon becomes her husband after a whirlwind week. When her new husband vanishes abruptly after receiving a mysterious letter—leaving her to promise silence—her reporter boyfriend returns from Chicago with a shocking theory: her husband may be a fugitive who killed a watchman during a robbery.

When Gail travels to meet Rick Hayes's family in his Louisiana hometown, she discovers he was previously married to the beautiful Hilary Rand—who died on their wedding day—and that the whole town still reveres her memory, treating Gail as little more than an unwelcome replacement. As Gail struggles against the ghost of Rick's past and the machinations of Hilary's determined sister Leith, she must decide whether their love can survive the weight of a town's lingering grief and unspoken desires.

Ann has always lived in her glamorous older sister Sandra's shadow—a cover girl whose beauty and ambition leave little room for anyone else to shine. When Peter Baxter from Fotopic Magazine arrives at their house looking to feature Sandra, an awkward first encounter with Ann leads to unexpected feelings, even as she watches him fall under her sister's spell like every other man. As Sandra chases her shot at becoming the year's most beautiful girl, Ann must navigate her growing feelings and a surprising turn of events that challenges everything she's assumed about her place in the world.