Love at First Sight #30

Patricia Evans has built a comfortable life reporting on engagements and weddings for her small-town newspaper—until she realizes she's the only unmarried woman left in her graduating class, and her pride pushes her to invent a secret out-of-town romance. Now, as her vacation approaches and the town buzzes with curiosity, she desperately needs her fabrication to become real, especially after meeting Larry Eldecker, the war correspondent and newspaper man who seems to be everything she's been hoping for. With time running out and her lie unraveling, Patricia must figure out how to salvage both her reputation and her chance at genuine love.

Kay Glenn thought she was rescuing her roommate's brother Gil from a scheming widow named Drina, but when her secret letter of encouragement surfaces, Gil discovers that Kay's feelings for him may have sprung from manipulation rather than genuine affection. Now Kay must convince him that her love—which began as a crush on his photograph and deepened through their time together—is real, not just a performance.

When Sue meets Lieutenant Victor McDaniels at a Texas airfield in 1954, it's love at first sight for them both—but Earlene Frazier, the beautiful and determined daughter of the post's commanding general, has her own designs on Vic and won't take no for an answer. After Vic proposes to Sue at the Officers' Club dance, a terrible crash during his test flight the next morning changes everything, leaving Sue fighting to prove her claim on the man she loves while Earlene exploits the chaos to make her own play for him.

When Nita's boyfriend Alex Dean crushes her hopes of marriage, she impulsively accepts a proposal from her boss, Mr. Ames—only to find herself hopelessly drawn to his charming nephew Britt, who's just arrived from California. Now caught between a promise she made out of hurt pride and a connection that ignites something real, Nita must navigate the dangerous territory between duty and desire.