Love Confessions #47

A young woman named Amelia is consumed by fear that her deep love for Todd Rathburn won't survive marriage, haunted by newspaper headlines about divorces and broken homes in an uncertain modern world. When a visit to her old friend Eve Forester—now married to Warren—seems to confirm her darkest anxieties, Amelia's terror crystallizes into a devastating choice that pushes Todd away. But as Amelia grapples with the consequences of her decision, she discovers that the truth about lasting love may be far more complicated than the cautionary tales she's been collecting.

A young artist's dream of studying in Greenwich Village takes an unexpected turn when she meets Dan Truex, a kind law student, and Gene Ryder, a volatile painter who sweeps her off her feet with promises of Paris and a shared future. As Wendy Folsom finds herself caught between genuine friendship and intoxicating passion, she discovers that what feels like love might be something far more complicated—and that the person she's been overlooking may have understood her all along.

Joan Petry has spent years as Victoria Glenn's devoted companion, content to live in the shadow of her beautiful best friend's glamorous social life—until she catches the eye of the charming Ward Spencer at a party. When Ward begins to show genuine interest in Joan, she dares to imagine a life beyond being Victoria's perpetual plus-one, but her loyalty to the woman who's given her everything threatens to pull her back into the familiar role of girl-in-waiting.