Love Letters #27

When Jeanne grows tired of her quiet life, she jumps at the chance to join Lucy Gaynor's popular crowd—ignoring the warnings from her parents and her childhood sweetheart Kent Carson. A date with the charismatic Lefty at the notorious Squirrel Club promises the excitement she's been craving, but the evening quickly spirals into something far darker than she bargained for. Will Jeanne's reckless search for thrills lead her to regret, or find a way back to safety?

When Peggy's cousin Debbie arrives in New York to start fresh, Peggy welcomes her warmly—but soon discovers that her charming new roommate has a talent for deception that cuts straight to the heart. As Peggy grows close to the straightforward Steve Jenkins, she finds herself caught between a man she's come to love and the unsettling truth about the person she tried so hard to help. In this story from Love Letters #27, a young woman learns that sometimes the people closest to us can wound us deepest.

When Wendy Folsom moves to Greenwich Village to pursue her painting dreams, she's quickly swept up in a passionate romance with fellow artist Gene Ryder—a connection so all-consuming that it consumes her own artistic ambitions. But when Gene leaves for Paris to advance his career, Wendy's patient waiting and longing are tested by unexpected truths that force her to see their relationship in a starkly different light. Sometimes the love we're most certain of is the hardest to let go of, and sometimes letting go is exactly what we need.

Kit Masden has dreamed of working as secretary to successful author Stephen Mitchell—until the glamorous socialite Wanda Kane sweeps into his life and begins monopolizing his time and attention. As Kit's hopeless feelings deepen over months of devoted service, a newspaper announcement of Stephen's engagement to Wanda forces her to finally confess her love, only to discover that the truth about his heart may be far more complicated than she imagined.