Lovelorn #15

Roy returns home from four months abroad only to discover his brother Don is engaged to Maxine Parker, a woman Roy falls for at first sight—and the wedding is just days away. Desperate to mask his sudden, all-consuming jealousy, Roy tries everything to forget her: dating other women, throwing himself into work, even fleeing to South America on business. But no matter how far he runs or what he does, the memory of Maxine haunts him, and Roy must face the painful truth that he's in love with his brother's bride.

Diana Van Schuyler has spent her life sheltered by her wealthy family, kept away from romantic entanglements after her sister's scandalous elopement—until she escapes on a bicycle to join a youth hostel group and meets Dick, the charming group leader who awakens her heart. As their budding romance deepens through nights under the stars and stolen moments on the road, Diana must grapple with a choice that will reshape her carefully controlled life, torn between her feelings for this free-spirited wanderer and the doubts gnawing at her about who he really is.

Jim has been waiting to see Georgia, but when they finally reunite, he discovers she's so absorbed in talking about herself—her new dress, her hat, her luck—that she won't listen to his worries about his mother's health. Realizing that a girl who loves herself more than she cares about the people close to her can't truly love anyone, Jim makes a quiet but final decision about their future.

Cecily Adams tends house at her father's northwoods lumber camp, where the shy but steadfast Tom McBride has long been a regular visitor—until Cecily takes matters into her own hands and kisses him first, setting their romance alight. But when the charming and worldly Kirk Brock, son of the lumber company's president, arrives on an inspection trip, Cecily finds herself torn between Tom's quiet devotion and Kirk's dazzling promises of city life and sophistication.

A restless young woman named Kate Weaver escapes the tedium of small-town life when she meets the charming and sophisticated Curly Saxon, a man who seems to offer her everything she's been dreaming of—glamour, adventure, and genuine romance. But when a bank robbery rocks her town, Kate's world shatters as Curly is arrested as a suspect, his car linked to the getaway, and her faith in him becomes the only thing standing between love and heartbreak. As Curly faces trial and a devastating sentence, Kate must grapple with a choice that will define the rest of her life.