Lovelorn #29

A young woman buys a love charm from a gypsy fortune teller on a whim, only to lose it moments later—and when a charming stranger insists he didn't pick it up, her determination to prove him wrong spirals into an unexpected encounter at the police station. As the truth about the locket unravels, so does her certainty about the man claiming to be innocent, and what began as an accusation becomes something far more complicated than either of them anticipated.

Lucy thought her boring office job was holding her back from finding real romance, so she became a car-hop at the Idle Hour Drive Inn, hoping to meet exciting men and enter their glamorous world. But as she chases thrills with the wrong crowd, her past misadventures threaten to destroy her budding romance with Bill Summers, forcing her to confront what she truly values.

When Anne's cousin Phyllis comes to visit, a simple double date sets off a chain of misunderstandings that leaves everyone questioning who they should really be with. A chance dance with Frank Kirk ignites something Anne never expected, but loyalty and confusion keep her from acting on her heart—until a tearful confession from Phyllis forces the truth into the open. Sometimes the right person was there all along; you just had to stop looking in the wrong direction.

When a chance encounter at an archery range sparks an instant connection between Bert Madison and Kay Parker, he's certain he's found his soulmate—until Kay reveals she was once married to a man named Phil who died in the Korean War, and her lingering devotion to his memory makes Bert question whether she can truly love him as much as her first husband. Haunted by doubt, Bert makes a painful choice that forces him to confront a surprising truth about love, loss, and second chances that hits far closer to home than he ever imagined.