Lovelorn #43

Ellen discovers that playing the bad girl is the only way to make Matt Nash stop loving her—after his disapproving mother insists she's wrong for the boss's son. But when Ellen spots Matt being deceived by a scheming socialite, she faces an agonizing choice between protecting her heart and protecting the man she loves.

Sally Mooney rose from child star to Hollywood sensation under her mother's iron-willed direction, but when she meets the charming Vincent Corwin on a film set at seventeen, she discovers what it means to be treated as a woman rather than a commodity. As her feelings for Vincent deepen, Sally must navigate the collision between her mother's ruthless control of her career and her own awakening heart.

Dr. Katherine Porter is a brilliant psychiatrist who's devoted her career to her profession—until her patient Fred Hanson, a widower working through his grief, awakens feelings she can't ignore, leading her to cross a dangerous professional line. When Fred misunderstands her actions and leaves in anger, Katherine flees to Cuba to escape her heartbreak, only to find herself falling for the charming Guy Murray while keeping her true identity hidden. But when the past catches up with her in Havana, Katherine must confront the tangled web of deception and longing she's woven, and discover what love truly means.

A young woman working at Acme Hardware gets singled out as the "typical American office girl" for a magazine feature, but her excitement sours when she realizes the photographer's kiss was just another angle for the story. Burning with hurt and anger, she devises a plan to sabotage their article—only to find her resolve tested when the photographer shows up the next morning, looking like he's had as sleepless a night as she has. "They Called Me—'Just Average!'" explores what happens when pride and genuine feeling collide.