New Romances #13

A young wife takes a job to support her husband's final year of engineering school, but hides her marriage from her charming boss, Lance Stewart—a deception that spirals when he falls in love with her and pursues her relentlessly. Torn between her loyalty to Clark and her growing attraction to Lance, Marni finds herself caught in an impossible situation where keeping her job means living a dangerous lie. As the weeks pass, she struggles to find a way out before her double life destroys everything she holds dear.

When a charming reporter arrives at the Quinlan household to write about the family's legendary athletic legacy, he meets Jill—the one Quinlan who doesn't fit the mold. To keep Mike interested while he's interviewing her sports-obsessed relatives, Jill pretends to love athletics as much as they do, dragging him from golf to handball to tennis in an exhausting performance. But as Jill's secret threatens to unravel and Mike's patience wears thin, both must confront what they've been pretending about themselves and each other.

Cynthia Ball faces small-town whispers and judgment after breaking her engagement to Tom, convinced they simply weren't meant for each other—but as she tries to convince everyone (and perhaps herself) that life goes on, she discovers the real challenge isn't escaping the gossip, it's rebuilding her sense of self in a community determined to define her by her mistake.

When a young woman strikes an unattractive pose for a photograph, she learns an unexpectedly practical lesson about the power of a genuine smile. As the story unfolds at a party where some girls find themselves mysteriously left without dance partners, the real reason becomes clear—and it has everything to do with the expressions they're wearing. A timely reminder that charm isn't about perfect features, but about the warmth you choose to show the world.

Jan Lindley's carefully ordered world tilts when her adoptive parents surprise her by bringing home Renee, a French war orphan they plan to adopt as her sister—but Jan's snobbish refusal to share her privileged life threatens to cost her far more than she imagined. As jealousy and resentment poison her relationship with both Renee and her devoted sweetheart Brian, a shocking family secret forces Jan to confront the selfishness that's destroying everything she holds dear. "If I Lose You--" is a poignant look at what it takes to learn compassion when your whole world is built on taking others for granted.

A young woman follows the golden rules of good health—proper sleep, fresh air, exercise, balanced diet, and skincare—determined to look her best for the evening ahead. As she brushes her hair and tends to her appearance, she's confident that her dedication to health and beauty routines will pay off when the moment she's been waiting for arrives.