Realistic Romances #15

A young woman burdened with caring for her siblings after their mother's death meets Lefty, Danberry College's star pitcher, when a foul ball sends her to the team's dressing room. Wary of letting anyone disrupt the carefully controlled life she's built, she struggles against her growing feelings for him—until a devastating accident forces her to confront what truly matters. Will she find the courage to open her heart, or will fear keep her locked away?

Susan, a young woman from Upton's working-class slums, has clawed her way into the Country Club set through charm and calculation, nursing a bitter resentment toward the life she was born into. When she sets her sights on Dexter Pierson—handsome, wealthy, and conveniently already promised to another girl—she schemes to win him over, convincing herself that a diamond ring will finally prove she's escaped her old world. But as her web of deception deepens, Susan discovers that the weapons she's chosen to fight with may cost her far more than she bargained for.

A young woman at Walton College finds herself caught between the boy she loves and the sorority pledge requirements that keep forcing her to turn him down—all while a scheming rival named Gale seizes every opportunity to win him back. As Audrey struggles to keep her promise to her mother and complete her initiation to Theta, she watches helplessly as Hal grows distant and angry, wondering if loyalty to her sorority is worth losing the man she's pinned to. With the rivalry intensifying and Gale circling closer, Audrey must decide what truly matters before it's too late.

A young woman new to the city uses an air of wide-eyed innocence to get what she wants—until her scheming to win over a coworker named Al backfires spectacularly, forcing her to confront who she's really become. With the help of Rita Stanley, the friend she tried to manipulate, and a dose of hard-won humility, Andrea Butler discovers that genuine connection might matter more than any calculated angle.