Romantic Secrets #27

A young woman joins the circus as a secretary, hoping to climb her way into theatrical publicity, and finds herself drawn to a kind-hearted performer she meets in the mess tent—only to discover, when she finally sees him perform, that he's the clown whose antics annoyed her during the show. As Janie struggles to reconcile the gentle man she's come to care for with the foolish character he plays under the big top, she must decide what truly matters to her heart.

A hired killer waits in a dark park to commit murder for money—until a young woman seeking directions interrupts him at the crucial moment. When she reappears in his life with genuine kindness and warmth, he finds himself drawn to her even as he tries to push her away, caught between the ruthless world he's chosen and the decency she awakens in him. As his assignment hangs unfinished and his feelings grow complicated, a man hardened by easy money and harder choices must confront what he's become.

June Harrison, the Colonel's daughter at Fort Trent, is desperate to escape the suffocating traditions of military life that have defined her family for generations—but her rebellion against her father's strict expectations puts Lieutenant Bob Lester, the man she loves, directly in the line of fire. When June's defiant choices spiral out of control, she discovers too late that her quest for independence may have cost Bob everything, including his career.