Romantic Secrets #49

A woman haunted by a painful romance from years past struggles to let go of her bitterness when her daughter Ellen falls for a young man whose surname stirs up ghosts she'd tried to bury. As Ellen brings her new boyfriend home for dinner, the narrator realizes her old heartbreak may be about to resurface in the most unexpected way—threatening the happiness she's finally built.

A young woman and an aspiring boxer climb out of the slums with help from their ambitious friend Foxy Ross, but as she becomes a high-fashion model and Jeep La Sorda rises toward the heavyweight championship, their shared dream begins to slip away—success pulling them in different directions. Rita watches helplessly as the man she loves transforms from the struggling boy she knew into an idol, and wonders if the price of their ambition is the love that once sustained them.

When Lola arrives at Sunny Lake Acres for a summer vacation, she meets the charming Jerry Foster and decides to reinvent herself as a wealthy debutante—a far cry from the average college freshman she really is. As Jerry falls for her carefully constructed lies, Lola wrestles with the knowledge that her deception will eventually unravel, forcing her to make a painful choice about what matters more: keeping him close through false pretenses, or letting him go. The girl who's always had that lucky touch discovers that some kinds of luck can't be manufactured, and some truths can't stay hidden forever.