Romantic Secrets #7

Peg Reed is convinced she's in love with Paul, a sophisticated lawyer at her father's firm, and refuses to attend the state university to stay near him—but when her parents plan to take her away on business, she impulsively confronts Paul with a marriage proposal. Paul's gentle rejection shatters her certainty, and a painful revelation forces Peg to reconsider what—and who—she's really been looking for all along.

Dr. Elliot Marsh, a plastic surgeon, is devastated when his beloved Mona leaves him, claiming she's in love with another man—but when a scarred patient comes to him for facial reconstruction, an inspired idea takes hold, and he decides to rebuild her face in Mona's image. Months later, as the bandages come off, a familiar voice emerges from behind the new face, and the truth about Mona's departure and her surprising connection to this patient becomes clear. A poignant story about love, sacrifice, and second chances that proves sometimes the face we're looking for was there all along.

A studious loner named Don has hidden his real problem behind a façade of bookish dedication—he's too self-conscious about his dancing to join his classmates for a night out. When his determined friend Jeanie physically drags him away from the library and onto the dance floor at a local spot, Don discovers that maybe he's been selling himself short all along.

When Meg Martin moves to the small town of Riverview with her father's new job, she's certain her city sophistication will win over the locals—especially Tom Davidson, the charming hardware clerk she meets almost immediately. But her habit of jumping to conclusions and assuming the best before anything is actually said sets her on a collision course with heartbreak when Tom distances himself after a fateful day trip to Fairbury. Enter Rod Stephens, a celebrated author visiting town, who seems to offer Meg a second chance at happiness—but her past may not be as buried as she hopes.

Nancy's whirlwind romance with Ken Farrel burns bright—until her best friend Ruth reveals she's marrying him herself. Devastated and convinced she could never love again, Nancy spends a year trying to move on, until Ruth's desperate phone call pulls her back into their lives with a plea for help that brings her to Danbury.