Romantic Story #76

When Sherry Harper falls hard for Ed Masters at her new office job, their romance blooms quickly into something she's certain will last forever—until a single day's absence and a misunderstanding threaten to tear them apart. "Haste Makes Waste" explores how jealousy and hasty assumptions can nearly destroy the very love we're desperate to protect, and whether trust can be rebuilt when it matters most.

A young woman has spent years puzzling over what it truly means to be in love, a question her mother couldn't quite answer when she was small. When she meets someone named Joe and begins dating him, strange new feelings awaken—and a first kiss brings unexpected clarity about the mystery that's haunted her all her life.

A hopeless daydreamer who's spent years imagining knights in shining armor finally meets Ed Baxter, a charming counselor at her uncle's summer camp—and he seems to have stepped right out of her fantasies. As their connection deepens over the season, Jenny begins to wonder if her romantic imagination might finally be catching up to reality, though a painful farewell and the distance between them threatens to prove her doubts right.

Doris is reluctant about a blind date her friend Tina has arranged at Moray's Restaurant, but agrees to give it a chance—figuring one evening can't be worse than her worries. What she doesn't know is that her mother has orchestrated something far more meaningful: a meeting with the son of her own long-lost best friend from high school, part of a decades-old dream the two women once shared. Sometimes the best connections are the ones you never see coming.

A nurse named Addie finds herself caught between two passions: her love for Dr. Ed Layton, who wants her to marry him, and her devotion to nursing work—until a sudden accident forces her to confront what truly matters most. As Ed fights for his life in the operating room, Addie must face the choice she's been avoiding, and discover what her heart has known all along.