Boy Loves Girl #40

Karen marries Jack Tully against her mother's wishes, but when he returns from Korea after a year of separation, their reunion takes a painful turn as old tensions resurface and new conflicts threaten to tear them apart. As their marriage crumbles under the weight of financial strain and family pressure, Karen finds herself caught between her husband and her mother's relentless disapproval. With her heart on the line and her marriage hanging in the balance, Karen must navigate the harsh realities of married life that go far beyond the romance she once dreamed of.

Terry has been hurt before by summer romance—a vacation fling that evaporated the moment the season changed—so when she returns to the lakeshore hotel a year later, she's determined to keep her heart guarded. But Eric Norcross, a charming stranger who arranges to sit beside her at breakfast, makes that resolution harder than she ever imagined. As their two-week vacation unfolds in stolen moments and stolen kisses, Terry must decide whether to protect herself by walking away when summer ends, or risk believing that this time, love might be different.

Fran Sawyer's cynical mistrust of the world—hardened by years of struggle since losing her parents—leaves her convinced that everyone is out for themselves, especially when she and her younger sister Claire are arrested for peddling in the small town of Piermont. When a kind lawyer named Russ Tilden offers to help them and his warm, welcoming mother provides shelter, Fran's defensive walls begin to crack, even as she fights the dangerous pull of feeling safe again. As the trial approaches and Russ grows closer, Fran must decide whether her hard-won philosophy of self-protection is worth the cost of pushing away the one thing she's been denying herself—the chance to believe in people again.

A spoiled eighteen-year-old gets a rude awakening when motorcycle cop Mike Malone refuses to let her father's influence shield her from a speeding ticket—and her attempts to get him fired backfire spectacularly. Now forced to work with him as her chauffeur, she discovers that Mike's stubbornness might be exactly what she needs, even as she's convinced she can't stand another minute in his company.