Forbidden Love #3

Barbara Bowden's fairytale wedding to Ken Sorrel turns into a nightmare when he mysteriously abandons her on their wedding night, leaving only a cryptic note—and no explanation. Determined to uncover the truth, Barbara sets out to find Ken and force him to tell her why he vanished without a word. This 1950 romance explores the desperate lengths a bride will go to understand the man she loves and reclaim the future she thought was hers.

Joan Petry has spent years as Victoria Glenn's ever-obliging best friend, content to live in the shadow of her glamorous companion's beauty and social whirl—until she catches the attention of Ward Spencer, a man who seems genuinely interested in *her*. When she realizes that her self-respect has eroded under the weight of Victoria's demands, Joan must decide whether to reclaim her independence or return to the comfortable, if hollow, life she's always known.

Wealthy Cynthia Martin rebels against her mother's matchmaking schemes by running away to join the circus, where she finds genuine love and purpose performing under the big top—but when the circus books a return engagement in her hometown, she faces an impossible choice between her new life and the expectations waiting for her back home. With her heart torn between two worlds, Cynthia must decide what she's truly willing to fight for. A 1950 romance that trades drawing rooms for sawdust and asks whether love can survive when the truth finally comes out.

A young woman torn between love and survival finds herself at a crossroads when an older benefactor offers her a way out of poverty—just as she's pushed away the struggling writer who believed in her. In "My Desperate Desire," Kim must confront whether the financial security she's been craving is worth abandoning the one person who truly understood her dreams, even as temptation in the form of a wealthier suitor threatens to rewrite her future.