Glamorous Romances #60

Connie has dreamed of becoming a singer despite her mother's disapproval and her fiancé Frank's discouragement, so when she learns that famous entertainer Dorsey Drake is auditioning girl singers, she can't resist her chance to audition—only to discover that Frank intensely distrusts Drake's reputation, and that meeting the star awakens a strange, inexplicable sense of recognition in them both. Now Connie must navigate the tensions between her ambitions, Frank's jealousy, her mother's mysterious opposition to Drake, and the peculiar connection forming between herself and the man who could launch her career.

Jane Farney has spent her life convinced she's plain—a belief reinforced by her late father and seemingly confirmed by her fiancé Whitney Pollard, who loves her for her sensible devotion rather than any spark of beauty. When she overhears Whitney confessing to an old friend that he considers her plain and doesn't plan to be faithful, Jane flees into heartbreak, only to be rescued by a stranger named Andy Holmes who sees something entirely different in her: genuine, hidden beauty waiting to be discovered. As Andy, who works in the glamour business, sets out to prove her wrong about herself, Jane must decide whether to believe in the woman she might become—or remain bound to the life her past has dictated.

Claire's world turns upside down when her seemingly dull cousin Amelia arrives in New York for a two-week stay—just as Claire is falling hard for Jack Ridley, a charming man whose father owns a major perfume company. When Amelia mysteriously transforms into a glamorous beauty queen, the competition for Jack's attention heats up, and Claire must navigate jealousy, misunderstandings, and her own doubts about what's really going on.

Shannon Garvey, a Texas beauty contest winner turned New York model, clashes spectacularly with Grady Poole, the city's most sought-after commercial photographer—a man who's grown contemptuous of beautiful women after years of them throwing themselves at him. When Shannon refuses to play by his rules and calls him out for his cynicism, something unexpected sparks between them, leaving her torn between anger and feelings she never saw coming. As her modeling career takes off on the strength of his photographs, Shannon must decide whether to stay in New York or flee back home to escape a man who challenges everything she thought she wanted.