Glamorous Romances #84

Angela Rodney arrives in New Orleans for Mardi Gras alone and meets Rick Dane at a café in the French Quarter—a charming stranger who borrows money and sweeps her off her feet. When she loses her hotel room and Rick fails to appear the next day, Angela thinks he's abandoned her, but fate intervenes at the Mardi Gras parade and leads them both to a legendary table in an old café, where a family tradition offers them an unexpected second chance. Caught between her cautious New England upbringing and the intoxicating romance of the season, Angela must decide whether to trust in the magic of Mardi Gras—and in Rick.

When Kay, a pianist at a Manhattan nightclub, finally gets a chance to date the famous tennis player Hank Norris—much to her ambitious older sister Gail's disapproval—she finds herself caught between the love she's discovering and the loyalty she owes to the sister who raised her and sacrificed everything for their musical success. As Hank proposes and their engagement becomes public, Kay must grapple with a devastating family secret and her sister's escalating demands, each revelation testing whether love can overcome the weight of obligation and the truth that threatens to shatter everything.

Rhonda Dale has spent years transforming herself from a poor, unpopular girl into a glamorous woman determined to marry a wealthy man—but when she meets the shabby, perceptive Barry Osborne at a Lake Placid resort, he sees right through her carefully constructed façade and challenges everything she believes about herself. As Rhonda pursues her dream of social acceptance and romantic conquest, Barry's uncomfortable truths about her artificiality force her to confront what she's really chasing—and what she might be losing in the process.

Nina's dreams of marriage and a comfortable life clash with her boyfriend Frederic Gale's stubborn commitment to serious art over steady income, and after a bitter argument about money and sacrifice, she walks away—only to encounter him months later in unexpected circumstances that rekindle old feelings just as her new romance with a successful suitor reaches a turning point. As Nina navigates between the life she thought she wanted and the man she can't quite forget, she must confront what she's really willing to give up for love.