Great Lover Romances #21

Gwen Layton, a sharp-tongued college newspaper columnist, writes a scathing attack on athletic scholarship students—only to be blindsided when she's set up on a date with Cal Stevens, the very football star she skewered in print. As her feelings for Cal grow, Gwen must grapple with the consequences of her cruel pen, especially when her hunger for revenge leads her to wound others in the process. This is a story about learning that words have real power, and that the person you hurt most might be yourself.

Ginny Norris returns to her alma mater for graduation ceremonies and finds herself haunted by memories of Sam Craig, the man she refused to follow to Brazil two years earlier when he chose a promising job over her dream of a conventional home life. Sheltering from a summer rain in the campus temple where they once pledged their love, she's startled to discover Sam has returned—still unmarried, still thinking of her—with a second chance neither expected to get. A poignant story about the cost of choosing safety over love, and what it takes to find your way back.

Clark Gable rose from hardship—orphaned as a baby and working factory jobs as a teenager—to become Hollywood's "King of the Movies" after a chance encounter with a stage play sparked his passion for acting. From his Oscar-winning turn in "It Happened One Night" to iconic roles in "Gone with the Wind" and "Mutiny on the Bounty," Gable built a legendary career while navigating personal tragedy and military service during World War II. This biography traces the journey of a man who proved a comedy role could elevate rather than diminish a screen lover's legacy.

George Barlow and Liza Jenkins are the quiet, devoted couple next-door neighbors in Dorsetville have watched since childhood—so content in each other's company that the whole town has grown enchanted by their simple evening walks. But when the townspeople's attention becomes too much, the pair must find a way to reclaim what was once theirs alone, even if it means a painful public reckoning.

A nurse's life spirals downward after a betrayal by an ambitious interne, leaving her unable to work in her profession—until an old admirer offers her a second chance, only to tempt her toward a dangerous revenge when her past resurfaces. "Woman in White" explores what happens when bitterness threatens to destroy not just the guilty, but the innocent caught in the crossfire.