I Love You #1
A woman named Denise recounts her romantic history, beginning with her infatuation with Mr. Ardsley, whom she obsessively pursued until he rejected her advances. Years later, she encounters Perry, a young man who reminds her of Ardsley, and falls deeply in love with him, but their romance is threatened when Perry's mother Doris becomes jealous and suicidal, forcing Denise to choose between her own happiness and saving Doris's life at a cliff's edge. After rescuing Doris and stepping away from Perry, Denise finds solace in a new relationship with a wealthy man named Grace, though she remains haunted by her past and searches for true love. The story concludes with Denise working as a secretary and becoming entangled in a romantic triangle when Perry's presence threatens to rekindle old feelings and jeopardize her current romance.
Denise arrives in a city consumed by a single obsession: to find the woman who abandoned her as a child and make her feel the same hollow loneliness she's endured for years. When she hires private investigator Perry to track down her mother, his warmth and genuine interest in her begins to crack the bitter resolve she's carried since childhood. As Perry grows closer to locating the woman—and closer to Denise herself—she must confront whether revenge is truly what she's been searching for all along.
Ruth lives by a single code: take what you want. When she transfers to the same insurance firm where Red Larkin works, she sets her sights on him—even though he's already engaged to her old acquaintance Doris. Using every trick in her arsenal to turn Red's head, Ruth manipulates her way closer to him, but as her schemes spiral toward a breaking point at a seaside cottage, the riptide of emotions threatens to pull them all under.
A young woman in ancient Ireland accepted a bracelet of human hair from her suitor as a symbolic acceptance of his proposal—but that's just one of many fascinating customs that have shaped how couples have announced their intentions across cultures and centuries. From the diamond's association with the fires of love to the Dutch tradition of the bridal shower and the Timorese exchange of flowers from a garland, "Engagement Customs of Old" explores the diverse rituals that have made engagements official and meaningful around the world. Whether it took a family dinner, a precious gift, or a simple token, these enduring traditions reveal how deeply rooted the celebration of commitment has always been in human society.
Grace Hodges' unbridled curiosity about her new neighbor Perry Blaine transforms into something deeper when she discovers he's a talented industrial designer—and he confesses his love for her. But her prying nature, which first brought them together, soon threatens to undermine the very devotion Perry has placed in her, as her need to know everything about him becomes impossible to ignore.
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