Just Married #26

When Greg Brody walks into the bank to open a new account, bank teller Trudy Phillips is instantly captivated by the handsome stranger—so much so that her steady relationship with Joe begins to crumble under the weight of her unexpected feelings. Day after day, Greg returns to make small deposits, and Trudy finds herself caught between the comfort of a devoted boyfriend and the electric pull of a man she barely knows. As Greg's true intentions gradually come to light, Trudy must finally confront what her heart has known all along.

When Lucinda Peters meets the charming Bruce Kerr at a shoe store—a chance encounter that feels straight out of a fairy tale—she's swept into romance and marriage within months. But when jealousy takes hold after she sees Bruce fitting that same special shoe on another woman, Lucinda must confront whether her happiness is built on solid ground or just a slipper-sized misunderstanding.

A widow traveling to sell her late husband's house in Maine finds herself stranded in a blizzard at a roadside lodge, where a mysterious stranger offers her unexpected comfort and wisdom about healing from heartbreak. As the storm clears and the bus prepares to depart, she discovers a truth about her mysterious companion that challenges everything she thought she understood about loss and memory. This poignant tale explores how sometimes the greatest gifts come from the most unexpected places.

Janet Blake thought she'd married her prince charming in Bob Reid—the perfect, flawless hero of her dreams—but the honeymoon reveals cracks in that shining armor: he thinks about food on their wedding night, he snores, he leaves messes, and as weeks pass, his long work hours and imperfect habits pile up. When Janet's obsession with buying a house strains their marriage, Bob takes on a grueling second job to help, leaving them barely any time together. As Janet reflects on her disillusionment, she begins to understand that the man she married might never be the faultless ideal she imagined—but perhaps that's been the real lesson all along.