Love Secrets #47

In "They Called Me an Old Maid!", Ellen Norton finds herself overlooked and undervalued in her sister Dora’s household, where she’s expected to serve without thanks. When she begins a quiet romance with the new man in town, Roger Clayton, her teenage niece Beverly’s jealousy stirs tension—until a small inheritance gives Ellen the chance to reclaim her independence. With a fresh start and a new apartment, Ellen steps into a life of her own choosing, but not before the past and the future collide in ways she never expected.

A stockroom worker gets an unexpected chance to model at a department store, and when she catches the eye of Brad Reeves, she lets him believe the temporary gig is her real career—trapping herself in an escalating web of lies that threatens everything she's built with him. As her deception unravels at a party, Monica must face not just Brad's hurt, but the painful question of whether he ever saw her for who she really was.

When Carolyn Forbes meets Greg Norton, she believes she's found her perfect match at last—and falls hard, pouring all her carefully guarded affection into their budding romance. But as their relationship deepens, her intense devotion begins to smother the very thing she loves most, forcing her to confront an uncomfortable truth about what love really needs to survive.

Sue Weston falls head over heels for Barry Curtis when they meet near the college campus, and spends a magical summer with him—but when the charming football player becomes smitten with the glamorous Claudia Gordon instead, Sue is left watching from the sidelines as just a friend. As autumn arrives and Barry's romance with Claudia deepens, Sue must confront the painful truth of her own heart and the real cost of staying silent.