My Love Secret #29

When a young woman named Celeste Wright starts her new job as a hat check girl at a nightclub, she falls under the sway of her coworker Mae Rawles—a glamorous friend who encourages her to dress flashier and live more boldly, despite her longtime sweetheart Ted MacLeod's disapproval. As Celeste's taste in clothes and company shifts, her relationship with Ted fractures under the weight of constant arguments, pushing her toward choices that will test what she really values.

Jane Wells has spent her entire life paralyzed by hydrophobia—a terror of water rooted in a childhood trauma—and it's cost her every friendship and romantic chance until Bob Wilkens shows her unexpected kindness. When a heat wave drives them to the beach, Jane must finally confront both her crippling fear and her growing love for Bob, especially as the jealous Kathryn schemes to drive a wedge between them. On a moonlit boat ride across Lonetree Lake, everything changes in an instant that forces Jane to choose between the terror that's ruled her life and the man she's learned to love.

Kristina arrives in the city fresh from her Wisconsin farm, landing a job with the tempestuous but intriguing businessman Johnnie DeWayne—who's drawn to her genuine, unpolished charm in a world of artifice. When circumstances throw them together at a high-society gathering, Johnnie sees Kristina in a new light, and the attraction between them sparks into something neither expected. But as Kristina navigates the glamorous urban world her boss inhabits, she faces a choice about who she really is.