Personal Love #26

Diane Johnson takes a vacation to escape her humdrum routine, hoping for excitement and adventure at a resort—where she meets the charming Don Huntley and is swept into what seems like a glamorous romance. When Roger Hudson, a coworker who harbors deeper feelings for her, arrives to warn her away, Diane must confront what she's really been looking for all along. A story about where true connection comes from, and the breaks that change everything.

Bette's dreams of marrying Guy Boland seem within reach as they save toward their wedding—until his widowed mother is injured and can no longer work, forcing Guy to redirect their savings to her care. Consumed by resentment over the delayed marriage, Bette manipulates Guy's mother into entering a care facility, then abandons her there to focus on wedding plans, only to discover the devastating cost of her selfishness when the truth unravels. What begins as a love story becomes a reckoning with the barrier Bette has built between herself and the life she wanted.

When a mysterious stranger seeking shelter from a fierce storm arrives at the house, Helen is instantly drawn to him—until she discovers he's carrying a gun and fears he's the escaped killer everyone's warned about. Trapped by the storm with Marilyn and unable to phone for help, Helen must navigate her growing feelings for the stranger while protecting herself and her companion from what she believes is mortal danger. As the storm clears and the truth emerges, Helen's assumptions about who the real threat is—and who Ralph Jameson truly is—are turned completely upside down.