Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, whom he met when he was penniless. Now rich, he is determined to win her as his mistress, even though she has married another man for his money. When Daisy causes a fatal accident and Gatsby covers for her, a disaster results which reveals the failure of money to buy love or happiness.

First meeting as young children in the hospital, a wealthy girl with a congenital heart defect and an underprivileged boy with athletic talents meet periodically over the course of three decades before considering whether their growing affections will overcome their differences.

Macy Sorensen has decided to settle, and is planning her marriage to an older man, until she bumps into Elliot Petropoulos—her first and most intense love, who eventually broke her heart—sending her reeling into reminiscence—and doubt.

Natalie and Beau fall in love after discovering that they are the only two people capable of glimpsing into each other's respective alternate worlds, a phenomenon they investigate while struggling to create a future they can share.

Fired and dumped on the same night, Georgina takes a new job before realizing that her boss is her first love, and does not recognize her.

"After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America? The prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series"-- Provided by publisher.

A man reflects on the summer of his 14th year, where in Baton Rouge he fell in love with a golden-haired girl across the street before an unspeakable crime shattered illusions in his seemingly idyllic neighborhood.

Sixteen-year-old Tessa is excited to be accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, but when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just...gone. Fortunately her best friend Caroline has a solution: Tessa just needs to find some inspiration in a real-life love story of her own. And she's ready with a list of romance novel-inspired steps to a happily ever after.

Seeking solace in a Georgia lakeside cottage with her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, recently widowed Kate wonders if the area's almost-magical ability for sparking romances has been imagined before experiencing a poignant renewal.