All Love #27

Joan Thayer leaves college when her father suffers a heart attack, and soon finds herself drawn to Peter Hayes, her dad's devoted manager and right-hand man at his shoe business. As they spend more time together, Joan falls deeply in love—but when a gossip column mistakes their friendship for an engagement, her ailing father becomes so thrilled at the prospect that Joan and Peter make a desperate promise to marry in name only, just to bring him peace. Now bound by a marriage neither of them truly wanted, Joan must navigate the ache of loving someone who seems to still have feelings for his ex-fiancée, Eunice Blake.

Roger Godwin's promising new play lands him a producer, but when the temperamental star Nada Carla threatens to quit unless Roger escorts her around town, he finds himself caught between his fiancée Beth Arden's suspicions and producer Greg Morgan's insistence on keeping his investment happy. As Roger's divided attentions begin to wear on Beth, the real costs of his sudden success start to become clear—and not everyone's priorities are quite what they seem.

Judy Barton prefers quiet evenings with books to her sister Glenda's wild social scene—until Jimmy Roberts, the new director at the community center where Judy works, sweeps her off her feet. But when the smooth-talking Randy Barker, a man Judy once rejected, poisons Jimmy's mind with false rumors about her past, their budding romance faces a test neither saw coming.

Linda Dearborn, an overlooked office worker hopelessly in love with her boss Richard Hall, takes a desperate vacation to the same resort where he's staying—and miraculously catches his eye. Their connection deepens into romance, until Linda discovers Richard pursuing the wealthy widow Patricia Hammond, leaving her to question whether he ever saw her as anything more than a means to an end. When Richard tracks her down after she flees back to the city, the two must finally confront the misunderstandings that nearly cost them everything.