Broadway Romances #2

Grissa Neilson and Eric Joder fled wartime Europe together, their love forged through occupation and escape, only to find themselves struggling in post-war New York—until a chance encounter with producer Todd Bond offers them a glittering path to Broadway stardom. When Bond sees their natural skating talent, he proposes a lucrative contract, but his vision for Grissa's solo success threatens to pull her away from Eric and the bond they've shared since childhood. As ambition and opportunity glitter before her, Grissa must weigh the promise of her own spotlight against the love that carried her through darkness.

A Broadway actress finds herself caught between the cold artifice of stage romance and genuine human connection. Playing opposite the insufferable John Chaney night after night, she's mesmerized by his on-stage passion—until a perceptive newspaper columnist named Pete Lansing helps her see the man behind the curtain for who he really is. When her eyes finally open to the truth, she discovers that real affection has been waiting for her all along.

When Sandy Powell trades in gossip for luxuries as a hat check girl at Club 18, she feeds tidbits to columnist Ben Barclay—until she meets Chris Darby, a Greenwich Village playwright closing his experimental theatre. A chance encounter sets Sandy on a collision course between her old life of chitchat and scandal, and a new love that demands honesty she's never had to give before. As Chris reveals his dream of building a theatre that celebrates art over box office returns, Sandy must grapple with the lies that brought them together and what the truth might cost them both.

A young woman arrives on Broadway with big dreams but little experience—only to be robbed and nearly preyed upon, leaving her determined to outmaneuver the men who exploit vulnerable newcomers. When she lands a job taking photographs at the Zig-Zag Club run by Ziggy Zagat, she finds herself testing her newfound hardness against the demands of the work and the conflicting concern of Dan Selby, the kindhearted employment agent who saw something worth protecting in her. As she chases quick money and independence, she discovers the job may be pulling her deeper into dangerous compromises than she bargained for.