Heart Throbs #23

A plain, friendless girl from a mining town gets an extraordinary opportunity when two ambitious strangers—Jeff Tyler, author of "Change Your Personality!", and Lorraine Wilson, owner of a new charm school—offer to transform her completely in exchange for posing as high society at an exclusive ball. As Mary Carter undergoes an intensive makeover, she finds herself drawn to the warm and encouraging Jeff, even as she struggles under Lorraine's harsh instruction and the weight of their business arrangement. When the transformation begins to take hold, Mary must navigate her growing feelings while keeping up the pretense that this new life is purely transactional.

In "Little White Lies," bookkeeper Fred Harper spins charming tales to impress others—until Gloria, tired of his fabrications, decides to turn the tables. When she meets Fred’s parents and mimics his habit of exaggeration, the joke backfires, sparking tension and Fred’s fear that he’s lost her forever. But the Harpers, far from being fooled, quietly play along to make Fred see the cost of his deceptions.