Love Secrets #37

A shy high school girl finally finds romance when she's crowned queen at a class coronation and dances with the handsome king, Jeff—but her fear of losing him to other girls drives her to seek advice from the confident Blanche, who suggests making him jealous. Desperate and too timid to flirt on her own, she strikes a deal with Biff Collins, the popular football star: she'll tutor him in exchange for his help making Jeff see that other boys are interested in her.

A young woman's chance encounter with a carnival barker ignites an instant, overwhelming attraction that neither of them can deny—but when she brings him home to meet her disapproving parents, she faces an impossible choice between the man she's fallen for and the family she's always known. As weeks pass and she struggles with longing and doubt, an unexpected discovery suggests that Bill may not be the drifter her parents feared he was after all.

When a chance encounter with Guy Farrel leaves Betty Todd smitten, she's determined to break through the emotional walls of a man who seems to despise women—even if it means getting closer to a mystery that may explain his cold heart. As Betty discovers the truth behind Guy's distant behavior, she realizes her feelings run deeper than sympathy, and that sometimes love means standing by someone even when they won't let you in. A tender 1954 romance about second chances and the woman willing to fight for a man who's given up on romance itself.

A young woman gives her heart to Ken Hooper, a charming but incorrigible flirt who can't help casting romantic glances at every woman around him—even as he swears she's the only one for him. As his wandering eye grows harder to ignore, she must decide whether love is enough to overlook a pattern of infidelity, or if she deserves better.