Pictorial Romances #12

Ella, a bitter information clerk at an airline terminal, grows envious watching hostesses attract all the attention from handsome callers—so she hatches a scheme to impersonate the girls and go on dates meant for them. When she meets Fred Harrington, a sincere petroleum engineer, something shifts in her hardened heart, forcing her to confront what her reckless scheme has cost her.

A dancing partnership backstage at a hit Broadway musical masks deeper feelings when Patti decides to seduce her reserved partner Tom Reese in hopes of winning his favor—only to have him see straight through her game and reveal the hurt beneath his aloofness. As the two navigate wounded pride, honest confessions, and a kiss that changes everything, Patti must reckon with what truly matters to her when Tom makes plans to leave the theatre behind forever. "Turbulent Love" captures the collision between ambition and the heart in this 1952 romance.

When a young woman down on her luck finds a pocketbook left behind by a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to her, she sees a lifeline—assuming the identity of the woman inside and heading to California for a fresh start. On the train west, she meets Peter, a charming man who falls head over heels for her, but as their romance deepens and he urges her toward marriage, she's haunted by the secret of who she really is and must decide whether to confess the truth or risk losing him forever.

Susan, a woman whose identity revolves around being the perfect society hostess, finds her carefully constructed marriage crumbling when her husband Steve grows weary of the endless party circuit and her younger sister Joan arrives for a visit. As Susan's obsession with maintaining her glamorous image drives a wedge between her and Steve, she's forced to confront what truly matters in a marriage—and whether she can rebuild what she's broken.