Realistic Romances #1
In "I Was A....Bride For Sale!", newlyweds Diana and assistant director Walt navigate a marriage strained by ambition and hidden emotions. When Walt pushes Diana to use her past connection with studio head Jim—her former boss—to advance his career, the tension escalates in ways neither expects. With Everett Raymond Kinstler handling both art and inks, this 1951 Avon tale unfolds with sharp emotional stakes and a quiet dread beneath its surface.
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Diana weds assistant director Walt. He wants her to use her friendship with movie studio head Jim (she had been Jim’s secretary) to further his career. Walt throws them together and doesn’t even complain when Jim embraces her. Walt is promoted to director but when Diana—who has fallen in love with Jim—asks her husband for a divorce, he begs her to stay. In a drunken, jealous rage, Walt tries to murder Jim but ends up dead himself. Jim and Diana will be together at last.
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