Romantic Adventure Library #1004
"Total Happiness" in Romantic Adventure Library #1004 (1982) delivers a quietly intense drama as Paul’s privileged life collides with Joanne’s growing frustration over being treated as second-rate by his family. When Joanne threatens to expose family secrets she’s learned in confidence, she turns to a local writer—Ted—who shares her pain after being abandoned by Paul’s sister, May Wallace. The story unfolds with emotional precision, exploring how old wounds and unresolved tensions can reshape relationships, all rendered in a crisp, typeset lettering style.
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Paul's family practically owns Wellington and his father doesn't approve of his relationship to Joanne. She finally gets fed up with the second class treatment and threatens to publish the family secrets that Paul has told her in confidence. She finds a local writer who has something in common with her: he was dumped by May Wallace, Paul's sister. But Ted warns Joanne that she is poisoning herself with vengeance.
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