Romantic Secrets #13
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue contains two main stories. "The Last Time I Was Burned" follows Joyce Martin Henderson, a secretary for famous dress designer Hattie Loonton, who poses as a wealthy heiress at an exclusive Palm Springs hotel to attract the attention of wealthy men, only to be exposed as a fraud and humiliated when the real Miss Henderson arrives at a grand ball. A man named Bob proposes marriage to her afterward, and she accepts. The second story involves a woman on a train who is mistaken for someone else by a man named Paul Haskell; he later becomes interested in her romantically, though she is puzzled by his attention and confused about his intentions toward her.
When Nora finds herself falling for Lee, a charming commercial artist, old wounds from a past love affair threaten to derail her chance at happiness—she can't shake the fear that history will repeat itself. As her birthday approaches and Lee's behavior begins to mirror patterns that devastated her before, Nora must confront whether her doubts are rooted in reality or in the shadow of a love gone wrong.
When Anita takes a summer job as a desk clerk at a hotel to help pay for her final year of college, she meets Tom Ellers, a charming post-graduate student working there—but their budding romance is threatened by Jay Brent, a wealthy guest whose father could have them both fired. Anita finds herself caught between protecting Tom's livelihood and her own feelings, forced to keep her distance even as her heart pulls her closer. Watch as a summer spark becomes something neither of them expected to last beyond Labor Day.
A young woman arrives in a new city determined to make her own way, but when her purse and suitcase are stolen at the station, her independence is tested. A kind truck driver named Mark Allard and his mother take her in, and as she helps organize Mark's struggling business, something unexpected grows between them. By Christmas, Mark has a question that changes everything.
Nina thought she'd found the boy of her dreams in Bob, but when he mysteriously can't afford to take her to the dance she'd promised her friends, she's left wondering what could be more important than their relationship. As their romance deepens through quiet walks and stolen moments, Bob's secret—one he's sworn never to reveal—keeps him perpetually broke, and Nina must decide whether trust is enough when answers won't come.
In "Wanted: A Plain Old Maid," beautiful Nancy quits her job after her boss makes a move—yet again. Tired of being pursued, she answers a strange ad seeking a plain, single woman, hoping to finally escape the endless parade of office romances.
ComicBooks.com Value
Find on ebay
Read it digitally
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸Reprints
Reprinted in Love Confessions Illustrated #49-27 (1969), True Life Love Library #3467 (1974), Intriguing Love Library #3524 (1975), Love Confessions Illustrated #3613 (1975)
Reviews
Reader reviews
No reader reviews yet.