Sweethearts Library #42

Sally Stevens is torn between her steady fiancé, Don Ryan, and the thrilling danger of race driver Ted Wagner. While Don offers security, it’s Ted’s passion and boldness that stir her heart—especially when she faces a crisis with her mother’s medical needs. When Ted risks everything to race for her future, Sally must confront what truly matters in love.

In "Alibi of Anguish," Kathleen Harris faces a painful choice when her secret date with mechanic Bix Barton becomes the key to his defense after he’s accused of murder. Though she’s engaged to lawyer Nils Anderson, who’s leading the prosecution, her testimony could clear Bix—but only by exposing her betrayal. Torn between loyalty and truth, Kathleen must decide what justice truly means, while the fragile bonds of love and trust are tested in the courtroom’s glare.

Ellen Lowry thought love meant holding on too tightly—until her own jealousy pushed Ken Marlin away. Now, as she finds herself drawn to a new man just as possessive as she once was, she begins to see the cost of her need to control. In this poignant 1958 tale from Sweethearts Library #42, a woman confronts the heartbreak she’s caused—and the change she may not be ready to make.

Sally Todd, the quiet girl who helps her grandfather tend the island lighthouse, finds her world shifting after a fleeting moment in the school cafeteria with Roy Jennings, a boy from a wealthy family. When Cap'n Jake warns her that Roy’s family “ain’t our kind,” Sally must navigate the growing distance between her simple island life and the unfamiliar world Roy represents—especially as her grandfather, Cap'n Todd, watches with quiet concern.

Tula Lee, raised on the isolated South Sea island of Panoa after her mother’s passing, has long felt the weight of solitude among the island’s few residents. Her quiet life shifts when a storm-driven shipwreck strands a stranger on her shore, bringing unexpected company—and the quiet stirrings of something new.