Teen-Age Romances #32

Joan can't stop comparing herself to her wealthier classmate Barbara, and her jealousy poisons every moment—until she meets Jack, Barbara's charming brother, and experiences genuine love for the first time. But Joan's insecurity keeps gnawing at her, testing Jack's patience and threatening to destroy the one thing that matters most, forcing her to confront whether she trusts him at all.

A seventeen-year-old girl resents her stepmother Anna for uprooting her from the farm town where she belongs, forcing her to leave behind her boyfriend and everything she loves. When Anna takes a nursing job in New York, the bitter teenager rebels by sneaking out to dance halls and picking up boys—until she meets the charming Vinny, who seems to offer her the exciting life she's been craving. As Margaret gets drawn deeper into Vinny's world, her reckless pursuit of a good time sets her on a collision course with consequences she never saw coming.

A young woman arrives at college determined to make a fresh start—socially and romantically—but her high school steady, Paul Castle, has enrolled at the same school, threatening to cramp her newfound freedom. When she catches the eye of Walt Dixon, a popular basketball star with a fancy car, Jean dismisses Paul as small-time and pursues Walt instead, only to discover that first impressions and friendly advice can be dangerously misleading. A sharp lesson in judging people by their surface worth rather than their character.

A tall girl named Audrey has spent high school feeling invisible—too tall for the boys to ask out, withdrawn from school life and convinced her height makes her undateable. When her friend Helen invites her to a basketball game and introduces her to Glen Carter, a fellow who finally matches her stature, Audrey finds herself hopeful for the first time, though nervous about reconnecting with dating after so long away. It's a warm story about finding someone who sees past your insecurities and makes you feel like you belong.

Sue lands her first summer job as a secretary and catches the eye of Wade Doyle, a charming young lawyer—but she's smart enough to know she's only his backup while other girls are away on vacation. When Wade inevitably drifts toward Doris Russell's return, Sue discovers that his attention had quietly made her more confident and appealing to others; suddenly she's juggling invitations from Joe and Lee, yet finds herself drawn back to the one man who matters most.