Teen-Age Romances #38

Betty throws caution to the wind when she falls for Harry Bolton, a charming boy with a reputation that her parents desperately want her to avoid. Willing to compromise her good name and defy her family to be with him, Betty soon discovers that some loves exact a price far steeper than she bargained for. A cautionary tale about mistaking charm for character, this 1954 romance shows what happens when a young woman's heart overrides her better judgment.

A young woman named Jane tries to balance two worlds—her steady, dependable boyfriend Bud and the glamorous fast crowd from the Heights, led by the charming but worldly Ron Andrews. As Jane gets drawn deeper into late-night parties and secret dates, her double life becomes harder to hide, and she soon discovers that living by two different sets of rules comes with a steep price. This 1954 romance captures the pull between safety and excitement, and the harsh lesson that you can't keep a foot in both worlds.

A teenage girl who's watched boy after boy lose interest after just one or two dates decides to be bold with Tom Blackburn—so bold that she scares him off before she even realizes what's happened. As she desperately tries to track him down to prove herself, her own behavior spirals into the kind of desperate scheming that only makes things worse, until a public confrontation at a square dance forces the real truth into the open. What Kathy learns about herself that night will hit harder than any rejection ever could.

A young woman trades in her steady high school boyfriend for the thrill of dating an older fellow with money to spend, but her scheme to keep them separate—by secretly going out with him herself—spirals into deception that puts her and her younger sister in danger. When jealousy and lies start unraveling, she discovers that chasing the wrong kind of excitement comes with a price she didn't expect to pay.