True Life Library Holiday Special #1979

Jo Lester’s dream of Hollywood begins when she wins a beauty contest, using the prize to flee England with her friend Peggy Breen. In the spotlight of Tinsel Town, ambition pushes her to use everyone around her—until a director sees past her tactics and gives her a chance to prove herself. As her performance earns reluctant praise, Jo finds herself drawn to the man who sees her truth, even as she fears her past has made love impossible.

In "If You Knew," Jenny Ackroyd finds herself caught between love and family loyalty when her father, Tom Ackroyd, bans her from seeing Dave Bradley, the son of the local plant owner. Though Jenny assumes his opposition stems from his role as a staunch union man, the truth runs deeper—rooted in a past neither she nor Dave fully understands. As secrets from the past begin to surface, the bond between Jenny and Dave is tested in ways neither expected.

On a cruise through the Greek isles, Lisa Bentley finds herself stranded in Charion, Crete, when a series of unsettling coincidences pull her into a web of danger. As she tries to reconnect with her ship, she crosses paths with Reg Horne, Garry Davis, Demetrious, and Cedric—each with secrets that blur the line between chance and design.

Kitty and Les, once a couple with dreams of fame, now find themselves at a crossroads—she claims she’s a rising model, he insists he’s a celebrated designer. Their carefully crafted stories collide when they both show up for the same stockroom job, each pretending their lives are far more glamorous than they really are.