Brides Romances #11

A young woman vows never to push for marriage after watching her sister Gloria desperately chase proposals—only to find herself falling for Andy Miller and struggling to hide her true feelings. When she discovers Andy and Gloria together, her careful deception crumbles, leaving her to wonder if her plan to seem indifferent about marriage was the very thing that cost her the man she loved.

Connie finds herself torn between two loves: Jerry Forbes, a test pilot she was engaged to before he vanished on a mysterious mission, and Art Kerwin, a steady office executive she agreed to marry while Jerry was gone. When Jerry unexpectedly returns, Connie must face an impossible choice between the man she thought she'd lost and the man she's promised to wed. With her wedding day approaching and both men counting on her, she'll have to discover which relationship is truly built to last.

A young woman named Lorna juggles her ambition to climb the corporate ladder with her responsibility to care for her younger siblings after their parents pass away, but her single-minded pursuit of success—and the financial security it promises—slowly drives a wedge between her and the people who matter most, including Jim Seeley, the department store clerk who loves her. When a crucial moment forces her to confront what she's actually been sacrificing for money and status, Lorna must reckon with whether all her hard-won promotions have cost her the family and love she set out to protect in the first place.

Diane's engagement to Gil Walker seems perfect—until her cousin Cheryl arrives in town and innocently begins spending time with him, sparking a jealousy that threatens to consume everything. As Diane watches Gil and Cheryl grow closer through shared drives, meals, and rehearsals for a local theater production, she spirals into doubt, ultimately risking her relationship on a reckless impulse that forces both of them to confront what they really mean to each other. In this 1955 tale, pencilled by Bill Ward, a young woman learns that trust and faith are the true foundations of love.