G.I. Sweethearts #36

Joyce Summers waits anxiously for her fiancé, Captain Guy Bennett, to return from overseas—but when she finally spots him arriving at the dock, everything spirals into confusion. After a joyful reunion and a mandatory three-day waiting period before they can marry, Guy vanishes without a trace from the hotel, and no one—not the desk clerk, not the bellhop—remembers him ever being there. With the help of Lt. Eddie Farrel, Joyce desperately searches for answers to an impossible mystery.

When a soldier's heartfelt letters from Korea fail to win Fran Hall's affection, she decides to write him the truth—only to learn he's been reported missing in action. Enter Lt. Roger Wright, Herb's brother, who sweeps into her life with charm and passion, but harbors a devastating secret: he's determined to make Fran pay for the pain she caused his brother. As Roger's tender courtship reveals itself as calculated revenge, Fran finds herself caught between defending her honest rejection and confronting the terrible consequences it may have wrought.

Pat Standley's heart belongs to Rick Calhoun—a civilian aircraft designer she meets by chance—until his brother is killed in Korea and Rick enlists in the Air Force, shattering her world. Torn between her love for the man she knew and her bitter conviction that all soldiers abandon those they claim to care for, Pat struggles to move on even as Rick's letters arrive week after week. When the letters suddenly stop, Pat fears the worst, forcing her to confront what she's really been running from all along.

In "Lend-Lease Love Affair," Corporal Russ Atwood’s absence from England leaves his Air Corps girlfriend Irene adrift—until RAF officer Paul Jagger arrives with a letter asking her to look after him during his stateside visit. As Irene and Paul grow close, their budding connection stirs guilt, especially when Russ returns home unexpectedly, bringing with him Paul’s former girlfriend Emily, now his wife.