G.I. Sweethearts #40
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"One Evening's Fling" follows Karen, who broke her engagement to soldier Roy after he pawned his ring to invest in a shaky stock that failed seven months prior. When Roy returns from the army, he retrieves the ring from a pawn shop and attempts to reconcile with Karen, but she refuses him, claiming she can never forgive him for losing their savings. Karen then begins dating Dirk, a charming soldier she meets in town, and convinces herself she has moved on, but after a romantic evening together, she realizes her feelings for Roy have not truly faded. Ultimately, Karen acknowledges her lingering love for Roy and reconciles with him, deciding to give their relationship another chance.
Fran Atkins thought she'd found happiness with Roy Manning—a soldier she'd planned to marry after he saved enough to support her—but when he's drafted, their separation becomes unbearable, and he returns with his heart belonging to someone else. Heartbroken and confused by Roy's sudden departure, Fran accepts comfort from Harold Curtis, only to discover something that makes her question everything she believed about why Roy broke their engagement. As Fran uncovers the truth behind Roy's mysterious actions, she begins to wonder if their story might not be over after all.
When Gloria Lake asks her friend Betty to break difficult news to Jack Anderson—a soldier Gloria's fallen out of love with—Betty travels to New York to meet him at Grand Central, but finds herself unexpectedly drawn to his charm and warmth. As the days unfold and genuine feelings bloom between them, Betty struggles with how to tell Jack the truth, convinced that everything will work out once he learns Gloria has already moved on. Yet when Jack makes a phone call that changes everything, Betty discovers that the path to happiness is far more complicated than she imagined.
Peggy has spent her life surrounded by soldiers in the army town of Camptown, so much so that she's vowed never to fall for a man in uniform—which makes her romance with the civilian Jim Turner feel like an escape. When Jim reveals his shocking surprise, her carefully guarded world crumbles, and Peggy must reckon with a promise she's not sure she can keep.
Karen Dawson thought she could keep a secret—a single evening out with Dirk Taylor—without it derailing her relationship with Corporal Eddy Shafer, the man she truly loves. But when a chance encounter at a restaurant turns into a public moment neither of them saw coming, Karen discovers that some mistakes can't stay hidden, and that the quiet, steady devotion she'd overlooked might be worth far more than the romantic words she'd always dreamed of hearing.
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