Glamorous Romances #43

Norene, a young woman working as secretary to her employer's mother, falls for Kirby McPherson and agrees to a secret marriage in Paris—only to discover through the family's lawyer that Kirby has a pattern of impulsive elopements with women he barely knows. Fleeing back to America and trying to rebuild her life in Hollywood, Norene takes a job as secretary to movie star Pamela Lund, only to have Kirby unexpectedly arrive as Pamela's new romantic interest. Now Norene must navigate the impossible situation of watching the man she loved—and who hurt her deeply—court her employer while trying to keep her job and her composure intact.

Joan Phillips takes a job as secretary to the wealthy Mark Raymond, only to fall for him almost immediately—but when he asks her to pose as his new romantic interest to make his fiancée Megan Rice jealous, Joan finds herself caught between her real feelings and a dangerous game of pretense. As Joan transforms into the glamorous party girl Mark wants the world to see, she discovers that playing a role convincingly enough might cost her everything she actually cares about.

A struggling tearoom owner pins her business's hopes on a daring deception—spreading rumors that she's secretly engaged to crooner Tim Marlow, a celebrity whose romances always make headlines. When the scheme backfires spectacularly and Marlow himself arrives at her shop to confront her, Gaye finds herself caught between the success she manufactured and the guilt consuming her over the dangerous game she's played.