Heart Throbs #22

A young woman fleeing a dangerous past assumes a dead stranger's identity to escape her pursuers—and finds herself welcomed into the Hastings family home as their lost daughter-in-law. When Philip Hastings, the brother of the man she's pretending to have married, returns home, she discovers that the safe haven she's built on deception may come undone, especially as unexpected feelings threaten to complicate her dangerous secret.

Donna's shame over her family's poverty has kept her secret romance with Brad Stevens hidden—she won't let him meet her parents or invite him home, instead making excuses and lying about where she spends her time. When her family discovers her shame, Donna's false pride pushes her to break things off with Brad entirely, convinced their worlds are too far apart. But Brad has other plans, and a chance encounter at the bus terminal changes everything Donna thought she knew about what really matters.

A young woman's secret crush on famous television comedian Robbie Dodds becomes reality when she's called on stage during his show, leading to romance and marriage—but Grace soon finds herself competing with his demanding career for his affection. As her resentment grows and she pushes him away, Robbie's show begins to falter, and she's left to reckon with what her actions may have cost them both. Written by the creative team behind Heart Throbs, this 1953 story explores the collision between love and ambition in the world of showbiz.

Paula's engagement to Roger feels secure when his letters arrive regularly by the hand of Cliff Harkness, her old high school classmate who's now her mailman—until the letters stop coming and she begins to doubt her faraway love. When Cliff finally asks Paula to a dance and reveals a charming, gentle side she'd overlooked, she finds herself drawn to him in ways that confuse her loyalty to Roger and challenge her assumptions about what matters in a man.