Heart Throbs #42
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Heart Throbs #42 This issue contains multiple romantic stories. "A False Illusion" follows a woman named Blanche who is in love with a sailor named Cliff; when Cliff asks her to marry him but insists she stop being selfish and grow up, she initially refuses him. Later, a soldier named Pete takes Blanche on a date and treats her kindly, causing her to reconsider her feelings toward Cliff. "A Soldier's Date" depicts Blanche reconnecting with Pete after he shows her genuine affection, while she realizes her past behavior toward Cliff was immature. Additional stories featured include "Home Is Where the Heart Is" and tales involving characters Walt, Ellen, and Steve navigating matters of love and commitment.
Ellen falls for charming, whirlwind Steve Briggs after they reconnect at a regimental dance, and before long he's placed an engagement ring on her finger—but when his best friend Walt Sherwood returns home from the Army, Ellen finds herself drawn to the quiet, thoughtful soldier in ways she never expected. With Steve suddenly called away on maneuvers for two months and asked Walt to keep her company, Ellen must face feelings that threaten everything she thought she wanted.
Amy Bradford has pledged to marry Albert Gray to save the crumbling old manor house that's her only security—but when Tom Hanley, a mysterious young stranger, arrives seeking shelter from a storm and stays on as a handyman, her heart becomes torn between duty to her family home and an unexpected, growing affection. As Amy struggles to ignore her true feelings and honor her engagement, Tom's patience wears thin, forcing her to finally confront what really matters most. Written by the Heart Throbs creative team, this 1956 romance explores what it truly means to find home.
Sheltered Shirley Barrett is desperate to escape her strict Aunt Alice's suffocating rules, so when she's given a chance encounter at the soda fountain, she meets Pete Sherlock, a charming soldier who seems genuine and kind—unlike the flashy crowd her friend Edna runs with. But when her aunt discovers the secret meetings, everything unravels in ways Shirley never anticipated, forcing her to rely on Pete in a moment of crisis and testing whether their connection is as real as it felt.
When Blanche meets the strong and self-reliant Cliff Connel at a seaside resort, she's forced to confront the truth she's been avoiding: her lifelong pretense of fragility is nothing but a sham, born from her mother's overprotectiveness after a childhood tragedy. Stranded together after a shipwreck, Cliff refuses to coddle her like everyone else has, demanding she stop hiding behind her false weakness and prove herself capable—even as danger and survival test them both in ways she never imagined.
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↩ Reprints Heart Throbs #16 (1952), True War Romances #5 (1953), Love Secrets #34 (1953), True War Romances #11 (1953)
Reprinted in Young Romance #10
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