Heart Throbs #45

A young woman named Ellen watches her fiancé Johnny Manning become an overnight literary sensation—and gradually transforms into someone who no longer recognizes the small-town waitress he promised to marry. When success pulls him away to the city for TV appearances and high-profile dinners, Ellen must decide whether to fight for the man she loves or accept that fame has changed him beyond recognition. Published in 1956.

When a new girl named Janice arrives in the suburban town of Franklin, she catches the eye of the charming Mel Chambers—but soon discovers that his attentions come with a steep price as the townspeople begin to treat her with suspicion and scorn. As gossip spreads and a tragic car accident puts Mel in the hospital, Janice finds herself branded as a home-wrecker, caught between clearing her name and the dangerous truth about the boy everyone thought they knew. With the help of Ruth Tilden, the girl whose engagement to Mel was tested by his wandering eye, Janice works to expose what really happened and reclaim her reputation in a town that's turned against her.

A young woman falls hard for Rick Calhoun, a civilian aircraft designer, after their chance meeting on a bus—but when tragedy strikes his family and he enlists in the Air Force against her wishes, her deep-seated fear of soldiers threatens to destroy their love. With her painful memories of her father's death in uniform haunting her, Pat must face whether her hatred of the military can ever be overcome.

A carefree young woman named Susan has spent her days bouncing from party to party, dropping any boy who threatens to get serious—until she meets Don Folwell, who sweeps her off her feet at the country club dance. When Don suddenly breaks things off after realizing his feelings run too deep, Susan is blindsided by heartbreak and discovers what she's been missing all along. Now desperate to win him back before it's too late, she devises a daring plan at the charity ball masquerade to make Don see that she's finally ready for real love.