Just Married #1

Jan 1958 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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This anthology issue contains at least two stories. The first, "Just Married," follows Mat and Cora as they plan their wedding and honeymoon; when a summer storm interrupts their plans and Mat disappears, Cora fears he has abandoned her, only to discover he was helping a woman in distress—revealing his true character. A second story features a young couple, Jackie and Ellen, whose romance is tested when Ellen's father discovers that Jackie, whom she believed to be wealthy, is actually a common laborer, leading to conflict between the lovers and Ellen's disapproving family.

Contains 5 stories

Death is My Rival

5 pp

Gloria meets Joe at a vacation resort and falls for the charming stranger—only to discover from his mother that he's suffering from a rare, apparently fatal disease with weeks to live. Unwilling to abandon him, Gloria pledges her love anyway, and the two rush toward marriage despite the grim diagnosis. When the laboratory results finally arrive on their wedding day, fate has one last card to play.

My Rival the Sea

4 pp

Cora has spent her life hating the sea that claimed her father and brother, so when she falls for Mat, a fisherman, she demands he abandon his calling for a landlocked job in the cannery—and he agrees, willing to sacrifice his deepest passion for love. But when a summer squall strikes and the rescue bell calls, Mat's true nature awakens, forcing Cora to confront whether she can ever truly ask him to be anyone but himself. A tender 1958 romance about the pull between love and destiny, where two people must learn to accept each other's deepest natures.

A Model Bride

5 pp

A model falls for Sid Rankin, the handsome man accompanying temperamental actress Bea Cullen to fittings for a wedding gown — but when Elaine learns the "engagement" is really just a theatrical costume, she discovers Sid's feelings for her are genuine. Will love triumph now that the truth is out?

Love or Duty?

5 pp

When a dedicated nurse named Vivian Dillon pulls a critically injured patient named Jim Wade back from the brink of death, she finds herself torn between professional boundaries and genuine feelings—especially as Jim makes his recovery seem far more enjoyable than medically necessary. After he's released and fails to show up for their planned date, Vivian must confront what her supervisor warned her about, until an unexpected turn of events gives her a second chance to discover whether her care was truly a nurse's duty or something far deeper.

My Father and Pat

6 pp

Sheltered Ellen has lived her entire life in her father's world of refined society and strict expectations—until a rugged crane operator named Pat bursts into her quiet neighborhood, offering her a taste of genuine excitement and freedom. When their budding romance collides with her father's rigid class consciousness, Ellen finds herself torn between the safe, suffocating life she's always known and the authentic connection she's discovered with Pat. Trapped between two worlds, she must decide what kind of life—and person—she really wants to be.