Love at First Sight #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAn anthology featuring multiple romantic stories, including one about a young man who falls in love at first sight with a woman he meets at a soda fountain when ordering a malted milk, and later reunites with her after working at soda fountains across the country. Another story involves a man named Derek Yates filming a forest fire scene with an actress named Janet, who must ride a horse through burning trees; the actress becomes unconscious from smoke, and Derek is torn between his duty to the production and his love for her. A third story follows a man who buys an autographed photograph of actress Paul Duane from a store clerk named Edwina Thomas, later discovering she is the girl in the picture and attempting to win her heart.
A fifteen-year-old city girl spends a transformative summer at a farm and falls for Taylor Bryson, a local boy a year her senior—until jealous interference and class differences tear them apart, sending her back to the city with a broken heart. Years later, as a successful model courted by a wealthy businessman, Joyce learns that Taylor has been blind since a college accident, and she realizes her feelings for him have never truly faded. Now she must confront the choices that shaped both their lives and decide what "his—no matter what" truly means.
Heather falls for Gene, a charming soda fountain worker at the Superfine drugstore, but her ambitious sister Lorena pressures her to pursue wealthy Gerard Bromley instead—especially after discovering Gene's modest job. When Gene's parents visit town and he hopes to introduce them to the woman he wants to marry, Heather finds herself torn between honoring her promise to accompany Lorena to an exclusive ski lodge and committing to the man she loves.
Janet Addison, a struggling stunt girl working in the forests of Northern California, catches the eye of famous director Gilbert Rennick, who promises to give her the big break she's dreamed of—but her ambitions clash dangerously when a forest ranger named Derek Yates challenges her to choose between Hollywood stardom and something altogether different. Trapped together during a real wildfire while filming dangerous scenes, Janet and Derek discover an unexpected connection, yet their conflicting visions for the future threaten to pull them apart.
A lonely newcomer to the city finds herself buying a stranger's photograph to impress her coworkers—then meets the real man behind the picture and falls hard. But when the truth about her borrowed romance comes tumbling out, Edwina must decide whether honesty or heartbreak is the steeper price to pay. Written by the creative team behind "On Borrowed Love," this 1953 tale explores how a small lie can unravel everything, and what it takes to make things right.
ComicBooks.com Value
Find on ebay
Read it digitally
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸