Love Letters #31

Carol Walton sets her sights on Craig Tyler, a promising executive at the Magnus Company, and cleverly maneuvers her way into becoming his secretary—then his fiancée. But when Craig insists on postponing their marriage to finance his younger brother Jim's medical school education, Carol's resentment grows, and she devises a scheme to meet Jim in disguise at a college dance, determined to judge whether he's truly worthy of the sacrifice keeping her and Craig apart.

Laurie Trent accepts a marriage by proxy to her fiancé Jack Corwin while he's serving overseas, with his best friend Phillip Barlow standing in at the ceremony—but an unexpected spark between Laurie and Phillip throws everything into turmoil as months of waiting turn into an emotional entanglement. When a shocking legal discovery reveals the true state of her marriage, Laurie must confront the consequences of her heart's divided loyalty and find a way forward.

A U.S.O. singer named Betty Rowan meets Corporal Bill Sherril at a show near the Korean front lines and, swept up in the moment, impulsively promises to marry him—only to return home and reconnect with Roy Martin, someone from her past who's still in love with her. Torn between a promise made to a stranger and a chance at real happiness with someone she actually knows, Betty must find a way to untangle her heart before it's too late.

Marion Phelps has served her time and been paroled—but the stigma of a wrongful conviction haunts her, breeding bitterness toward the law and those who enforce it. When her parole officer, Detective Tom Bagley, offers her kindness and a second chance, Marion's walls begin to crumble, until a thoughtless mistake shatters her fragile trust. Enter Willie Rogers, a man who represents freedom from her past—but Marion's desperate hunger for happiness may blind her to the danger ahead.