Lovelorn #36

A notorious Hollywood ladies' man finds himself stranded high in the Andes Mountains with Lydia Austin, the one woman immune to his charm—and the only woman who's ever truly captured his heart. When a mountain disaster leaves them marooned with dwindling supplies, Frank Jarvis must confront what he's been running from all along: that love might be worth more than his freedom.

A young woman arrives at her father's lumber camp for the summer hoping for romance, and instead finds herself caught between two magnetic men—the mysterious Mal Trent and the bold Pete—who seem determined to fight over her affections. When a fire and a catastrophic log jam threaten to destroy everything and everyone, the trio must rely on each other to survive the chaos. In this 1953 tale from *Lovelorn* #36, true feelings emerge when lives hang in the balance.

A small-town girl named Betty Sprague moves to New York City and finds a job and a roommate in Janice, who warns her away from Chan Gould—the charming, reputation-laden man who lives across the courtyard. When Chan introduces himself with a casual invitation to his party, Betty's instinct is to decline, fearing he's exactly the kind of romantic risk she's been cautioned against. As loneliness sets in and Betty questions whether she's letting life pass her by, she must decide whether to trust her wariness or take a chance on the man everyone says she should avoid.

Jean Thorne runs a matchmaking service for lonely hearts, but she's the loneliest of all—her childhood poverty taught her that money mattered more than love, so she spent college focused on success rather than romance. When the charming football captain Tom Jordan pursues her, Jean must confront the choice between the secure financial future she's built and the love she's afraid to risk.

A shy young man named Ken Horner struggles to work up the courage to propose to Harriet Farnsley, despite his deep love for her—until a chance remark from a stranger at the movies gives her the opening she needs to take matters into her own hands. What unfolds is a charming lesson in how sometimes the boldest move comes not from the expected quarter, but from the heart that's been waiting all along.