My Romantic Adventures #106

Steven Hastings returns from college convinced that women are weak and subordinate—a belief hammered into him by his grandfather—until he literally collides with Janet Miggs and finds himself drawn to her independence and capability. As Steven attempts to court her on his own terms, Janet repeatedly outmaneuvers him, revealing hidden strengths that shatter his outdated notions, leading to a reckoning neither of them quite expected. Discover what happens when old-fashioned ideas about romance meet a woman who refuses to play the part in "Female of the Species!" from *My Romantic Adventures* #106.

Ellen Franklin has been engaged to Lester for over a year, but her well-meaning aunt and uncle's pressure to settle down, combined with her fiancé's increasingly casual attitude toward their future, leaves her vulnerable when Ted Downing—a charming new coworker—offers her genuine attention. When Ellen discovers that Lester has been stringing her along all along, she finally breaks free to pursue the man who actually values her.

A young woman returns to her small Arizona town to help her father with a construction project, only to find herself torn between her steady boyfriend Tim—a college-bound engineer back home—and Mitch Lonergan, the rough-and-tumble job foreman who makes her feel alive in ways she never expected. As her feelings for both men intensify and a dangerous crisis threatens the bridge project itself, she must figure out what kind of life—and what kind of love—she really wants.