My Romantic Adventures #94

Phyllis Arnold is a farm girl with one exacting standard for romance: she wants a real he-man, just like her father was before he retired from the boxing ring. When she meets Ace Thompson, a fighter who seems to fit the bill, she embarks on a complete makeover—new clothes, new makeup, new hair—determined to catch his eye before he returns from a month-long trip. But as her transformation unfolds with the help of the vain beautician Raoul Dubois, unexpected feelings begin to complicate her carefully laid plans.

Katie Engle, a weary department store clerk, gets her chance to become a demonstrator—but only if she can outsell Joe Briggs, the store's existing salesman, in a high-stakes competition. As their rivalry heats up, Katie discovers she has an unexpected talent for selling to male customers, while Joe charms the women—until the final day brings a lipstick demonstration that changes everything between them.

Augusta meets the man of her dreams and romance seems to bloom—until her habit of comparing him unfavorably to every other man she knows begins to wear on him. From his job to his clothes to his bowling, nothing he does measures up in her eyes, and her constant criticism pushes him further away with each passing moment. When he finally reaches his breaking point, Augusta learns a hard lesson about what her compulsive comparisons have cost her.

When a stage kiss ignites an argument about love and persuasion on a TV panel show, a newspaper columnist finds herself locked in a battle of wills with photographer Larry Brooks—and makes a reckless claim that any woman can win a man's heart if she truly decides to. Determined to prove her point, she sets her sights on fellow panelist Roger Clark, launching a campaign that pulls the confident photographer into an unexpected spiral of jealousy and doubt.