My Romantic Adventures #97

Nancy Wilson has always been self-conscious about her appearance, but when a red-haired boy from her childhood moves away, he leaves behind an unexpected legacy—a deep aversion to redheaded men that follows her into adulthood. Now a accomplished scientist at the National Foundation, Nancy's world turns upside down when she's assigned to work with Dr. Richard Harvey, a brilliant researcher who happens to have red hair and an equally strong distaste for pug-nosed women. As their mutual antagonism plays out in the lab and beyond, a crisis at the Foundation's annual picnic forces them into an unexpected partnership that might just change everything.

Bob Lanning, the handsome and popular football captain at Melton University, discovers that his relationships keep unraveling over small personal habits—a wink here, a repeated phrase there—that grow from minor quirks into unbearable obsessions. When he meets the lovely Mavis Farr and feels a genuine spark, he's hopeful this time will be different, but soon finds himself fixating on her own peculiarity in ways that threaten to poison what seemed like a perfect connection. As Bob struggles with whether he's being reasonable or sabotaging his own happiness, he learns a hard lesson about love, acceptance, and the power of the little things that matter most.

A drama student gets her big break sitting in on rehearsals for a professional production, but finds herself swept up in an unexpected attraction to leading man Blaine Crowley—until circumstances force her into the spotlight in ways that test both her talent and his faith in her. When the play's leading lady loses her voice on the eve of opening night, Lois must step into the role, but Blaine's resistance to her inexperience threatens to derail everything she's worked for. In "Footlight Heartbeats!", passion and theater collide as a young actress discovers what it takes to prove herself worthy of both the stage and the man she loves.

A young woman gets her first date with the boy she's been hoping for, and suddenly she's riding high—but the story serves as a cautionary guide showing how easy it is to sabotage romance through careless mistakes, from being too eager or overdressed to flirting with other men or mocking your date's appearance. Learn the missteps that can turn a promising connection into a dial tone.