Romantic Adventures #7

Wayne Yardley, a wealthy Park Avenue playboy wintering in Florida, impulsively brings Suzy—a barefoot girl from the swamps—into his glamorous world to transform her into a refined lady, drawing comparisons to the myth of Pygmalion. As Wayne undertakes the ambitious task of teaching her manners, speech, and sophistication over weeks of patient instruction, he begins to discover depths in her that challenge his assumptions—but his own heart grows dangerously divided between his new protégée and Eloise, the woman he's long been in love with. When Suzy's stunning transformation catches everyone's attention, Wayne finds himself facing consequences he didn't anticipate.

Trudy Powers should be blissfully planning her wedding to Henry Wilson, but a sudden health crisis—a rare circulatory disease—forces a devastating truth: she has only a limited time to live. Desperate to escape her despair, she embarks on a ship voyage where she meets the charming Eric Brewster, whose warmth and presence make her feel alive again, even as she struggles with the cruel knowledge that she has no time for love.

Lucy Turner grew up in the Kentucky hills where generations-old blood feuds between clans were as much a part of life as the mountains themselves, and when her childhood sweetheart Adam Kelley unexpectedly reappears, she finds herself torn between her betrothed Jim Turner and a love she thought long forgotten. As Lucy's heart pulls her toward Adam and away from her arranged marriage, a shocking act of violence shatters everything, forcing her to choose a side in a conflict that suddenly becomes very personal. In "Embraceable Enemy," writer and artist deliver a tale where love and loyalty collide with the brutal traditions of a divided land.

A shy boy next door finally finds his moment when he serves as best man at his sister's wedding—where Agnes Walker, the maid of honor, has long hoped he'd notice her feelings. What unfolds during the ceremony is a proposal that turns an ordinary wedding into something unexpectedly romantic, told in Agnes's own words as she recounts how he finally asked.

When wealthy debutante Francine Van Rhys discovers that the men courting her care only for her money, she swears off romance entirely—until the mysterious hypnotist Manfred takes the stage at a Bowery nightclub and weaves an inescapable spell around her heart. Torn between her newfound feelings and the memory of past betrayals, Francine must navigate a dangerous new kind of love that blurs the line between genuine emotion and hypnotic suggestion.