Romantic Marriage #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Strange Role for Love" follows Viola Nelson, who becomes obsessed with resembling movie star Gloria Gale and copies her appearance and mannerisms, driving a wedge between her and her husband Charlie. When Charlie explicitly rejects her imitation, Viola channels her creative energy into writing a one-act play titled "How to be an Ideal Wife," which wins a contest and brings her recognition. "Date with Love!" depicts a woman wracked with guilt over infidelity, struggling to maintain her marriage to Dave while her conscience torments her for having cheated on him.
Peggy White, still grieving the death of her husband Alex after a tragic accident, struggles to accept their newborn son, whom she blames for Alex’s death. When her employer Jay Mason proposes marriage, she hesitates, torn between her lingering love for Alex and the possibility of a new life—until a shocking revelation about her son’s adoption stirs long-buried emotions.
In "Rags or Riches," a wealthy young woman named Haila Masters falls in love with Pete Donnell, a poor mechanic, and marries him, choosing a modest life over her privileged past. As she struggles to adapt to her new reality, her father’s attempts to lure her back into her old social world begin to unravel her sense of identity and happiness.
Marie Starr sacrificed her dancing dreams to marry Bill, only to pour that ambition into her daughter Sally—now a rising star in amateur dance contests. When Bill’s promotion sends them to Chicago, Marie refuses to follow, determined to keep Sally in New York for a TV audition, unaware her daughter longs for a normal childhood and her father’s presence. As Sally’s resistance grows, Marie begins to see how deeply she’s mistaken—and realizes she must choose between her dreams and her daughter’s happiness.
Jane Hubbard, a city woman from New York, travels to a Wyoming dude ranch and meets the rugged, handsome rancher Andy Martin, whom she quickly falls for. After marrying him, she grows restless and convinces Andy to move to New York, where she tries to reshape him into the kind of man she idealizes—only to drive him away with her constant changes. Now, heartbroken and realizing her mistake, Jane returns to the place where their love began, standing once more on "Maiden's Choice" with a desperate hope.
Janet Connors, once content with her life in New York, is devastated when her husband Pete uproots them to run a struggling newspaper in a small Missouri town. Though she initially resents the move and the simple life, she gradually realizes how much she misses the warmth and loyalty of their new community—and her husband—after returning to the city. When Pete unexpectedly visits her in New York, she faces a painful choice between her pride and the truth: she’s lost without him.
Eve is tormented by guilt over her lingering feelings for her ex-lover Larry, while her husband Dave seems perfectly content with their marriage—until she learns he’s been secretly meeting someone else. When she tries to test Dave’s loyalty by rekindling a friendship with Larry, she’s shocked by his lack of jealousy and realizes her assumptions may be wrong. The truth about Dave’s late-night outings begins to unravel in ways she never expected.
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Reprinted in Romantic Marriage #19 (1953), Agonizing Love #[nn] (2011)
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