Romantic Story #25

Amy works at her father's store, where she's drawn to Lonnie, a charming but troubled coworker—even as she finds herself engaged to the steady, dependable David. When she discovers Lonnie stealing from the register, she's torn between loyalty and love, and her attempts to set boundaries crumble whenever he's near. As her feelings deepen and her neglect of David grows, both her father and the men in her life begin to see the true cost of her infatuation.

Vicky works as a model for John Gesso, Greenwich Village's notorious "pretty girl" artist, but keeps her job secret from her fiancé, Eddy Phillips—until Eddy arranges for Gesso to paint her portrait, threatening to expose her hidden career. As the fateful meeting approaches and Vicky struggles to confess before the deception unravels, fate intervenes in the most unexpected way.

When the charming Larry arrives in town, he sweeps through the local girls with practiced ease—Mary, Amy, and Betty all fall for his handsome appeal. Ruth knows his reputation as a serial dater but finds herself drawn to him anyway, and when he proposes marriage after a single kiss, she's left wrestling with an impossible question: can she trust a man whose past is so murky, and would marrying him be the romance of her dreams or a terrible mistake?

When aspiring actress Lorna Desmond witnesses television producer Mel Grayson brutally attack a porter and push him down an elevator shaft, she becomes the star witness in a case that could bring him to justice—but Grayson's charm and a tempting offer make her question where her loyalties truly lie. As the trial approaches, Lorna finds herself caught between her conscience and her desperate hunger for stardom, forced to choose between what she saw and what she wants to believe.

Helen's engagement to Jim Brady crumbles when he falls for Stella, a glamorous nightclub performer—and Jim is so smitten he's willing to abandon his promising medical career to stay in the city with her. But when an old friend reveals Stella's true identity and checkered past, Helen realizes the woman Jim loves may not be who she claims to be, and that his infatuation might be based on nothing more than blind attraction.