Secrets of Love and Marriage #12

A newlywed couple starts with nothing but love—she's Marie, and he's Red, an engineer's apprentice working on a revolutionary fabric-coating process. When his invention becomes a surprise success, their modest life transforms overnight into penthouses and mink coats, but wealth pulls them apart faster than poverty ever could. As Red gets caught up in the high life and Marie discovers him with another woman, she'll have to decide whether their marriage can survive the very fortune that was supposed to make them happy.

A bride arrives at her wedding day already heartbroken, convinced her groom Charles has stopped loving her after a terrible quarrel the day before—and she's too committed to back out now with all the guests assembled. As the ceremony and reception unfold, Cindy struggles to hide her despair while wrestling with what she believes is a loveless marriage, until a chance moment threatens to tear them apart for good. What neither of them fully understands about the other could change everything before they leave for their honeymoon.

On their wedding day, a bride and groom stand silent and apart while celebration swirls around them—the guests dancing, the families beaming—yet these two seem worlds away from each other. "Is It Possible?" asks whether two people married just hours ago could already be estranged, inviting readers to look closely and discover the truth behind their strange distance.

When nosey younger sister Audrey decides to keep a secret diary documenting her older sister Lois's romance with Frank, she becomes convinced she knows exactly what the couple needs—and takes matters into her own hands. As Audrey meddles her way toward what she thinks is a happy ending, she discovers that sometimes the best-laid plans have a way of working out, even if not quite as expected. Now with her own romance blossoming, Audrey can't help but wonder if she'll meddle just as much in her own love story.

Barbara Burnham works at her Uncle Ed's Las Vegas casino, where she's learned to steer clear of gamblers—but when the charming Bud Nixon appears night after night, losing money without a care, she finds her resolve crumbling. As their connection deepens, Barbara struggles between her growing feelings for him and her conviction that a man who gambles so recklessly can never be marriage material.