Sweethearts #52

Connie Evans has always dreaded her height—convinced no man would ever want to date her—until she sprains her ankle and a kind stranger named Bill Langly helps her home. When Bill asks her to dinner the next evening, Connie accepts, only to discover that what matters between them has nothing to do with how they measure up. Sometimes the right person makes all the differences disappear.

When a high school brain named Cathy gets assigned to tutor Speedy, the campus sports hero, for his critical exams, she discovers he's far sharper than his jock reputation suggests—and he's determined to make it to college on an athletic scholarship. As she helps him ace his tests, their unlikely connection deepens, but when his big game arrives and he bounds off to celebrate without her, Cathy thinks their brief bridge between two worlds has burned. Speedy has other plans, though, and he shows up at her door ready to prove that some divides are worth crossing.

A young woman named Emmie finds herself locked in a heated argument with Doug, who stubbornly refuses to admit he's wrong—and things only escalate when he starts criticizing her mother. Tempers flare as the couple hurls accusations back and forth, with Emmie so furious she's ready to throw the coffee pot at him. Will this bitterest of quarrels push them past the point of no return?

When a young woman named Vivian gets chosen to assist the charming magician Chaldo during his stage show, she's swept up in the glamour of his world—so much so that her steady boyfriend Bruce grows concerned about where her heart truly lies. As Chaldo's final performance approaches, the magician orchestrates one last trick that will reveal what Vivian has known all along.

A young woman named Evelyn is determined to impress Greg Fallon on the ski slopes, despite her lack of experience with winter sports. When she loses her footing and tumbles into the snow, she fears the worst—but Greg's response surprises her in the best way possible.

Arline meets the charming Howard Sidney at work and falls fast, but as their engagement progresses, she finds herself molding every choice—from furniture to social clubs—to match his vision rather than her own. When a classmate named Josh Perry introduces her to the idea of thinking for herself during night school, Arline begins to question whether she's building a life with Howard or simply disappearing into his shadow.