Sweethearts #66

Doris Weston has pledged to share every moment with her husband Cleve, accompanying him on fishing trips, baseball games, and hunting expeditions—activities she secretly can't stand. But when her relentless insistence on constant togetherness leaves Cleve feeling suffocated and leads to a humiliating accident during a pheasant hunt, Doris must confront a hard truth about what love actually requires.

Jeff Robinson and Karen Robinson marry in secret before he ships out to the Marines, but when their parents pressure them to annul the marriage while she's still in high school, pride and heartbreak drive them apart. Over the following year, Karen tries to move on with other men—including her boss Bill Forbes—but when Jeff returns home as a changed man, both must confront whether the love they abandoned can be rekindled on better terms.

Ruth Perry defies her skeptical high school friends and her disapproving parents to marry Sam Lewis, a poor orphan and factory worker, certain that their love will see them through anything—but when the factory closes and hardship presses in, Ruth faces pressure to abandon the marriage and question whether her heart made the right choice. With secrets mounting and Sam's confidence shaken, this 1962 romance asks whether love alone can survive the weight of poverty and doubt.