Teen-Age Romances #22

When most of the boys around town get drafted during wartime, a young woman grows restless with her steady, predictable boyfriend—until her college-bound sister Joan returns home early with exciting news: she's engaged to Fred Jamison, a charming law student moving to their town. Captivated by Fred's intelligence and good looks, the narrator sets out to insert herself into their romance, weaving a web of lies and manipulation to drive a wedge between the couple and claim him for herself. What begins as selfish flirtation spirals into calculated deception as she discovers just how far she's willing to go to get what she wants.

On only her second date with Jerry, Ellen refuses his advances along a country road and walks home alone—but her solitary trek back to town sets off a chain of small-town gossip that threatens her reputation. As rumors spread through her community, Ellen scrambles to control the damage before the truth gets buried under whispers and speculation.

A young woman wins a prestigious French award and sets sail for Paris to study, leaving behind her steady boyfriend Ray with promises to stay true. But once she arrives in the City of Light, the allure of new friendships, dashing companions, and the intoxicating energy of the Latin Quarter prove harder to resist than she ever imagined. As she gets caught up in Paris's whirl of late-night dancing and romance, the consequences of her choices begin to catch up with her.

A college girl sets her sights on the star halfback Harry King, but when his current girlfriend Margaret stands in the way, she devises an elaborate scheme—tutoring Harry in math, then manipulating his instructor Philip Grant to get her hands on the midterm exam. What begins as calculated deception takes an unexpected turn when Nina discovers that her feelings for one person may be far more genuine than she ever anticipated.

A young chemistry major inherits her father's pharmaceutical company and decides to work undercover at the plant under an assumed name to learn how it really operates—but her plan to remain anonymous grows complicated when she meets Tom Woods, a charming employee with a promising idea that's been rejected by the current manager, and finds herself drawn to him in ways she never expected with her expected fiancé. As her feelings deepen, she prepares to reveal her true identity, only to discover that Tom may have secrets of his own. This 1952 romance explores what happens when ambition, deception, and the heart collide in the workplace.