True War Romances #14

A desperate refugee fleeing Communist persecution assumes her friend's identity to reach safety in America, only to find herself trapped in an elaborate deception when her fiancé unexpectedly returns home from Korea. Now forced to play the role of his bride-to-be while his ailing mother recovers, she must navigate the gulf between the truth that could destroy a fragile family and the lies that bind her ever tighter to a man who despises her. "I Was a Substitute War Bride" is a tense examination of survival, duty, and the impossible choices made in the name of love.

When Marion returns to her hometown and spots Sergeant Frank Fuller disembarking from a ship, she's certain he's the man of her dreams—the one who stole her heart years ago. But Frank doesn't recognize her, leaving Marion desperate to rekindle their connection; when she meets his buddy Barney Regan by chance, she sees an opportunity to get close to Frank again. As Marion pursues her old flame with single-minded determination, she discovers that the past may not be as simple as she remembers, and the choices she makes threaten to hurt the people closest to her.

When Joan Adams meets Eddie Lake at the Servicemen's Club, she falls for him hard—but so does Grace Peters, who's already claimed him as her date. As Joan wrestles with her feelings and her conscience, she discovers a recording that reveals Grace's true colors, and she faces an agonizing choice: stay silent to protect her own heart, or risk everything to warn Eddie about the woman he thinks he loves.

When Margie White finally gets behind the wheel of her own car as a member of the Women's Air Force, a chance encounter with Sgt. Ross Tucker sets an unexpected romance in motion. A moment of happenstance becomes the beginning of something neither of them quite saw coming.

When Dan Taggart is called away to the Army, his coworker Leila promises to wait for him—only to discover that her heart belongs to their mutual friend Brian Ainsley instead. As weeks stretch into years and Dan goes missing in Korea, Leila and Brian must wrestle with their growing feelings while holding tight to hope that Dan will return. When he finally comes home, Leila faces an impossible choice between the promise she made and the truth of what her heart has become.