True War Romances #17

Harriet Eaton thought she'd found her future with childhood sweetheart Ralph Burns, but when Sergeant Gordon Farrel arrives in town, she discovers feelings she never knew existed—and finds herself caught between two loves and the promise she's already made. As Harriet struggles to be honest with both men, her heart pulls her in directions she never anticipated, forcing her to confront what honesty truly costs.

Laura thought she'd found love in Gary Forbes, a troubled sailor whom her guardians, the Haywards, deemed a reckless troublemaker—but when a car accident leaves them both injured and brings a police car to the Haywards' door, the family doubles down on keeping them apart. Forced into isolation and desperate for word from Gary, Laura watches helplessly as the people meant to protect her take matters into their own hands, with devastating consequences for the young couple's future.

Fran's interest in Tommy Curtis finally blossoms when she encounters him in uniform and they begin spending time together at the servicemen's canteen, but her joy is shattered when she discovers he's been hiding a dangerous secret that threatens everything they've found. When the truth catches up with them, Fran must make an impossible choice between her heart and what's right.

When Doug Martin goes off to join the army, he asks his girlfriend Kathy Thompson not to date Bill Atwood—a request that troubles her, but one she readily accepts. Yet as weeks pass without a proposal from Doug, Kathy finds herself increasingly torn between her loyalty to him and the gnawing uncertainty of their future together. A birthday party and an innocent game of consequences threaten to undo everything when Doug arrives home unannounced and witnesses a moment he's not prepared to understand.