True War Romances #5

Ginny Walsh thought she'd made the right choice turning down soldier Jim Reeves for the stability Clark Anderson promised—but when Jim unexpectedly returns home on furlough, she's forced to reckon with what her heart actually wants. As Jim prepares to ship out to Korea and Ginny faces the pull between love and the secure life she's always craved, she discovers that some decisions can't be unmade with a clear conscience.

Sharon's fears about whether her beloved Mickey has been changed by war spiral out of control when he returns from Korea eager to marry her immediately—but her doubts about his transformation convince her that he's only going through with it out of obligation. When Mickey finally agrees to call off their engagement rather than force her hand, Sharon is left alone to wonder if she's destroyed something real based on nothing but her own imagination. A touching meditation on how uncertainty and secondhand warnings can poison love just as surely as any battlefield wound.

Shirley yearns for the freedom to date, but her strict guardian Aunt Alice keeps her under constant watch—until a chance encounter with soldier Pete Sherlock at a local soda fountain changes everything. When circumstances tear them apart and misunderstandings pile up, Shirley joins the WAC to escape her suffocating home life, never expecting their paths would cross again. A wartime romance that hinges on whether fate will give Shirley and Pete a second chance.

When decorated war pilot Randy returns home as a celebrated hero, his girlfriend Doris finds herself competing for his attention with an entire town eager to celebrate his bravery. As Randy gets swept up in endless parties and civic honors, Doris's jealousy and hurt feelings put their relationship on a dangerous edge. She must decide whether to stand by the man she loves or let public adoration tear them apart.