Wartime Romances #17

A WAC corporal stationed in Italy goes AWOL in 1953, disguises herself as a local girl to escape the military police, and falls genuinely in love with an American soldier named Peter Morelli—but when he's shipped home for discharge, she devises a daring plan to follow him by posing as an Italian war bride. As she navigates the bureaucracy and deception required to reach America, she must confront what her masquerade has cost her, and whether the foundation of her relationship can survive the truth.

A woman torn between two men—the gentle boy who worships her and the ruthless fisherman who commands her—discovers a dark path when her jilted lover returns home from Korea. As Betty navigates the treacherous waters between devotion and ambition in small-town Gloucester, her schemes grow increasingly dangerous, and she must reckon with the consequences of the choices that have hardened her heart. Written by the creative team of Wartime Romances #17, this 1953 tale explores how love can curdle into something far more sinister when ambition and cruelty take hold.

In "What Love Is Really Like," a young woman named Ruth endures emotional torment from her step-sister Susan, whose cruelty reaches a breaking point when Susan blames Ruth for a car accident after running off with a sailor. As tensions escalate, Ruth finds unexpected kindness and connection in the quiet presence of Bob, whose genuine affection begins to reveal what true love might feel like.

Marie Bryant joins the Women's Army Corps to honor her family's military tradition, and when she's commissioned as a lieutenant, her father—a commanding general—arranges for her to serve under his command on Okinawa. Her new posting seems like a dream come true, until she meets Hank Clayton, a charming bomber pilot, and discovers that her father has a mysterious and bitter reason to keep them apart. With romance blooming and her father threatening consequences, Marie must navigate between her heart and her duty to the man she's sworn to obey.