Wartime Romances #7

Linda's long-standing engagement to Jim feels more like obligation than love—until she meets Bob and discovers what genuine connection actually feels like. When Jim ships out to Korea, Linda finds herself caught between her feelings for Bob and the weight of wartime propriety, as the arrival of a telegram forces her to confront what she's really willing to sacrifice for happiness.

A young woman at a wartime party is swept off her feet by a mysterious kiss in the dark—but when her mysterious admirer vanishes into the night, she's left confused and desperate to know who he was. As she confides in her friend Lucy and wrestles with her feelings, a surprising revelation emerges that changes everything she thought she knew about someone close to her. What began as a fleeting moment of passion becomes the answer to a question she didn't know she was asking.

When a young bride's husband is drafted two months into their marriage, her refusal to support his decision and his unwillingness to dodge service splits them apart—but as she grows close to an old suitor while running their struggling diner alone, a surprise visit forces her to confront what she's really lost. Helen must choose between the comfortable life she thought she wanted and the truth about the man she left behind in "Deserter Wife," a wartime romance that proves some mistakes can't be undone by simply moving forward.

A young woman working a dead-end clerical job sees marriage as her ticket to security, and when she meets Jim Emory, a lonely soldier new to town, she pursues him deliberately—only to find genuine feelings stirring when she later encounters Ralph Kingston, a charming sailor, at a local dancehall. Caught between the engagement ring hidden in her dresser and the love she never expected to find, Nancy must confront what she's willing to sacrifice for the life she thought she wanted.

A civil service worker stationed in Germany with the occupation forces finds herself drawn to Major Jack Reed—a lonely married man—and decides to actively sabotage his marriage when his wife Mary arrives. Pat sets her plan in motion through an anonymous letter sowing doubt, a staged encounter with a supposed old flame, and carefully orchestrated moments designed to drive a wedge between husband and wife. But as her web of deception grows more tangled, Pat discovers that playing with other people's lives comes with a price she may not be willing to pay.