Love Romances #8

Dates

Cover date

September 1949

On sale

June 6, 1949

Pages

52

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Was Lydia Parker Guilty? · A True Life Story · 8 pages

  Lydia falls in love with Henry, a new employee at her father’s bookshop. But rare books begin to disappear, and Lydia suspects Henry. The thief turns out to be Paul, a rejected suitor of Lydia’s, in an attempt to discredit Henry. Paul attacks Lydia and she kills him, but is acquitted, and will marry Henry

• Can Love Endure? · 8 pages

  Anne’s kleptomania causes her husband Herb to lose his job. They go to his mother’s farm for a vacation, and Anne thinks she has her problem under control. However, Herb’s mother suffers a stroke because Anne took her pillbox. This shocks Anne and ends her kleptomania. Later, she learns she didn’t actually steal the pills, it was just a scheme to cure her.

• The Man Who Can't Be Mine! · 7 pages

  Janie and Bob fall in love, but she constantly worries that he’s thinking of past lovers, because she holds a grudge against Allen, who jilted her. Her persistent queries about Bob’s ex-girlfriends causes them to break up. Janie dates Allen to make Bob jealous. Bob saves Allen and Janie from drowning after a canoe mishap, then he rejects Janie again. She vows to win back Bob's love “if it takes me till the end of time!”

• Love Everlasting · 2 pages
• A Heart Divided! · A True Life Story · 7 pages

  Marcia and Jimmy get engaged, but she learns his brother Mike is supporting the whole family, including Jimmy. Jimmy refuses to look for a job, while Marcia helps Mike at his newspaper. Jimmy postpones their wedding to go to grad school. Marcia and Mike fall in love. Jimmy eventually straightens out and congratulates Marcia and his brother, who marry.

• Love by Proxy! · 7 pages

  Stella and Tom become engaged, but his candidacy for a state office takes up all of his time. She goes out with Tom’s friend Marty in the interim, and Tom gets suspicious. Stella breaks up with Tom and eventually decides Marty is the man for her.

Reprinted in

Love Tales (1949)