The reading room
Realistic Romances #2
An anthology issue containing four romantic stories. "Kissless Honeymoon" follows Johnny Spender, who meets Tanya Redoff at a U.S. Consulate party in Shanghai and becomes smitten, but she is engaged to another man and eventually marries him instead, leaving Johnny to pine for her from afar. "Fatal Romance" depicts a wartime engagement between a soldier named Bob and his fiancée that is cut short when he volunteers for service during World War II; she later receives news of his death in combat. "My True Love" tells of Jane, who develops confused feelings between her protective instinct toward Dan and romantic love for him, ultimately choosing to focus on her career. "Deadly Triangle" (partially visible) appears to involve romantic complications between multiple characters.