That Man is Mine Author:Faith Baldwin Spirited sprite meets bookish bibliophile — Valentine Loring is a pert and lively woman who breezes through her days, enjoying the froth and surface fun of a New York social life. — But the course of her life is changed when she stumbles one winter day into the arms of Ted Morrison, proprietor of a bookstore. He is a grave and somber man who runs ... more »the shop in his own rambling fashion.
Val becomes interested in it and him. A complicated relationship develops between two disparate personalities, each intent on reforming the other.
The resolution of the romance, against family opposition and real tragedy, is the serious thread upon which Miss Baldwin strings many small comedies and dramas