More Than a Secretary (1936)

Plotzle Expert · Puzzle #2 · April 11, 2026 · Comedy / Romance

Six plot descriptions for More Than a Secretary (1936). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. Two coworkers at a Boston law firm pretend to be engaged for health insurance benefits but their fake relationship convinces them they actually enjoy spending time together.
2. A woman who co-owns a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to ask why he frequently replaces secretaries, but she is mistaken for an applicant and accepts the job because she feels attracted to him.
3. An overqualified linguist takes a receptionist job at her father's plumbing company when academic positions dry up and accidentally charms the irritating contractor next door.
4. A man discovers his girlfriend has been writing all his work emails to make him sound competent and he worries their entire relationship operates on similar deception.
5. A wedding planner who secretly despises romance accidentally sends a flirty email to her biggest client's fiancé and scrambles to delete it before anyone notices the mistake.
6. A recovering alcoholic hires his ex-girlfriend as his assistant to help launch a bakery while both avoid discussing why they originally broke up years ago in college.