Angela Dean had two good reasons for happiness. She had recently arrived in England to give her first performance as a concert pianist thereby realising a cherished ambition, and she had just become engaged to Doctor Mark Thornton, a resident on the staff of a large country hospital in the South of England. But she was soon to learn that fate does not always allow the course of true love to run smoothly and when she was struck down by a mysterious illness, it seemed that her career as a professional pianist, a career on which she had set her heart, was over almost before it had begun.

Even with the expert attention she received at the hospital where her fiance worked, it seemed that hers would be a protracted illness and the long, enforced absence from the concert platorm began to tell on her nerves and she knew that her cherished dreams would never materialse, that all of her bright hopes were doomed to disappointment, unless she could be cured.

Against the fascinating background of hospital life, with the added interest of a brilliant pianist fighting for the chance to succeed, this is the story of Doctor Ralph Conway, as he too, fights to give her the chance she so desperately needs to rebuild her life...

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Would the Prize be Love?

When tawny-eyed Maria MacKenzie sought to escape the routine and regimentation of the Veterans' Hospital, she never expected anything like her job at a luxurious resort hotel in Acapulco. Assigned to the girls in the Miss All-America Beauty Contest, Maria soon discovered that her feminine attributes as a lovely young woman were more important than her nursing skill - especially with Dick Trevor, the attractive newspaperman covering the contest.

Dr. Mitch Gilbert, her handsome, informal boss, was another surprise; as was Andrew Fisher, the powerful, red-headed doctor who was so mysteriously involved behind the scenes.

One of these men would change the course of Maria's life. Caught up in the heady excitement of her glamorous surroundings, could she trust her heart to make a wise choice...?

© 1973 by Horwitz Publications, Sydney, Australia
First Printing, August, 1973
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Also in this series by Diana Douglas: NURSE LAMBERT'S CONFLICT, CARIBBEAN NURSE, SKI LODGE NURSE, NURSE DECEIVED, SEA NURSE, HOCKEY STAR NURSE, NURSE CHADWICK'S SORROW, DUTY NURSE, RESORT NURSE, NURSE IN DISASTER, MYSTERY NURSE & SURFING NURSE