Nora Meade, M.D. — Elizabeth Wesley

“Nora, I don't want you to practice medicine at all! You're going to be my wife. I'm on my way up and I need you!”

Dr. Bill Raymond, a famous heart surgeon, wanted to lovely Dr. Nora Meade to be his wife. He wanted her to give up her medical practice, to devote herself wholly to him and his career.

But Nora loved the great profession she had chosen. And she was proud and independent. So, although it broke her heart to say no to this big, handsome man, she put Bill out of her life, and buried herself in her busy practice.

Until one day a little child was brought to Doctor Nora with a dangerous heart condition. Nora knew that only one man could perform the delicate operation to save the child's life. Dr. Bill Raymond. She had to call him.

All she heard was his eager voice, low and intimate on the phone, she knew she must face her great test: to be true to her high calling -- or to rush back into the arms of the man she thought she loved…