Nell Shannon, R.N. — Ann Rush

Eleanor Shannon loved nursing and the world that went with it: the crisp white uniforms, the sparkling cleanliness of the hospital, the respect and admiration she earned.

But one day the shrill ring of the phone brought her back to face the life she had worked five years to forget: the life in her parents' home in Fenton, on the wrong side of the track.

And Nell had to face up to the truth -- about Fenton, about her family, about the young red-headed doctor she resented so bitterly, and most of all about herself. If she went back to the old life -- would she be forever trapped?