The Forgotten People — Barbara Custer

A crash landing leaves an alien woman at the mercy of a sadistic scientist whose "cure" could kill her. A painting opens a doorway to an alternate dimension, and a brand new life, for one woman, while a nurse's life is turned upside down in a rescue destined to bridge two worlds. Two aliens turn a corrupt human medical system inside out to save lives, and a prisoner aboard a research ship proves she has the courage to face down both a power-crazed captain and a deadly alien world to save her shipmates and an alien explorer. Embrace the alternate lives, and the alternate worlds, of the Forgotten People.