John Keith, Intern — Jeanne Judson

Listening to the other interns at Central Hospital discuss their plans, Dr. John Keith realised his own future looked very uncertain. The handsome, energetic doctor had a reputation as a brilliant surgeon, but no offers as yet to practice in the beautiful little town of River Ridge.

Then the town's most respected physician offered John a lucrative practice -- if John would marry his niece Eloise.

The offer was tempting -- but could John compromise his integrity by accepting? And how could he learn what his true feelings were toward this strangely defiant girl with a whispered about past -- in what was his greatest test as a doctor and as a man?