Heritage of Nurse O'Hara — Colleen L. Reece

Nurse Laurel Hardy had lived all her life as the motherless daughter of prominent Phoenix surgeon Mike O'Hara. But upon her father's untimely death, Laurel reads a letter left for her - a letter that opens a window to her heritage. She leaves the bustle of Phoenix for the desert and eventually reaches the tiny town of her heritage where she meets Dr. Cliff Barclay. He needs a nurse desperately, and Laurel is the answer to more dreams than one as she discovers herself and her proud heritage.

Beautiful Laurel O'Hara had lived all her life as the motherless daughter of Dr. Mike O'Hara, the respected chief surgeon at Desert General Hospital in Phoenix. She too had decided to dedicate her life to helping others, and had become a nurse, much to her father's joy. But after his untimely death, she receives a letter that he has left her--a letter that is to open up a whole new world, a world that includes the names Cloudy Willow, Vista d'Oro, Willow, Many Tears, and more than that, a whole new heritage and way of life.

Stunned, Laurel discusses the news with Dr. Grant Carson, her ardent suitor. His reaction is the impetus for her journey to the desert and the beautiful lands that surround the city where Laurel was raised. With wonderful, capable Jane Scott, her housekeeper, Laurel travels throughout Arizona, learning all the while that there is more to life than the rushing bustle of the city--there is beauty, there is peace.

But Laurel is a dedicated nurse. She wants to use her training for the good of all. And that training is vitally needed in the tiny desert village in northern Arizona that Laurel eventually reaches.

Dr. Cliff Barclay had needed a nurse desperately. And Laurel, with her skill and beauty, is the answer to more dreams than one as she discovers herself and her proud heritage.