Love's Tender Rebels — Ruth Ives

Ever since their childhood in New England, Andrea Bartlet and Rusty Stewart had rebelled against the matchmakers who tried to throw them together. However, as nurse and doctor, they made a dedicated medical team working in the explosive African Congo. It took a very different kind of rebellion to make Andrea realize that she was in love with Rusty . . . but he was already engaged to another woman!

Characters: Andrea Bartlet, Dr. Dexter "Rusty" Stewart