Nurse in Fashion — Laura Raef

When lovely Jill Langley was injured in an automobile accident, it turned out that more than her face was disfigured. Although the doctors reassured Jill that plastic surgery would restore her looks to their natural state, Jill's self-confidence was shattered. her boyfriend Dr. Dan Peters, seemed as attentive as ever, but he did not wait around for the bandages to be removed; instead, he found himself a new and lovely girlfriend and eloped with her. This did more to damage Jill's ego than the fear of losing her looks, but the combination was deadly. Even when Jill examined herself in the mirror and saw the same clear skin--unscarred--and the same even features surrounded by a cloud of dark hair, she was not convinced, nor would she be until the scars around her heart had also healed.

Deciding that life in San Francisco held nothing more for her, Jill went to Scottsdale, Arizona, to visit LeAnn Saunders, an old friend who did modeling. There, in the clean desert air and soothing sun, Jill found a new world of fashion shows and bargain-conscious models, and even did a stint of modeling herself. But her first love was nursing, and before long Jill was happily ensconced in an industrial nursing position that took her around the countryside to visit the retirees.

Mike Saunders, LeAnn's swim coach brother, took more than a casual interest in Jill, but Jill was not ready to respond to Mike. In face, she trusted no man now and was obsessed with the thought that only her looks mattered to anyone. And it was this obsession that made her keep her surgery a secret from Mike and ultimately caused her more heartbreak.