Nurse Forrester's Secret — Jane Converse

A lovely young nurse is forced to choose between her love for a brilliant young doctor and her pity for a dying man…

Love…or loyalty?

Such choices had never been a problem for Elaine Forrester. The lovely nurse's keen sense of integrity had always guided her professional -- and her personal -- life…But then, she had never been truly in love. Until now.

And now was when Jay Lowell, her dearest friend, needed her most. He was gravely ill, a victim of chronic nephritis. He wanted her near him. He needed her -- and her love.

How could she give up everything she so passionately hungered for, in exchange for a future that promised only despair? How could she deny the insistent urgings of the young doctor whom she loved…and the yearnings of her own heart?