Used paperback in good condition. Front cover creased top and bottom right. Rest of book showing minimal wear. Name in ink written on flyleaf. 410 pages. Published by Penguin Books, 1994. ISBN 0451180240.

Dr Paula Cairns, young, beautiful and talented, is on the verge of making her dreams come true when she wins a fierce competition for a post at New Coventry Medical Center. In this prestigious New England institution she can display her brilliant skill as a surgeon. More important, she can pursue research that will make medical history.

But what Paula does not count on is the sophisticated medical scam from which Dr Steve Charnley tries to protect her or the unexpected overture from star surgeon Dr Walt Eagleton, who usually gets what he wants, or the rivalry of master manipulator Dr Clifford Abrams, who hungers for her research funds and hard-won results.

Paula is alone but not afraid - in a medical center where base desires often come before dedication and duty - as she fights against mounting odds for her happiness as a woman, and for her future as a doctor.