Personal Love #21

A widow determined to make her daughter into a star discovers that her relentless ambitions may have cost her something far more precious than fame. When Hal, her late husband's best friend, confronts Margot about what she's sacrificed in pursuit of Carol's spotlight, she's forced to reckon with hard truths about love, loss, and what really matters. Can she find her way back before it's too late?

A woman pushes her daughter Carol toward show business stardom, determined to recapture the fame once held by the girl's late father—but years of relentless rehearsals and auditions have left the shy child miserable and resentful. When Carol runs away on the day of a crucial audition, the consequences force Margot to confront the painful truth about her own ambitions and what they've cost her daughter.

Dr. Destine Wright, a captured American physician forced to work in a Chinese military hospital during the Korean War, finds herself assigned to care for a critically wounded soldier—only to discover he's not the high-ranking general the Communists believe him to be. When 2nd Lieutenant Steve Loring reveals his true identity and confesses his love for her, Destine faces an impossible choice between duty and the desperate chance for freedom together. Their harrowing escape through enemy territory becomes a race against time, with only each other and a slim hope of reaching Allied lines.