title: The Promise of Happiness
author: Neels, Betty
description: She knew it was time to leave!
  
  Determined to break the stranglehold of a selfish stepmother and stepbrother, Becky left home. She'd begin nursing again; make a home for herself and Pooch and Bertie, the pets she'd brought with her.
  
  Then at dawn on a rainy highway, fate took a hand--fate in the form of Baron Raukema van den Eck.
  
  His mother needed a nurse and Becky filled the bill. Only one thing marred her new life. Poor plain Becky fell desperately, hopelessly in love....
  
  Hero: Baron  Tiele Raukema van den Eck
  Heroine: Rebecca "Becky" Saunders