Even Lee Ann Gardinier's sisters can't keep pace with her as she careens through relationships, marriages, and places of employment while she desperately seeks that which has eluded her thus far: a sense of peace and the happiness and fulfillment that is derived from finding true love. Secrets and wounds from her past, fueled by hasty and unwise decisions, continue to thwart her in her search. The key to healing in all aspects of her life, if Lee Ann can accept it, will come through forgiveness and reconciliation. During the process, she discovers that she has acquired the love which she has long sought. The question for Lee Ann is whether she is capable of receiving it.

Even Lee Ann Gardinier's sisters can't keep pace with her as she careens through relationships, marriages, and places of employment while she desperately seeks that which has eluded her thus far: a sense of peace and the happiness and fulfillment that is derived from finding true love. Secrets and wounds from her past, fueled by hasty and unwise decisions, continue to thwart her in her search. The key to healing in all aspects of her life, if Lee Ann can accept it, will come through forgiveness and reconciliation. During the process, she discovers that she has acquired the love which she has long sought. The question for Lee Ann is whether she is capable of receiving it.

Marcia Gardinier is leaving Wyoming to begin nurses' training in Colorado. She is eager to escape an impoverished and chaotic home, an unstable and juvenile mother, and a distant but controlling father. Her small suitcase is light on clothes but filled with painful memories.

Much to her father's dismay, Marcia has chosen to attend St. Joseph's, a Catholic school of nursing in Denver. Her decision leaves her with no financial support from her father and a haphazard approach to paying for an education.

At St. Joseph's, Marcia begins to form enduring friendships and to search for fulfillment of her heart's strongest hunger, a true and lasting love. But the past, both remote and near, continues to bedevil her and may cause her to lose a young physician to whom she is attracted.

Written in the tradition of the classic romance novel, this Suitcase Tale is a story of betrayal and striving against seemingly overwhelming obstacles; a story of healing, hope, and love.