Tiny Pineapple Nurse Book Collection

He Married A Doctor

by Faith Baldwin, 1943

“She heard the bitter wind, she saw the darkness of the enompassing night, the naked reality of the winter. But, overhead, were stars.

It took suffering and near tragedy before Hilda Barrington, M.D., could believe that there were stars. In love with Carey Dennis, she had to make the difficult decision between her professional and her personal life — whether she was to be physician or wife.

Faith Baldwin’s moving novel, “He Married a Doctor,” is the story of that choice. Hilda and Carey determine that they will make a go of their marriage in the face of almost insurmountable difficulties. They believe in each other and are intelligent and honest. But they reckon without the beautiful and ruthless Maida von Kunst, Carey’s former fiancee, who is resolved to win Carey back at the expense of Hilda’s happiness.

Miss Baldwin has written a dramatic story with sympathy and understanding that proves her faith in the young men and women of today.

Head Nurse

by Ruth Dorset, 1970

It would have been hard to find two sisters as different as Lena and Jan Mitchell. Redhaired Lena, head nurse at Middleboro General, was unselfish, considerate, dedicated to her work. Blonde, greedy Jan was a nurse in name only, dedicated to herself. Yet it was Jan who attracted widowed Dr. Jim Porter, the young hospital chief…Jan who schemed to become the second Mrs. Porter. Could Lena stop her sister from ruining a wonderful man’s life…without exposing the bitter secret of her own heart?

Headline Nurse

by Phyllis Ross, 1965

An adventurous career girl caught up in the fury and romance of the newspaper world.

“I’m a nurse! Not a woman!”

She kept repeating the words to herself as she looked down at Pete’s broken body. His shirt was in rags, one trouser was ripped from ankle to knee, and there was a terrible gash on his forehead.

She took out bandages and antiseptic and began to dress the wounds — all the time trying to forget that the battered man was the one she loved.

The others in the clinic had turned their backs for a moment. She leaned down quickly and brushed her lips against his bruised cheek. “Oh, my darling,” she cried softly. “My poor darling.”

Heartbreak Nurse

by Jane Converse, 1968

A new tragedy drove him to an old love…was Lillian’s doctor gone forever?

She knew from the moment he called that Dr. Dean Warner was disturbed. Very disturbed. A tragic accident had critically injured a 5-year-old child and Nurse Lillian Bryant was called upon to deliver superhuman services.

As the days passed Lillian puzzled at Dean Warner’s passionate involvement with the child’s welfare, a concern which was bringing him to the point of collapse.

Then the rumors began. About Dean and the child’s exotic mother. About a forgotten youth. About the man Lillian loved who expected her to give her own life for a beautiful nightmare out of his past.

Heiress Nurse

by Peggy Gaddis, 1959

She found pride — and romance — in her work among the poor.

Nurse Andrea Drake had grown up without parents. An orphan, she felt special sympathy for the lonely, the sick, the needy. Her work at a settlement house in the city’s worst slum area brought Andrea a fulfillment she’d dreamt of.

But when a new surgeon was appointed, Andrea found herself embroiled in an old tangle, for he was the doctor who had once fired her from an important nursing assignment.

The stage was set for, yes, another clash between the successful, experienced surgeon and the dedicated young nurse — and only brilliant Dr. Steve Jordan stood between them…

High Country Nurse

by Virginia Smiley, 1970

Lovely young Cass Fleming wanted nothing more than to be a good nurse. But suddenly her work at City Hospital, the suffering of small helpless children and kind elderly people, seemed too much for her. To make matters worse, her fiance, Dr. Dan Driscoll, could not understand her feelings. Could she marry a man who was that cold-hearted?

Cass decided she needed to get away from it all — to sort out her bruised and mixed-up emotions. The remote Navajo Reservation, where her Aunt Norma taught school, seemed the perfect refuge.

But “getting away” wasn’t quite that easy. There were the Navajo people whom she quickly learned to love, and who needed her help. And there was the tall, self-assured young flyer, Sandy Russell, whose playful mockery suddenly turned into something much more serious. Cass realized there was no escape from life and its decisions…and the most important decision of all still lay in wait for her.

His Private Nurse

by Arlene James, 2002

HER UNDOING

Royce Lawler was dark and mysterious, movie-star handsome and dangerously seductive even when flat on his back. And prim and professional Merrily Gage was supposed to live alone with this man, tending to his every need as his private nurse? She didn’t stand a chance.

But then, neither did the single dad. Because Merrily was too good at what she did, too easy to like, to want…to need. Yet no matter how strong his desire, Royce couldn’t bring the innocent beauty any further into the nightmare of his life—especially since his fall was no accident. Especially since Royce would do anything to keep sweet, sweet Merrily safe.

His Very Special Nurse

by Margaret McDonagh, 2007

The bachelor doctor’s bride…

Devastatingly handsome, dark and brooding, and with a slight Scottish burr to his deep, sexy voice… Nurse Alex Patterson can’t help but be drawn to her new boss. But her instincts tell her there is pain behind his blue eyes, and her nature tells her she must help him.

Dr. Kyle Sinclair hasn’t so much as looked at a woman since his marriage fell apart, but he is immediately attracted to this warm, caring nurse. Could she be the one to heal Kyle’s heart and help him love again?

Hit Parade of Nurse Stories

by Various Authors, 1964

Nine stories about nurses and nursing, including…

“Girl in White” — only after Scotty had turned her back on love did she discover what love really means.

“Flight Nurse” — true story of the first combat Air Force nurse to win three Oak Leaf Clusters for bravery in World War II.

“Candy Stripers” — a teen-age volunteer almost runs away on her first day at the hospital.

“A Cap for Mary Ellis” — could she find the courage to be the first Negro student in an all-white school for nurses?

Donated to the collection by: Jammie Gomoll-Dennin

Holly Andrews: Nurse in Alaska

by Suzanne Roberts, 1967

More than the hardships of the frozen North awaited pretty Holly Andrews when she arrived at the primitive hospital at the remote Alaskan outpost of Barrow. She was prepared to help fight the twin scourges of disease and superstition that afflicted the native Eskimos — but both the quick temper of the doctor in charge and the troubling attentions of a brash bush pilot caught Holly off guard.

Could she work under a doctor who seemed to despise her? Could she fall under the spell of a man who seemed as irresponsible as he was handsome? It took a terrifying medical crisis and a stark confrontation with tragedy to point Holly toward her destiny.

Hollywood Nurse

by Katherine McComb, 1972

Six months before, Trudy Wellington had left Texas to assume a nursing position at Hollywood Hospital and had moved in with Lynn Larson, another nurse, in Lynn’s apartment in the Valley. Both girls enjoyed each other’s company, and they even worked the same late-night shift. All in all, dark-haired Trudy considered herself a lucky girl.

Then the devastating California earthquake struck — and after hours on end of calming the patients and attending to the injured brought into Emergency, Trudy learned that her apartment building had been demolished. At this point, she was near collapse, and handling the emergency cases with the testy young Dr. Peter Marshall had not helped to steady her already overwrought nerves.

It was Susan Harding, the lovely blonde actress, who came to Trudy’s aid. Susan, a patient who had suffered a leg injury, insisted that Trudy and Lynn make use of her empty Santa Monica home for the time being. Trudy was hesitant about accepting such a lavish offer, but Lynn was eager to be among the movie-star set — and they did need a place to stay.

The unexpected occurs more often then not as Trudy is introduced to the world of filmdom, a world removed from hospitals and doctors — and where she soon learns that the world “love” has a different meaning from her own.

Hood River Nurse

by Beatrice Warren, 1982

Young Roxanna Blake, dedicated coronary care nurse, was sure that handsome Eric Newberg returned the love she felt for him. So when the magnetic skier left California for Mount Hood in Oregon to pursue his skiing career, Roxanna followed him. But her idyllic dream of a life with Eric seemed to hit snags as soon as she arrived.

The first problem was Jody Averill, a women’s competition skier who was also determined to compete for Eric’s affections. Then there was Devon Roberts, who had a maddening habit of popping up when the young nurse least expected him. Worst of all, there was Eric’s determination to sacrifice everything — even Roxanna — to become a skiing champion.

Hootenanny Nurse

by Suzanne Roberts, 1964

He brought a new song to her heart.

THE DISCORD OF ROMANCE

Julie Dodd had become a nurse to be closer to her childhood sweetheart, Dr. David Stace. But what started as a matter of practicality had become an intense dedication.

Now Julie was faced with the biggest decision of her life. Marriage to David would mean a new life in Chicago, with a handsome apartment, a wealthy circle of friends, and plenty of leisure time. Then there was Chad and the promise of love and fame he offered Julie, sharing his roaming, exciting life as a folksinger.

Yet in neither man’s dream was there room for Julie’s nursing career. But in Julie’s heart was there room for anything else?

Best. Nurse. Book. Title. Ever.

It just doesn’t get any better than that…

Hope Farrell, Crusading Nurse

by Suzanne Roberts, 1968

Even before she reached her destination in the desolate mountain area of Appalachia, while she was still in the Kentucky lowlands, Hope Farrell, R.N., sensed that the upper region and the people who lived there were somehow different and separate from the folks in town, who did not expert her to last long as a public health nurse. Yet, far from being discouraged, Hope regarded her assignment as an adventure and a challenge. She was ready to accept the poverty, disease and ignorance and to become a one-woman force to abolish it.

Yet it appeared the apathy of the mountain people might be even stronger than her dedication, and that their resentment against the outlander might have lost her the battle even before it was fully joined.

Hospital Corridors

by Mary Burchell, 1955

Madeline felt that she was on the brink of a completely new life when she left England to do a year’s nursing in a great Montreal hospital.

But she found that, after all, she would not be totally among strangers, for she had already met on board ship — though he was said to be so unapproachable — Dr. Lanyon, a distinguished member of the staff; and one of the patients would be the beautiful (but very difficult) Mrs. Sanders whom she had nursed before, with her good-looking and attentive son among the visitors. Still, everything else — except her familiar, well-loved work — would be excitingly new, and she might even have occasion to work for Dr. Lanyon…

Hospital Zone

by Mary Stolz, 1956

Once again Mary Stolz has written a perceptive and meaningful novel for young people which will assume its rightful place among her many other successful novels.

Set in a training hospital, this is the story of Honey Kirkwood, a nineteen-year-old student nurse. Her world alternates between the shell-like seclusion of Private Eight, where her patients are, and the limitless possibilities beyond its corridors.

Honey, like so many people her age, is looking for the answers to two questions. They are, Who am I? and Who is is everybody else? A gradual approach to some understanding of herself and others comes to Honey through her association with the many different people with whom she comes into contact — both in and out of the hospital zone.

Hospital of Bamboo

by Juliet Shore, 1965

Vivienne and Toby, nurse and doctor in a military hospital in British North Borneo, were both victims of broken romance and unwilling to become involved again.

But they seemed fated to find their names linked — even though Avril Wade did her best to come between them.

I know, I know. You’re probably sick and tired of romance novels set in British North Borneo. It seems like another one comes out every week. But this one appears to be different.

First, take a look at the guy sitting under the palm tree. He’s obviously proud of the fact that, in spite of the oppressive tropical heat, he doesn’t have sweaty armpits.

Second, notice his Bermuda shorts, white socks and dark dress shoes. You know what that means, don’t you?

That’s right. While this may look like just another British North Bornean romance between a nurse and a doctor, it’s really a story of passion and intrigue involving a young, idealistic nurse and a German tourist with anhidrosis who is masquerading as a physician.