Tiny Pineapple Nurse Book Collection

Navy Nurse (Banks)

by Rosie M. Banks, 1960

A romantic, suspense-filled novel about a girl who chose a glamorous and exciting career.

Alice Smith, pretty Navy nurse, had an attack of love at first sight. And she didn’t want to be cured.

The man was tall, good-looking and French. Thrilled by his kisses, Alice longed for the day she would be Mrs. Jacques Stern.

But Jacques never talked of marriage. And he was mysterious about his private life, especially the source of his wealth.

Meanwhile, the Office of Naval Intelligence had rated Jacques “top priority.” And handsome Morgan O’Neill, ONI agent, was making a particularly thorough check. Morgan loved Alice deeply. He’d stop at nothing to save her from the dangers that threatened her happiness — and her life.

Navy Nurse (McCall)

by Virginia McCall, 1968

Trace pulled off her surgical cap and shook out her hair. “The chief nurse wants me? I wonder what for?”

“There is one sure way to find out,” the older nurse said dryly. “Better wear a sweater. The wind was straight off the bay when I came in.”

Tracy nodded and went swiftly down the hall to the nurses’ room. She felt both tired and exhilerated, still keyed up by the drama she had just witnessed in surgery, a race against time to save the life of an elderly patient who had gone into surgical shock. Dr. Catton had been operating, and it was always a learning experience to be on his team.

She was fortunate, she thought, to have O.R. duty in the big naval hospital across the bay from San Francisco for her first permanent assignment as a Navy nurse.

Before the mirror, she dug her comb into her pale red hair. When she was tense like this her freckles stood out sharply, a spatter of pigment high on her cheekbones and across her nose.

“All redheads are hybrids, you know,” Dick Simpson had told her, and ever since she had thought of herself as one of those blotchy camellias that could not decide whether to be pink or white.

Dick and his genetics! Dating the University of California graduate student who had majored in life science and was now doing some sort of study on waterfowl had been another kind of learning experience this past year!

New Nurse, The

by Florence Stuart, 1947

Could her dedication as a nurse conquer the passion of her woman’s heart?

“Kitty, will you marry me?”

For the four years since he had jilted her, Kitty Foster dreamed of hearing those words. And now Dick Dunning was saying them.

Of course, he was still married to Rose. But Dick said they had already planned on a divorce when she had her terrible accident.

“Yes, I married her. I’ve no one to blame but myself. I wasn’t in love with her. I never was. And it isn’t her fault. It’s you I love, Kitty. I’ve always loved you. Kitty, will you be my wife?”

Kitty knew that she should be shocked. But Dick’s eyes brushed hers and it was if his hand had touched her. She felt herself tremble with the surge of longing that poured through her. She knew it was wrong and yet she couldn’t help herself….

Night Nurse

by Rosamund Hunt, 1962

Young and lovely Sheila Hayden had been planning to marry Kenny Jamison for as long as she could remember. but when Sheila became a night nurse at Mercer City Hospital, Kenny showed signs of growing resentment, and asked that she resign.

Sheila, however, had fallen in love with her work. Moreover, a political campaign to smear the hospital made her presence vital to the pressured staff. Vehemently Sheila insisted that Kenny had no cause to be jealous of her job, or of the brilliant young Dr. Joel Alexander, who was so often at her side. It took a mysterious kidnapping and a new and vicious attack on the hospital’s good name to force the lovely nurse to face some painful truths — about Kenny, about Dr. Alexander, and about her own buffeted heart.

Night-Duty Nurse

by Katherine McComb, 1970

Pretty red-haired Karen Hayden was new at the hospital, but already she had a reputation for efficiency and dedication — since work came first in her life…

Then one night a tragic explosion brought scores of emergency patients to the hospital. In the excitement Karen was kissed by Clay Palmer — the handsome, aloof new intern all the nurses were whispering about. After that kiss, sensible as she was, Karen could not wipe the moody Dr. Palmer from her dreams.

It was only when Clay Palmer turned all his attention toward a female patient that Karen agreed to date flirtatious Jack Arlen, an ex-patient of her own, and the son of the most influential man in town. But Jack Arlen was more than an irresponsible playboy, as Karen would soon learn — and Clay Palmer was not a man whose kiss she could easily forget….

Nora Was a Nurse

by Peggy Gaddis, 1953

She thought of herself only as a dedicated nurse until she learned she was also a woman.

“Your reasons for coming to Shellville are your own affair and I have no desire to know them,” Nurse Nora Courtney told the new young doctor — but she knew she lied both to him and to herself. Everything about Doctor Owen Baird interested her for she knew she was hopelessly and passionately in love with him.

And when beautiful Lillian Halstead set her cap for the young doctor, Nora realized she must make him see her as a desirable woman as well as an efficient nurse.

How Nora achieved her purpose and what these three handsome young people made of their lives is thrilling reading, growing to an unexpected and satisfying climax.

Oh, man! They gave away the ending!

One of the things I love about career romance fiction is that you never know how things are going to turn out.

• Will Nurse Nora find fulfillment in her health services career?

• Will she listen to her heart and be swept up in a whirlwind workplace romance with Dr. Baird that may or may not violate the terms and conditions of her employment and certainly runs contrary to the latest guidelines on sexual harassment laid out by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?

• Will Dr. Baird be able to see through the superficial facade of Lillian Halstead’s beauty and see the woman of sub-standard occupational yield underneath? (Desirable and efficient. That’s the killer combination, ladies.)

Normally, there would be no possible way for you to know the answers to those questions until the very last pages of the book, and it is that delicious unpredictability that elevates career romance fiction above other so-called literary works.

So, how can this book claim to “grow to an unexpected and satisfying climax” [emphasis mine] when the synposis clearly states that Nurse Nora “achieve[s] her purpose” in the end? Did they not have SPOILER ALERTs in 1953?

As for…

“She thought of herself only as a dedicated nurse until she learned she was also a woman.”

…I would have thought the bust was a dead giveaway. Did she not notice that her stethoscope didn’t hang straight?

Editor’s Note: The scanned image is an accurate representation of the book cover itself. If the type appears to be slightly askew, that’s because it is. It is not the fault of the scanning hardware or its operator (this time).

North Country Nurse

by Robert Ackworth, 1965

Lovely young Mary Loring, her nurse’s training behind her, came home to the north country for two reasons—one, to help the people in this vast wilderness land; the other, locked in her heart, to work with young Dr. Ken Shannon who was coming back here to start his practice.

But when Ken stepped off the plane, beside him was a beautiful, titian-haired bride. Now Mary wanted only to escape — from this man she could never have, from her beloved north country that would always remind her of him.

It took a startling confession from Ken, and a danger-fulled mercy flight with a devil-may-care pilot named Eddie Garrett, to show Mary that she didn’t have to run away—that a girl doesn’t always know the secrets of her own heart…

There’s a lot to love about this book. First, there’s the cover, with Nurse Mary Loring’s crisp white uniform seemingly unaffected by the ash and soot spewing out of the blazing inferno behind her.

Second, the blurb on the back, which gets extra points for the use of the term “titian-haired bride.” (“Titian,” by the way, means “bright golden auburn.” I had to look it up. And let me tell you, it’s a sad day when can’t read the blurb on the back of a romance novel without having to break out the OED.)

But the absolute best thing about this story of a woman who has dedicated her entire life to improving the health and well-being of others is that deep within its nicotine-stained pages is a full-page foldout advertisement for cancer sticks.

 “Doesn’t it all add up to True?”

North Side Nurse

by Lucy Agnes Hancock, 1941

“I think you’re a very foolish and stubborn girl, “Deborah,” Mrs. Hackett said as she prepared to bid her daughter goodbye. “And why you should wish to keep on messing around with a lot of poor foreign children is a mystery to me. I can’t think how you got that way in the first place. Even though your grandfather Bradley was a surgeon, surely that fact is no reason for devoting your life to nursing. Come on, darling. Christmas is over and you did your full duty by every sick child in your district. The worst three months of winter are still to come. I’ll stay another day. Let’s get away from this bitter northern climate. We’ll have fun down south and you may meet the right man — one often does, you know. I always say Florida is the most romantic spot in the world, and I should know.”

Northwest Nurse

by Arlene Fitzgerald, 1964

Tossed on the winds of emotion.

A torrent of excitement race through her, as his lips met hers in a firm, gentle kiss.

Holly Doran, R.N., had come to Oregon on a temporary assignment, but she found something much more permanent there — a town of people she cared about, and a wonderful young doctor named Key Catrell.

There was only one problem — a handsome psychiatrist back in San Francisco who expected her to return to him, and with good reason — he was her fiance.

Nurse

by Peggy Anderson, 1978

Doctors don’t keep you alive. I do.

Sometimes I help people live.
Sometimes I help them die.
Always, I help them. I’m a nurse.

The shocking, inspiring, surprise bestseller of the year. Nurse is the story of eight weeks in the life of a real nurse in a large urban hospital. It is all here: the joy and pain, the death and drama, the mistakes, successes and secrets. Nurse reads like a novel, but sticks in the memory like a real experience. Because it is.

Nurse Against the Town

by Jane Converse, 1966

Pretty Ellen Whitaker, R.N., faces a choice between the handsome doctor she loves and the dark suspicions that threaten to ruin him.

Why did the people of Barfield avoid their hospital? Why did they whisper “criminal” about its director, Dr. Jerry Sterling, when they talked of the mysterious death of his beautiful wife, Naomi? And what was driving Naomi’s brother, Henry Barfield, to use his membership on the hospital board to ruin Dr. Sterling?

Desperately, pretty Ellen struggled to find the answers. Pitted against her consuming love for Jerry Sterling were the hostility of her neighbors and the terrible suspicions she could not shake free from her own mind. In a story shaken with passion, hiding at its heart a dreadful secret, Ellen Whitaker finds herself all but alone as the nurse against the town.

Nurse Ann’s Fighting Heart

by Lucy Bowdler, 1985

From the start Nurse Ann Persons was glad she’d moved to New York City from her small upstate hometown. She loved working in a big-city hospital with its daily challenges. She loved using her nursing skills to their fullest. She loved Manhattan, with its glamour, excitement, and variety. But Ann was not one to be overwhelmed by the sophisticated city. The new men in her life, flamboyant Dr. Ronald Laing and serious Dr. Craig Downing, both discovered that New York with its fast pace would never change Ann’s old-fashioned ideas about love. And the hospital hierarchy learned that nothing — absolutely nothing — could change the stubborn nurse’s old-fashioned ideas about putting her patients’ welfare above all else.

Nurse Annette

by Rebecca Marsh, 1962

She followed her heart — even though it meant facing danger.

The scream of tortured tires, an echoing crash, an overturned automobile…. Within crowded seconds, the overindulged scion of the prominent Hauser family lay on the brink of death.

Nurse Annette saved his life — and earned first the gratitude and then the wrath of his powerful father. And as she found herself involved in a bitter controversy in which lives as well as principles were at stake, she realized that only her heart could supply the answer to her most vital dilemma….

Nurse Around the World: Alice Fitzgerald

by Iris Noble, 1964

Alice Fitzgerald, a glamorous young debutante, shocked her family when she decided to become a nurse. At the turn of the century nursing was considered a degrading profession, but Alice was drawn to it and spurned her life of idleness among the rich. When she entered the Nurses Training School at Johns Hopkins, she little dreamed that she would achieve worldwide fame. She served as a nurse in the Sicily earthquake area and with the British Army on the front lines in France during World War I. Later she became Chief Nurse for the American Red Cross, fighting disease and starvation among Europe’s homeless millions and organizing modern nursing schools in key cities. She pioneered the work of Public Health Nursing in the United States and then in the Philippines, and established nursing schools in the Far East.

Nurse Barbara

by Adelaide Humphries, 1965

They were marooned in an isolated farmhouse — and not one of them was sure that they would be rescued before the bridge was washed out and the house swept away.

There were:

Barbara Carroll, a beautiful blonde nurse, returning from vacation;

Scott Henderson, young, handsome, and resourceful, a member of the law firm of Blake, Smith and Henderson of Cincinnati, in Florida on business;

Millie and Ted Ashburn, a young couple expecting their first child at any moment;

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Henry Meredith, who arrive in their big black Cadillac — Henry definitely under the thumb of his domineering wife;

Tom Jones, his wife Marge, their small son, Stevie, and Marge’s old and critically ill father.

And last, there were:

Bud and Twitchy, teen-age hitchhikers; Bud was obviously the leader and Twitchy his faithful follower — and Barbara suspected that Bud was hatching up some devilment that boded no good for the rest of them.

Mrs. Humphries has written a gripping story of the ravages of a Southern flood, of a group of helpless people who are forced to share its horrors, and of the changes it brings to the life of each one of them.

Nurse Betrayed

by Jeanne J. Bowman, 1966

Nurse Trudy’s “paid vacation” at a mountain lodge threatened to ruin her career and estrange her from the man she loved!

Nurse Trudy Holmes left Dane Memorial Hospital to care for the post-operative wife of wealthy Dr. Malcolm Morse. Dr. Morse painted a glowing picture of Medicine Mountain as a quiet retreat which would be more of a “paid vacation” than a nursing assignment for Trudy.

Although she hesitated leaving the hospital and the two doctors she loved, Trudy accepted the assignment eagerly, for she had worked so hard for several years putting herself through nursing school and training at the hospital. But Trudy didn’t count on a pampered young debutante and an old country witch doctor complicating her life.

Could Trudy come down from Medicine Mountain with her reputation and her love unscarred? Trudy didn’t know….

Nurse Bryony

by Rhona Trezise, 1984

“I’ve heard the doctor in charge is a tyrant…” Nurse Bryony Sellers remarks to a handsome stranger who gives her a lift from the station to her new home. But soon after starting work at the Highfields Nursing Home in Cornwall she finds herself wishing she had never been so indiscreet. For the handsome stranger turns out to be none other than her new boss, Dr. Ellis Crosland, and he is not amused!

Nurse Called Hope, A

by Peggy Dern, 1963

His fiance was her patient.

Hope Bradshaw found happiness in nursing, because helping others gave her a sense of dignity and purpose. Her life seemed to be complete when the young resident at her hospital, Dr. Ray Shelley, asked her to marry him.

But then came the day when her fiance made a mistake which caused the death of a patient and Hope was faced with a terrible dilemma. Should she confess to his error and thereby save the career of the man she loved — or was her integrity as a nurse more important?

Nurse Camden’s Cavalier

by Louise Ellis, 1967

“Perhaps I’d like to work in the maternity ward because it’s about the one place in the hospital where I won’t run into the new S.S.R.” Camilla Camden confided to her partner at the hospital Fancy Dress Ball.

It was just as well Camilla didn’t realize just who she was talking to!

Nurse Chadwick’s Sorrow

by Diana Douglas, 1967

Two doctors shared Ruth Chadwick’s shameful secret—and and one unforgivable incident would haunt their lives forever.

Till Death Do Us Part

Ruth Chadwick would never forgive Dr. Barry Kade for a night of insanity that changed her life. She would never return to Dr. Graham Chadwick, her husband. The only thing that still tied her to these two men was a bond of pain and hatred.

And now Tracey Norton was involved. Tracey…pretty, talented, very attractive to a man like Dr. Kade. Unable to stop her, Ruth saw Tracey being caught in her own hidden past—in the frightening truth that lay behind Nurse Chadwick’s Sorrow

Nurse Felicity

by Peggy Dern, 1967

Could Nurse Felicity give up her beloved mountain town and childhood sweetheart to marry a young city doctor?

Nurse Felicity grew up in the Georgia hill country and watched her father doctor the sick there. She understood the natives and they trusted her.

But Felicity loved a strong-willed mountain lawyer who resented her work. Could she forget him and start a new life with young Dr. Aleck Potter, somewhere away from “injun medicine and voodoo witchcraft”

Nurse Forrester’s Secret

by Jane Converse, 1965

A lovely young nurse is forced to choose between her love for a brilliant young doctor and her pity for a dying man…

Love…or loyalty?

Such choices had never been a problem for Elaine Forrester. The lovely nurse’s keen sense of integrity had always guided her professional — and her personal — life….But then, she had never been truly in love. Until now.

And now was when Jay Lowell, her dearest friend, needed her most. He was gravely ill, a victim of chronic nephritis. He wanted her near him. He needed her — and her love.

How could she give up everything she so passionately hungered for, in exchange for a future that promised only despair? How could she deny the insistent urgings of the young doctor whom she loved…and the yearnings of her own heart?

Nurse Grace’s Dilemma

by W.E.D. Ross, 1982

Grace Stone was probably the best surgical nurse at Pentland Hospital. Attractive Dr. Mark Briar often told her so. And most of the staff was first-rate. But that could not be said of Dr. Graham Underwood. Though he had a big reputation in the outside world, the hospital staff knew Underwood for the greedy, careless surgeon he was. But no one made a formal complaint against him until young Dr. Richard Moore was ready to do battle with the man. Grace knew that in some ways Richard was right to fight Dr. Underwood publicly. But she also knew the battle could unjustly destroy the good name of their very fine hospital. Would she ever find the wisdom to take the right stand in this complex situation?

Nurse Hilary

by Peggy Gaddis, 1963

Nurse Hilary Westbrook finds romance and other surprises when she learns the meaning of unselfish devotion to others.

Doctor Stuart Marsden was too busy for love…

…until beautiful Hilary Westbrook, R.N. joined him in his uphill fight to better conditions for all the oldsters in the community. Then Doctor Marsden realized his efficient assistant was also a woman — and a lovely one!

Nurse Involved, A

by Peggy O'More, 1968

Nurse Iva gave too much, too rapidly, to her work and found herself confronted with a choice between her career and the man who loved her.

The staff of City Core Hospital was faced daily with the problem of saving the lives of would-be suicides and of keeping these patients from trying again and again. Nurse Iva Loring had an inner drive that had taken her through school and training at top speed. She gave too much, too rapidly, to her work and was on the verge of a nervous collapse when she took time off to regain her perspective on life.

Now she was easing herself back into work as a stand-by nurse. Her special empathy for the depressed and discouraged made her an ideal nurse for the suicide detail. But there was a question of whether or not she was too understanding and too involved to be effective.

Iva, herself, had to examine her values and choose between the career to which she was dedicated and marriage to the devoted young hospital pharmacist who had stood by her without making any demands on her emotions. Could Iva make that choice?

Nurse Janice’s Dream

by W.E.D. Ross, 1984

Janice Hunt, head nurse of the recovery-room unit at Wentworth Hospital, heard quick footsteps coming down the corridor and glanced up from her desk to see the stout figure of Amanda Dilby hurrying toward her. Janice could tell by the troubled look on the older nurse’s face that there was a crisis of some sort.

Resting a plump hand on the desk, Amanda said, “Mr. Forest has suddenly started to hemorrhage!”

Janice stood up at once. “That’s Dr. Dodge’s patient, isn’t it?”

The older woman nodded. “Yes. The doctor operated on him this morning. He checked on him earlier this afternoon, and the patient was fine then.”

“He’ll probably need a transfusion,” Janice said, her blue eyes wide with concern.

Amanda agreed. “Yes. He’s lost a lot of blood. I’ve called the intern, and he’s in there now trying to cope with it all.”

Relief showed on the attractive face of the young head nurse. “Dr. Cairns?” she asked.

“Yes,” Amanda said.

“That’s good. He’s the most experienced.”

“He happened to be on his rounds,” the older nurse said.

Janice said, “I’d better go see what’s happening.”

“I think you’d better.”

The two nurses strode quickly along the corridor to the recovery room, with its complicated equipment. Eleven patients were recovering from various types of surgery. Janice saw that young Dr. Cairns, assisted by one of the room’s several nurses, had already started a transfusion on the critically ill patient.

Janice crossed to the young intern’s side. “How is it going?”

Dr. Cairns, slender with a rakish brown mustache, gave her a reassuring smile. “Everything under control now. But it’s lucky I was here. He lost an incredible amount of blood in a short time.”

Nurse Jean’s Strange Case

by Arlene Hale, 1970

Webb House, a somber old mansion near Shadow Lake, was a house of secrets. To Nurse Jean Reese, the occupants were strange characters indeed — each with a secret life — a private, closely hidden world not to be shared.

In Jean’s life, too, there was a secret: a lost love. Michael was his name. Jean had worn her heart on her sleeve, but Michael would have none of it.

Until one day an exciting stranger appeared at Webb House…and Jean finally had to make a choice.

Nurse Karen Comes Home

by Janet Lane Walters, 1981

After the death of her parents, Karen Saunders was brought up by her sister, Susan and her brother-in-law, John. Because John was overly strict, Karen became a rebellious teenager and often got into trouble. Now, several years later — after working as a nurse in another town — Karen returns to Coving to take a job at a local clinic.

Though her brother-in-law still hasn’t forgiven her for her earlier misdeeds, she proves to be a very mature young woman and extremely competent nurse. But Lennie, the young troublemaker she dated in high school, may pose fresh problems for Karen. And so may the two new men in her life, Steven Dural, the intriguing writer, and handsome, unavailable Dr. Bill Niven.

Nurse Kathryn

by Peggy O'More, 1968

She turned to a brilliant young doctor for help and found true love as well.

HELP YOURSELF TO HEARTACHE…

Psychiatric nurse Kathryn Kilburn could read most people like a book. An emotional problem in someone else was something she could heal.

But when her fiancé constantly avoided marriage, she had to face the hidden truth about herself. And brilliant Dr. Lamont reached out to help her…

Nurse Kay’s Conquest

by Willo Davis Roberts, 1966

Set a white cap for Dr. Hugh.

Armed with their shining diplomas, Nurses Kay Regis and Ginny Attison were out to set the California town of Mayerling on its ear.

Kay was well aware that her best friend possessed more than enough charms and feminine wiles to capture the hearts of the two bachelor-doctors in town. And she was almost willing to let Ginny have the run of the mill — until her own emotions caught up with her and drew her irresistibly into the arms of the one man she was fighting to ignore.

Nurse Kelsey Abroad

by Marjorie Norrell, 1968

Staff Nurse Jane Kelsey went to work in a hospital in a tiny Balkan state — and, behind the Iron Curtain, found all the excitement and intrigue that might be expected!

Nurse Kilmer’s Vow

by Virginia C. Holmgren, 1963

When lovely young Terry Kilmer was left at the altar by her husband-to-be, Dr. Alex Blaine, her life seemed shattered forever. Blinded by anger, she refused to listen to Alex’s explanations. Though she was a dedicated nurse, Terry vowed she would have nothing more to do with the world of medicine.

Accepting an invitation to the island estate of her much-divorced Aunt Cele, Terry plunged into a dizzying, dazzling social whirl. There were parties and yacht trips, gaiety and laughter — and above all, an irresistibly charming young playboy named Hal Symmes. Then disaster struck the island community — and suddenly Terry was a nurse again, working at the side of a brilliant doctor, her heart torn by a choice between two ways of life, two ways of love. And, amid the greatest challenge of her life, Terry found her path to happiness.

Nurse Kristi’s Secret

by Beatrice Warren, 1984

Kristi O’Neil did a fine job as head nurse of the Adventureland Amusement Park first aid department, but her private life was much too quiet. Then she met Keith Chadwick, the hotel executive who turned her whole world into chaos. From the start, Keith was difficult one moment, charming the next. Since he didn’t seem to like children, Kristi did not tell him she was raising her motherless three-year-old brother. Soon Kristi learned that Keith hated deception — of any kind — and she was even more afraid to speak of little Robby, for she did not want to lose this exasperating man. But how much longer could she keep such a secret from him?

Nurse Lambert’s Conflict

by Diana Douglas, 1969

He had kissed her back to life, but did the handsome surgeon really want her love in return?

Michelle as Rick’s scrub nurse, standing beside the surgeon as he worked, pressing the vital tools into his gloved hand. She was beautiful, capable…and she loved him.

Bernice, Rick’s heiress-patient, was beautiful and loving, too. And she had millions to pour into Rick’s hospital.

Could Michelle expect Rick to give up the realization of a dream…for her?

Nurse Laurie’s Cruise

by Adelaide Humphries, 1956

A delightful and intriguing story of a nurse on a luxurious Caribbean cruise.

A nurse-companion on a Caribbean cruise sounded like fun to Laurie Fielding. But to make sure she got the job, Laurie tried to disguise her blonde loveliness before she went for the interview.

The first person Laurie met on the Bianca was Jeff Anderson, so much the picture of the man every girl hopes to meet on a cruise that Laurie was instantly put on guard.

As they cruised the exotic tropical islands, Laurie found herself paired off with the young professor writing a book on the West Indies and her beautiful employer with the attentive Jeff — with Laurie becoming more and more attracted to Jeff.

A delightful and exciting story of a young nurse in search of adventure — with both danger and love lurking for Laurie in the blue waters of the Caribbean.

Nurse Lavinia’s Mistake

by Marjorie Norrell, 1968

A big mistake! That’s what all her friends told Lavinia Bolland when she decided to change from a busy hospital to a girl’s boarding school. Worn out by the responsibilities of being a staff nurse, Lavinia didn’t agree with them. In fact, she found her new life unexpectingly rewarding!

Nurse Lily and Mister X

by Diane Frazer, 1961

Why was her patient so hush-hush he could be referred to only as Mister X?

Who was Mister X?

Her first impression was a huge head with silver-white hair, a bristling mustache and fierce eyes. It was like seeing the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum for the first time after having looked at it hundreds of times in magazines or on post cards. Lily’s professional smile was frozen on her lips.

Usually she would approach a patient briskly, her hand outstretched, and introduce herself. She had been taught how to do it in nursing school — with just the right amount of cheerfulness.

But this was a man who simply didn’t lend himself to this kind of approach. This was a man who had terrorized the White House, a man even the President was said to be afraid of….

Nurse Loreen’s Nightmare

by Merle C. Overholtzer, 1981

When Loreen Tobin left her family’s ranch and became a nurse in San Francisco, she promised herself she’d never go home again. And the memories of her domineering stepfather — and of a heartbreaking tragedy — kept her away for ten years. But then a letter from her Aunt Lutie, full of mysterious pleading, finally convinced Loreen to pay her family a visit. Maybe, she thought, her mother needed her help — or her sister or brother.

Luckily, she met Jeff O’Dell, a handsome young writer, on her way back to the ranch. Without Jeff, her homecoming would have been unbearable. But even with his friendship and comfort, Loreen’s days at the Double T were a torment beyond belief!

Nurse Lucie

by Georgia Craig, 1964

Could Nurse Lucie keep the man she loved from a woman who had suddenly returned from his past?

Was He A Man On The Run?

Nurse Lucie couldn’t help wondering about handsome Dr. Warren. He was the most skilled surgeon she’d ever known, and it seemed strange for a man of his talents to bury himself in a small country clinic.

Everybody at Guale Farms wondered about him. There were fantastic stories, lies and gossip, but nobody knew anything for sure.

And then one day something shocking happened and Nurse Lucie learned the secret Dr. Warren wanted so desperately to hide. But did she find out too late? Was she too much in love with him by then to care?

Nurse Lucie was reprinted a few decades later as Nurse at Guale Farms.

Nurse Made Headlines, The

by Adelaide Humphries, 1962

For lovely Cheryl Lanier, nursing wealthy, elderly Trevor Rutledge at his magnificent estate seemed a routine assignment. But that was before Rutledge’s nephew, Victor Lawson, arrived.

Perhaps Cheryl should have known better than to fall in love with the handsome playboy. Certainly there were those — especially the young lawyer, Carl Drew — who warned her about Victor.

But Victor’s promises drowned out all warnings — until, amid sudden tragedy and scandal, she heard a different voice: that of agonizing doubt. Had she made the greatest mistake of her young life? Had she given her trust to the wrong man? And how could she know for sure before it was too late?

Nurse Madeline of Eden Grove

by Marjorie Norell, 1965

With Miss Eden’s gift, Madeline was able to help Surgeon Michael Foley realize his dream — a new nursing home. Only, somehow, the nearer it got to completion, the more convinced Madeline became that her efforts were on behalf of the wrong man.

Nurse Maggie’s Dream

by Ruth Burnett, 1982

He was one of the handsomest, wealthiest, most successful men in Florida — and newspaper reporters called him “Garth the Shark.” His world of glamour and excitement was a far cry from the world of Nurse Maggie McCloud, whose biggest fulfillment came from healing those who needed her most.

Yet it was Garth who had built a clinic for Seminole Indians on his ranch, and it was Garth who shared Maggie’s humility and compassion for all people.

Oh, why couldn’t it be Garth Carrington she was engaged to, instead of Dr. Tom Hamilton, whose biggest love was for himself?

Nurse March

by William Neubauer, 1957

A delightful, light romance about a pretty, young County Nurse with a wonderful love of live, a dedicated love for her profession and an unrequited love for an ambitious young doctor.

Dawn March had her future all planned — she would marry handsome Dr. Ken Jones and they would settle in the little seacoast community that she loved and build a happy and beautiful life together. But Dawn hadn’t figured on a couple of interferences that became substantial obstacles to the realization of her dream.

The first was Ken himself. There was a side of his nature that Dawn was slow to recognize, that shocked her when she did. Ken fancied himself a big-time success, and his impatient ambition was such that it left little room for the kind of life that Dawn had hoped they would share.

Another was the entrance of Mrs. Clara Royce, a divorcee of great wealth, considerable beauty and no scruples whatsoever. Clara Royce offered Ken the fulfillment of his dreams — and a short-cut to the success he craved.

Dawn began to realize that even the best-made plans of bright young nurses can sometimes get pretty well upset!

Nurse Marcie’s Island

by Arlene Hale, 1964

Heart adrift on a sea of romance.

Returning home to Barr Island to practice nursing, Marcie Roberts, R.N., dreamed happily of the sunny, lazy island, the joy of being with Pop again, and the pleasure of working as old Dr. John’s office nurse.

But before the end of her first day, Marcie realized that everything had changed. Pop had become a strangely embittered man, and kindly Dr. John was gone. In his place, was the aloof Dr. Ainsworth — handsome, cold and brusque. Marcie knew her job represented a challenge to herself — as a nurse, and as a woman.

Nurse Meg’s Decision

by Hilary Neal, 1966

Meg James of the Freer Memorial Hospital had a strong sense of duty and strong emotions, and somehow she got herself into a situation where she had promised to marry both John Heriot, the doctor, and Lance Curtiss, the patient.

Nurse Misty’s Magic

by Evelyn Martin, 1987

Misty Marshall was between cases when she learned that her friend Suanne Oakland had suffered a nervous breakdown after the mysterious drowning of her husband, Brian. Determined to help Suanne recover, Misty hurried to her side. At the beautiful Georgia plantation that had been in the Oakland family for generations, Misty found her presence bitterly opposed by Clint, Brian’s handsome twin brother, who seemed intent upon keeping Suanne secluded if not imprisoned in her room. Why? Misty wondered.

And then she began to uncover some disturbing answers. Answers that became even more disturbing as she found herself being more and more drawn to the fascinating yet repelling Clint Oakland. Was she falling in love with a murderer?

Nurse Molly

by Marjorie Norrell, 1964

After Molly Patterson was jilted, she was determined never to trust a man again. But she was a very attractive girl, and more than one man was anxious to make her change her mind.

Was Molly going to be able to stick to her decision?

Nurse Molly’s Search

by Polly Mark, 1978

Never once during her growing-up years did Molly Patten feel other than a lovely American girl. She accepted her curly black hair, her golden skin, and her slightly upturned eyes as easily as she accepted the fact that she had no family other than her adoptive aunt Ruth Patten. And although Molly loved Ruth’s stories of missionary life in Singapore, never did she link herself with that romantic city. So it was with much surprise that Molly learned, shortly after her graduation from nursing school, that her parents’ had lived and married in Singapore, and that her father, a Chinese doctor, might be living there still.

After Ruth’s death, Molly decided to leave her hometown in Maine for a visit to exotic Singapore, to try to find out more about the father who had given her up when she was a baby. Little did she know that while she was there she would be called upon to practice her specialty — geriatric nursing — in the home of the much respected Dr. David Lee. Nor did she guess how much she would come to care for the lovely city and the people, especially young Dr. Peter Devon, the handsome ward of Dr. Lee.

Molly’s search for her heritage leads her to adventure and romance in the exotic Orient.

Nurse Overseas

by Mary Curtis Bowers, 1984

Nurse Lori Barnes agreed to work at a Nigerian clinic for the summer partly to help people — and partly to forget an unhappy romance in the States. She did her usual superb job as a nurse and was especially good with the children. But Lori soon learned there was no way of escaping romance problems. Though she’d been determined to avoid all men, she was now intrigued by two of the aggravating creatures: Dr. Fletcher Wilson, who was extremely handsome and knew it, and Grant Evans, a wealthy landowner whose distrust of women was as great as his rugged magnetism. Both of them promised to give her disappointment and heartache. Why couldn’t Lori forget them, ignore them, be sensible? Why?

Donated by: Jennifer Rasmussen

Nurse Paula’s New Look

by Beatrice Warren, 1982

As a surgical nurse in Bay City General, Paula Winters had witnessed a miracle from time to time. But surely Dr. Steven Kramer’s interest in her was more than a miracle. In fact, it was impossible for someone as young and handsome as Dr. Kramer to like a girl as fat as she. Or so she kept telling herself. Then Paula realized Steven was being friendly to her only because her father and brother, both prominent doctors, could help him with his medical career.

Even after she lost her excess pounds and gained some new admirers, she was trapped in a lonely quandary. For Paula still couldn’t accept Steven — and she just wouldn’t settle for anyone else!

Nurse Pro Tem

by Glenna Finley, 1967

The trouble between lively, sandy-haired nurse Jane Chapin and handsome Washington attorney Joshua Blake began when they met at the Continental Broadcasting Studios. It was a simple case of mistaken identity — he thought she was an impudent receptionist and she thought he was an aspiring page boy. But what followed turned out to be an intricate matter of international intrigue that involved them both in a dangerous series of romantic double crosses; curious quirks of fate and terrifying realities that threatened both their lives and their love. The truth was the only thing that could save them — but they would have to ignore their own gnawing doubts long enough to find it.

Nurse Sandra’s Choice

by Lucy Bowdler, 1978

In the five years she had been away from her native New England, young nurse Sandra Colson had adapted quite well to her new life in Minnesota, had made friends, and had become a respected member of the staff at St. James Hospital. And yet, every fall, when the leaves started to turn color and drop from the trees, she could not free herself from the memory of New England and what might have been. What might have been if Dr. Bruce Jennings had been true, if he had meant all those things he had said.

But that was five years ago. Surely Sandy had picked up the pieces of her emotional life since then. Yet how much had she learned from that unhappy experience? Wasn’t she really in the same position with Dr. Rich Harvey, a young obstetrician working at St. James? Oh, it was true, he had never promised anything and their relationship had been strictly professional, but Sandy couldn’t help her feelings. The fact he was engaged to Aileen Gorman, her supervisor, a nurse who worked with clocklike efficiency, made things even worse. Every day Sandy had to face them both, and to see Aileen’s triumph reflected in the engagement ring she wore.

When Dr. Harvey offered her a part-time job in the Lamaze natural-birth clinic he intended to start, Sandy got a chance to use the extra courses in obstetrics she had taken. She also got a chance to see exactly how strong the armor she wore around her heart really was.

Nurse Suzanne’s Bold Journey

by Ethel Bangert, 1975

Nursing in the remote wilderness of northern Canada was a potentially perilous undertaking, but pretty Suzanne Hillard knew only exhilaration as the tiny pontoon plane splashed down on Gold Lake. Her new job as occupational health nurse for the Whiteoak Oil Company released her not only from the humdrum routine of a large general hospital but also from the overprotectiveness of her decorous aunt Geraldine.

Life at the tiny mining camp of Kupark was anything but decorous. Suzanne readily adjusted to living in a rough wooden cabin, taking her meals in the company cookhouse, and nursing out of a breathtakingly well-equipped trailer. The only thing that really bothered her — until she met Mark Bartell — was the knife she glimpsed in Pete Thunderchild’s hand. Resolutely she decided that the lank-jawed old man’s animosity would not inhibit her attempts to befriend his shy, beautiful daughter, Norell, a painter of rare talent.

And then there was the problem of the Mistaseni, the huge granite boulder that was revered as a god by the local Cree Indians. The sacred rock was right in the path of the company’s projected pipeline, and as chief engineer at Kupark, Mark Bartell would have to give the order to blow it up. A clash between him and Indian geologist Angus Bear seemed unavoidable.

Equally unavoidable was the explosive first meeting between the blond engineer and the dark-eyed company nurse, a confrontation that resulted in Suzanne’s being fired on the spot!

Nurse Todd’s Strange Summer

by Zillah K. Macdonald and Vivian J. Ahl, 1960

• Chapter 1: You Are Now Entering Penteath, Maine
• Chapter 2: Quint Loves Me! Loves Me Not!
• Chapter 3: Nature’s Physiotherapy Department
• Chapter 4: Ann Finds a Needed Friend
• Chapter 5: Dr. McNab Offers a Nursing Job
• Chapter 6: Ann Does a Venipuncture
• Chapter 7: Parthie Provokes a Crisis
• Chapter 8: A Sedimentation Rate Spells Trouble
• Chapter 9: Quint Has the answer to Her Question
• Chapter 10: Antibiotics vs. Nursing Care
• Chapter 11: A Growing Comradeship Suffers a Blight
• Chapter 12: Ann Loses Her Job
• Chapter 13: Riders of the Storm
• Chapter 14: Kitchen Turned Hospital
• Chapter 15: Ann Shares a Fateful Moment with “B.M.”
• Chapter 16: “Your Majesty!” Marie Antoinette of Maine
• Chapter 17: A Fright in the Night
• Chapter 18: Ann Is on Her Way!

Nurse Under Fire

by Dorothy Brenner Francis, 1973

Private duty in Marlin Point, Florida, was the last thing Cass Meredith wanted. The month-long assignment had been handed to her by Dr. Wellton, her friend as well as her boss, and he certainly expected her to accept it. The case itself was not what distressed the pretty twenty-two-year-old nurse. The patient was a young girl of fifteen who had epilepsy — certainly a condition with which Cass could sympathize. Cass, too, was an epileptic, and only because she had understanding parents was she able to live a full and normal life.

That life had, until recently, included a lanky young man named Tab Lyon. Handsome, devilish Tab wanted to marry Cass, but she had shied away from such a commitment. She had even suggested a trial separation that had led to his taking a job far from her Miami home — in Marlin Point!

Suffering from inner turmoil, Cass arrived in Marlin Point to discover that her assignment was more a bed of thorns than of roses. The patient, Sue Evans, was a sweet girl whom Cass instantly liked. But Sue’s fearfully overprotective mother had kept her a virtual recluse for years, and she made no attempt to conceal her resentment of Cass. So it was little wonder that Cass found herself leaning on the strong, comforting arm of Mrs. Evan’s’ brother, Max Quigley, a physical therapist who was in complete accord with Cass’s hopes to help Sue lead a free and happy life.

And then Sue experienced a frightening seizure…

Nurse Wayne in the Tropics

by Anne Vinton, 1960

Beatrice Wayne, S.R.N, sat thinking, shivering despite the tropic heat. How far away the clinic seemed and the chatter of the nurses snatching those quick cups of tea in the kitchens. At this hour they would be giving out medicines and tidying dressings before supper, after which the night-staff would take over. And here was she, three thousand miles away spending the night in a locked rest-house with the most dangerous man in the word; the most dangerous to her, at any rate, because she loved him.

How did she get into this compromising situation and what would happen next? It’s all told in this lively, absorbing novel, full of interesting characters and set against the colourful background of the Gold Coast.

Nurse and the Crystal Ball, The

by Florence Stewart, 1969

It would take more than a fortune-teller to solve Nurse Sue Whittier’s dilemma: Should she tell her dying former sweetheart the truth, or should she leave him in peace and let his scheming wife and brother rob him…?

Clouded Future…

When Sue Whittier unpacked her suitcase, 3000 miles away from the nurses’ dormitory in Maryland, she found a fortune-teller’s crystal ball under her nylons. It was a friend’s idea of a joke, but Sue—who didn’t believe in such things—wished it could tell her what she was letting herself in for. She had driven to California to be with Dave Harding, the man she had walked out on seven years ago just before their wedding—a dying man now who had written, begging her to come. And she had…even though seeing Dave would mean seeing his half-brother, Marv, too—the secret reason Sue had broken that engagement. Still, she was prepared for that. What she wasn’t prepared for was finding another old love of Dave’s at his bedside: Gloria, the blonde he had married on the rebound, the wife who had deserted him two months later and has now returned—with a son she claimed was his. But was it true…? Sue didn’t need a crystal ball to tell her that here was a woman who couldn’t be trusted…

When I read “she found a fortune-teller’s crystal ball under her nylons,” my first thought was, “Well, there’s a an anatomical euphemism I’ve never heard before.”

And if I was Dave Harding, and:

1. My bride-to-be ditched me at the altar for my half-brother named Marv.
2. My scheming, blonde ex-wife named Gloria showed up with a snot-nosed kid and a paternity suit.
3. I had cancer.

I’d refuse treatment and pray for a speedy end.

Nurse at Cap Flamingo

by Violet Winspear, 1964

Nurse Fern Heatherly had travelled from England to California with a patient and then decided she might as well stay for a while, so she accepted the job of looking after the elderly Miss Kingdom.

Her troubles began when Miss Kingdom’s nephew was seen leaving Fern’s room in the early hours of the morning. It was all completely innocent, but Ross chivalrously insisted on marrying her to protect her reputation.

But Fern, being very much in love with him, wanted a better reason than that.

I can’t decide which name I like more: Fern Heatherly or Violet Winspear.

Nurse at Eagle’s Watch

by Christine Bush, 1979

When she goes up to Maine to take care of Priscilla Scott, a spunky old lady recovering from a stroke, Nurse Hillary Holt’s life becomes a jumble of love and fear. For there, at the isolated castle known as Eagle’s Watch, Hillary meets handsome Dr. Kent Harry, who is clearly attracted to her but cannot express his feelings.

Hillary also meets Priscilla Scott’s greedy relatives, all of whom are convinced she’s after the old lady’s wealth. Even Mitchell, the most appealing family member, is frankly interested in money and assumes the young nurse feels the same way. Worse yet, he — or one of the others — seems ready to commit murder to get rid of Hillary!

Nurse at Guale Farms

by Georgia Craig, 1964

Nurse Lucie found the small country clinic at Guale Farms a paradise. But the two men she fell in love with complicated that paradise.

A Troubled Paradise

Nurse Lucie Hatcher walked head-long into another world when she arrived at the small Georgia clinic at Guale Farms, eager to work with the skilled Dr. Wesley Warren. Lucie didn’t plan to get involved with the handsome young doctor, nor with the rich owner of the experimental farms, Perry Latham. But she did…with both.

Then, suddenly, women from Wesley’s and Perry’s lives appeared and disrupted Lucie’s paradise. Could she give Wesley up to the mysterious woman from his past? Could she fight the powerful and jealous Latham family for Perry’s love? Lucie’s paradise soon turned into a nightmare…

That’s an unfortunate bit of paper loss on the front cover. Not because it obscures the handsome doctor’s face, but because I wish it were 1/4” lower so he’d look like he had Rip Taylor’s mustache.

This is actually a Valentine reprint of Nurse Lucie, but I much prefer almost everything about the original: the title, the jacket blurb, the cover illustration, and (especially) the title font.

Nurse at Playland Park

by Dorothy Brenner Francis, 1976

Karin Douglas was leaving Houston Research Clinic forever. A man whom she had dated a few times, Ben Jarome, had committed suicide. The note he left gave the impression that Karin had led him on, then thrown him over. People were willing to accept the distortion rather than ferret out the truth. Ben’s father was influential in the city of Houston. The suicide headlines had blazed across every paper in the city. Her picture along with Ben’s appeared in the tabloids. Karin had to make a new life for herself. But, she thought, was she making a mistake? Was running away always foolish?

As she pulled up to the rooming house in Richardson, a small suburb of Dallas, doubts continued to assail her. And at Mrs. Grummy’s rooming house her composure was at once put to the test. Books filled her room, the result of a vanity press swindle of her new landlady.

Karin’s first day of work was not much more auspicious. Almost immediately she was met with rudeness and impatience by her work partner, Jessica. Unwittingly Karin had made an enemy, one whose ingenuity might threaten her new job at Playland Park General First Aid—and her future. Karin had promised herself after the Houston scandal to concentrate on her job and future, that men—all men—were off limits. Including Mac Franklin, an amiable young worker-pianist at Playland Park, and Dr. Lance Pickford, a sophisticated ladies’ man. How to hold on to her job and at the same time hold off two men test Karin Douglas’ mettle to the extreme.

Nurse at Shadow Manor

by Sharon Heath, 1966

Watch out, Nurse Frances!

To forget the pain of a tragic romance, Nurse Frances Kirkman went out to Shadow Manor to act as companion to its elderly mistress. In that quiet countryside, she would try to achieve peace of mind.

But that hope turned out to be a will-o-the-wisp as Frances found when she learned the secret of the manor’s other woman — the young and willful niece of her employer. For that secret meant danger and trouble.

Yet there was also the attractive Dr. Ralph Grant around…and he seemed to be capable of starting Frances’ wounded heart beating to a new and more exciting tune.

Nurse at Sundown

by Peggy Gaddis, 1958

Pretty Polly Brundage, her R.N. diploma as crisply new as her uniform, finds both pleasant and unpleasant surprises when she comes to nurse in the lovely old Southern mansion she had known all her life….

Polly Brundage’s nursing uniform was still too new to swap for a wedding gown… This she tactfully made Gary Maynard see before things went too far. But was it true? Polly promptly closed her mind on Peter, handsome Peter Hamilton, older brother of Polly’s best friend. If Leisa were only at “Sundown” instead of being off in New York…there was plenty of interior decorating to be done right here! And exterior decorating, too.

Polly really needed her friend, and for her own sake Leisa should come home. And then everything started to happen….

Nurse at the Fair

by Dorothy Cole, 1971

Was she risking more than she would win in the game of life?

Pretty, auburn-haired Merilee Maxwell was happy in her position as nurse and in her love for tall, red-haired Dr. Kendall Ryder to whom she was secretly engaged.

But suddenly the serenity of her world was threatened when TV-Western star Tex Howard was admitted to the hospital after being injured in a mysterious accident. Tex was dangerously attractive, and the way he set about working his charm on Merilee was enough to turn any girl’s head.

It wasn’t until she was caught in an explosive incident at the local fair that Merilee realized just how dangerous was her relationship with the handsome singing cowboy. She had followed her heart and it had led her into trouble. Had she gone too far to turn back…?

Nurse for Galleon Key, A

by Ethel Hamill, 1957

Once the bus left Key Vaca, the knowledge that she was almost there took possession of her entirely. Simone began to tremble with it. A deep trembling that did not reflect itself on the surface; not in any visible unsteadiness of her hands, not in any perceptible quickening of her breath.

This place they had quit, this town called Marathon, was only seven feet above sea level — or so the guidebook open in her lap had assured her. Here ended the Upper Keys, part of the continental plateau stretching northward and westward from Florida for thousands of miles. From here on, the incredible bridge linked only true islands. And on one of them, one of the smallest of them, one of the most insignificant dots along this last lap of Route One’s coastal sweep from Maine to the Florida Strait, she would find Pete.

Galleon Key! she thought. And: Only a little farther now!

The watery world outside her window shimmered unstably, less as if it were actual waves and sunshine than as if it existed only by illusion, like a heat mirage on a melting black tar roadway. The big bus, a laggard through the towns of the upper archipelago, suddenly found wings. It hit Seven Mile Bridge with the rush of a balloon-tired tornado, seemingly intent upon gobbling the span’s entire length at a gulp.

The bus was filled, except for scattered vacancies. Simone herself sat beside one of those, in the second seat behind the driver but on the opposite side. Through the wide windshield, she had an excellent view of miracles to come; of miracles, if not of the most important one.

Pete…she thought. He might have been in the spare place beside her. He might have been holding her hand. He might have been — Pete!

Nurse for Sand Castle, A

by Arlene Hale, 1969

When her doctor fiance was killed while serving in Vietnam, lovely nurse Leah West wanted only to forget. Gratefully she accepted an assignment to care for a child seriously injured in an auto accident, for it meant going to live in the isolated mansion of Sand Castle, far from painful memories.

But soon Leah found it was not that easy to escape. In her appealing, yet tragically embittered young patient, Leah had to meet her greatest test as a nurse. And in the impassioned rivalry for Leah’s affections between the child’s wifeless father, the brilliant and sardonic Alan Saber, and his handsome playboy brother, Hutch, Leah had to face her most agonizing test as a woman.

Nurse in Acapulco

by Jane Converse, 1964

The intriguing story of a wealthy family ruled by a tyrannical woman, and a pretty nurse who dares to fall in love — with the wrong man.

Mrs. Breckenridge’s maniacal possessiveness had turned her handsome son into a peevish playboy, her daughter into a shrill, contemptuous and cheating wife, her son-in-law into a drunken failure. When it seemed as though one of her captives might break away, Mrs. Breckenridge had another heart attack and threatened to change her will.

In accepting the wealthy hypochondriac as a patient, special nurse Donna Walton had no way of knowing that she was to be used as bait in the old woman’s devious scheme to keep her son by her side…forever.

Nurse in Australia

by Mary Curtis Bowers, 1981

Cammie Chambers, R.N., is independent enough to make up her own mind. She’s daring enough to accept a challenging job in Australia at a school for handicapped children. She’s dedicated enough to to be a topnotch nurse. Womanly enough to fall in love with Bryan Hartford, the wealthy young rancher whose family owns the school where Cammie works.

She’s woman enough to be badly hurt when her so-called friend Francine nearly snags Bryan for herself with lies and ruthless plans.

Cammie is also very stubborn. Will she be stubborn enough to keep from forgiving Bryan although she wants him desperately?

Nurse in Crisis

by Jane Converse, 1966

A lovely young nurse must decide: settle for a secure marriage or fight for the man she loves.

She saw her friend’s happiness destroyed by love.

Sherry Allen’s roommate, Nurse Melinda Collins, spent her nights sobbing and her days drinking — pursued by a shameful secret, by the inescapable consequences of a moment of heedless passion.

It was only when the unhappy girl attempted a desperate way out of her trouble that Sherry learned the cause of her friend’s anguish was a man. it was then that Sherry realized she, too, must face up to a crisis of the heart. Before it was too late, the young nurse had to choose: settle for security…or, like Melinda, take a reckless gamble on love.

Nurse in Danger (Murray)

by Edna Murray, 1969

Helen Jervis loved the moors so much that she jumped at the chance of nursing old Ethan Hesketh in Braunston Manor. But she found the old house a nerve racking place. Milly Rolph, the maid, refused point blank to sleep in the manor, and the girl was reluctant to say why. Helen was not a nervous person, and she became attracted to Doctor Keith Spencer. But strange events were taking place under cover of darkness, and it needed a terrifying climax to clear the situation.

Nurse in Danger (Shepard)

by Fern Shepard, 1964

Would she marry a man she didn’t love to save the life of a handsome doctor?

“Be careful, Anne. This is a serious mental case we’re up against. We’re all in danger as long as she’s allowed to run around loose,” Dan said.

Nurse Anne knew it was true. Margaret Slater was not a normal person. She was beautiful and rich but she was a destroyer. Sooner or later she would succeed in destroying someone — some helpless victim of her irrational, jealous fury…but who would the victim be? When would she strike?

Margaret need help — psychiatric help. Brad Portner was a wonderful psychiatrist, but love was blind…he was planning to marry Margaret!

Nurse in Doubt

by Rose Williams, 1965

A surprising rival and an unexpected mystery force Edna Brayley to choose between two suitors.

“Beautiful and brilliant,” the hospital staff called Edna Brayley. The lovely young nurse knew how to cope with any situation at Farmington General Hospital.

But Edna’s personal life was a different story. Upset at her father’s recent death and pressured by a young and beautiful stepmother, Edna was undecided about marrying the handsome son of a Boston millionaire. And then Edna met the compelling and embittered young doctor who had just joined the staff — and found her own stepmother a sudden rival!

The drama and conflict of a small New England hospital become part of the agonizing decision facing a young nurse and the men who love her.

Nurse in Istanbul

by Ralph E. Hayes, 1970

Blonde Donna Mitchell decided that one way to determine her true feelings for doctor friend Richard was to change her nursing job and get a fresh slant on her emotions. After she applied at an agency for private-duty work, she was sent to the home of an eccentric importer, Mr. Eastman, who informed her that her task would not be easy. But Donna was intrigued with the challenge of this position, and also with dark-haired Steve Chandler, Mr. Eastman’s accountant and business advisor, and so she accepted with alacrity.

Mr. Eastman was planning a sea voyage to Istanbul, where he could conduct some business transactions, and naturally Donna would accompany him, along with Steve and Penelope Winslow, Mr. Eastman’s private secretary and old friend. Events whirled by at such a fast clip that before long, Istanbul was a visual reality, a city pulsating with danger and excitement heretofore undreamed of by Donna. The basis for the trip seemed to center around the purchase of the Green Medallion, a rare and precious gem, and soon Donna realized that her employer was involved in something highly illegal.

But what about Steve? Was he, too, involved, or was he merely an innocent bystander? And when a letter arrives from Richard, Donna is forced to analyze her feelings once more.

Nurse in Jeopardy

by Rose Dana, 1967

The lonely Maine seacoast town of Hawkesbury was very different from the big Boston hospital where Mavis Eaton had been serving as a nurse. Yet it was giving her an undreamed of opportunity to indulge her second talent — painting — for a whole year without interruption. In fact, the elderly patient who had offered to subsidize Mavis had made concentration on her art for twelve months one of the conditions of the grant. And when she died at the start of the experiment, Mavis found that her will still took care of the situation.

So the nurse settled down to her seascapes and landscapes. Unfortunately, some sinister developments concerning suspected spies and other unhealthy characters soon diverted Mavis and made the preservation of her own life her chief preoccupation.

Nurse in Las Palmas

by Anne Maguire, 1980

Handsome, debonair Dr. Felipe Santoras was almost too good to be true. But his fiancee, Nurse Susan Smith, never questioned anything about him until he suddenly left her just before their wedding.

Shocked and heartbroken Susan impulsively quit her hospital job and followed him to his family home near Las Palmas, hoping to learn why he had jilted her. But instead of finding answers, Susan only found more questions: Why hadn’t Felipe told her how wealthy he was? Why was he always running off on mysterious trips? And why did Felipe’s brother Noe seem to dislike Susan when she — without wanting to — found him more and more attractive?

Nurse in London

by Jane Converse, 1970

A million girls wanted the man who wanted her.

“I want you, Luv,” said Lee Watson. He was the star of The Tree of Life, the top rock group in England and America, and he lay in a hospital bed, victim of a crippling motorcycle accident. In pain and despair he had clung to Nurse Holly Brooks. Now he was going back to London to resume his career. “I love you, Holly,” he told her. “Come with me.”

And Holly came because he needed her…stepping, unaware, into a frenzied, psychedelic landscape where The Tree of Life flourished, and she was a stranger.

Nurse in Paris

by Renee Shann, 1964

She had to choose between an old love and a new…

Occasionally sad, more often humorous, here is the high-spirited story of Sara, a young nurse working in a busy Paris hospital. She had gone abroad to forget her past unhappiness, a broken engagement behind her. Then Don, her ex-fiance is brought into Casualty after a serious car accident. Ill as he is, Sara cannot tell him about Jimmy with whom she is falling in love — who escorts her around the exciting Paris night spots, who is taking up more and more of her time…

Nurse in Peril

by Marcia Miller, 1975

It was fortunate that Portugal had always held a strong attraction for Nigel Baxter, for otherwise she might not have agreed to her uncle Evan’s request that she give up her vacation plans in order to take on a case there. Evan Baxter was one of David Wycherly’s doctors, and since Mr. Wycherly had suffered a leg fracture while vacationing at his home in Estoril, Dr. Baxter felt that Nigel could care for him and at the same time fulfill her wish to see Portugal.

Nigel knew that David Wycherly was a wealthy and powerful California man who had disowned his only child, Eve, when she married Allen Farrell against his wishes. And even when Eve and Allen had a daughter, David Wycherly never acknowledged her. Three years ago the Farrells died in a boating accident, and the old man relented at last and sent for his estranged granddaughter, Claudia. Now, according to Nigel’s uncle, the Wycherly family — David, his eccentric sister, Miss Clatie, and Claudia — was happily reunited after much celebrated publicity and a dramatically unhappy past. Nigel admitted to herself that the legend of the Wycherlys held a compelling fascination for her.

But when she saw the gray stone house — a castle in miniature — looming on a rocky promontory high above the ocean, she experienced a feeling of disquiet, unease — a feeling that was only to increase with each passing day in the Wycherly mansion.

Nurse in Peru

by Mary Curtis Bowers, 1981

Peggy Moore, R.N., worked hard at her chosen profession, and she was proud of being a fine nurse. But when it came to ideals and dedication, she couldn’t compare to her brother, Dr. Sam Moore. It was Sam who urged Peggy to join him for a year when he agreed to work in a small jungle hospital on the vast Peruvian estate of Shawn McGregor.

At first Peggy was unenthusiastic about being a nurse in a steamy jungle when she could perform the same chores in a comfortable doctor’s office. And she blamed Shawn McGregor for luring her brother down to his hospital. She grew even angrier at Shawn when her brother grew weak from overwork. But most of all Peggy hated Shawn for making her fall in love with him…when she had as much chance with the man as an icicle did in the simmering jungle.

Nurse in South America

by Jean Alexander, 1968

Would the dedicated doctor Ellen loved see the danger she was in…before it was too late?

Ellen Stuart took the assignment in the little hospital in Caballo partly to see a part of the world her father had known and loved…and partly to get away from reminders of her fiance, killed in an auto accident. Ellen expected to find hardship and discomfort and discouragement in the tropical outpost village. She didn’t expect to find anyone like Dr. John Wilks — handsome, dedicated and convinced that Ellen wouldn’t want to stay. Or like his light-hearted friend, Dr. Anderson Bader, who went all out to persuade her not to stay. Above all, the lovely blond nurse did not come to Caballo expecting to become a target for murder!

Nurse in Training

by Ruth Dorset, 1967

How long could young Dr. Bob hide the terrible truth before Nurse Kane was forced to turn to another man?

Everybody thought Wanda Miles was too rich, too beautiful to be a good nurse. But she was. And her know-how included a plan to lure Dr. John Stamers into her arms.

When the brilliant young doctor turned his sights on Nurse Shirley Kate, the explosion was heard in every corner of Carrington Hospital…

Nurse in Waiting

by Ruth Dorset, 1967

How long could young Dr. Bob hide the terrible truth before Nurse Kane was forced to turn to another man?

Everybody thought Wanda Miles was too rich, too beautiful to be a good nurse. But she was. And her know-how included a plan to lure Dr. John Stamers into her arms.

When the brilliant young doctor turned his sights on Nurse Shirley Kate, the explosion was heard in every corner of Carrington Hospital…

Nurse in Yosemite

by Beatrice Warren, 1982

Quite suddenly Nurse Doralee Dahlquist became a nervous shrew. Needing a change of pace from her high-pressure work in the Intensive Care Unit of a big hospital, she gook a job at the medical clinic in magnificent Yosemite National Park. Her sense of well-being quickly returned as she nursed others in the peaceful valley. Then a new siege of unrest attacked Doralee when she lost her heart to Angus McGonigal, a photography genius. For while Angus seemed to return Doralee’s love, Nurse Jan Stagnetto claimed she was going to marry the handsome photographer. And when Jan put on the charm and glamour, no mere man could resist her!

Nurse in the Clouds

by Beatrice Warren, 1986

Nurse Tracy Nichols should have been the happiest woman on earth. She and handsome Dr. Clifford Sampson had worked hard to build and operate the Centerville Community Health Clinic, which had become a resounding success. And they’d grown very fond of each other in the past four years.

Now Cliff wanted to move to a big city and start a lucrative private practice. Best of all, he wanted Tracy to be part of his new life. Any other girl would have jumped at the chance to marry the charming doctor and share his secure future. Yet Tracy found herself yearning for Andy Carlton, the playful, unpredictable helicopter pilot who could offer her nothing but risk and struggle.

Nurse of Greenmeadow

by Jane Corby, 1964

A beautiful nurse finds danger and thrilling romance in a mysterious mansion.

THE TURRETS—A vast and brooding mansion ruled by an autocratic and crippled old lady…

Lovely young Judy Jordan came her as private nurse to the aged owner and remained to become involved in a romantic and dangerous crossfire between her employer’s handsome grandson and her dashing stockbroker—rivals alike for the aged lady’s money, her house, and then for Judy herself…

A thrilling story of suspense and mystery in a ghost-ridden old house—and of breathtaking romance for a beautiful nurse.

He’s a little clingy, don’t you think? And I don’t know what he’s whispering in her ear, but she’s not buying it…

Nurse of Polka Dot Island

by Jeanne Bowman, 1966

Until the patient’s death, Agnes Leahy had been a special nurse for Mrs. Marvin Mason; afterwards, Agnes took on the assignment of caring for the widower, who was ill of a serious but operable heart condition and who needed to overcome his depression and sense of loss before he would be ready for surgery.

Fortunately, his hospital room gave him a view of Polka Dot Island in the Bay, where he had a home and where he had spent many happy years; and this, plus Agnes’ soothing ministrations, promised to build up his strength. The nurse, however, had worries unknown to the old man: concern lest his son, the apple of his eye, who had been mysteriously burned and come to Agnes for treatment, be the arsonist responsible for an epidemic of local fires.

Agnes felt her duty to the patient lay in concealing her suspicions. On the other hand, she was in love with the deputy sheriff, who had a right to know.

Nurse of St. John

by Sue Alden, 1977

The offer attractive Shelley Talmadge, a private-duty nurse who was between jobs, received from her best friend, Eleanora Crawford, was too good to pass up: The girls could spend the summer at a resort on St. John owned by Katherine Crawford, Eleanora’s grandmother. In return, they would have some light duties — Shelley’s included being the resident nurse. She welcomed the time away from handsome Winston Crawford, Eleanora’s brother, who had been pressing her to marry him. Although she thought she loved him, she wasn’t sure she wanted to give up her nursing career for marriage.

For Eleanora, a flighty girl who could fall in and out of love within the hour, the trip was a romantic adventure — handsome men, including her adopted uncle, Stephen, Marcello, the gourmet chef, and Brent Howard, a sportsman; swaying palms; warm breezes…

Shelley too was affected by the atmosphere. Life could be so pleasant there on the secluded beaches, in the shady coves.

For the young nurse, the summer was one of maturation, of growing to know herself and her goals in life. But she didn’t miss out on fun and romance as she discovered the path her life was to take.

Nurse of Thorne Grotto

by Jane McCarthy, 1977

Recovering from a broken love affair and in need of money to pay bills incurred during her mother’s long illness, Lovely Noel Savant agrees to attend a patient at Thorne Grotto, the hideout of Sir High Thorne, a self-made millionaire, now a recluse. Suffering from gout, Sir High is irascible, fighting Noel’s every ministration. And his physician, Dr. Young, is skilled in acupuncture but seems to ignore the proper medical treatment both of Sir Hugh and of his handsome young nephew, Jeffrey Thorne, who, stricken with tetanus after a fall from his horse, will die within hours unless he receives proper medical attention.

Mystery and adventure follow Noel as she travels with Sir Hugh to Washington, where he is to speak before the Senate regarding a conspiracy to corner the grain market. Sir Hugh is faced with treachery and deceit on all sides, even from his daughter, Carol, who has apparently abandoned her family. But both Noel and Jeff have faith in the girl, and Dr. Callum Winchester, Noel’s old flame, appears on the scene, determined to discover the truth. How Noel escapes almost certain death and finds love and happiness makes fascinating reading.

Nurse of the Crossroads

by Colleen L. Reece, 1977

The assignment that reporter Sam Reynolds had been given seemed easy enough: find out about Dr. David Mackenzie; find out what gave him his own special brand of faith. And so San left Portland for the small towns around LaGrande, to discover new people and a way of life he had never known existed.

Lovely Amber Mackenzie, a nurse, had been alone since her father’s death. But she was carrying on with the work he had begun — the small Crossroads Clinic was still open; Amber still journeyed into the canyons and mountains to help people in need. Amber’s gentle ways earned her the love of all who knew her and believed in her father’s ideals, and Sam quickly fell under he spell.

But what were these ideals? What made Amber so different from the people Sam had known before? Was it that she truly cared for others, above herself, and was willing to dedicate herself to their care? Was it that she reveled in life and saw beauty and goodness in all things?

Sam’s assignment to learn about Dr. Mackenzie turned into something more, as the young man decided to learn about himself, too. And Sam’s presence caused Amber some serious thinking, also. Although she had known and loved Dr. Robert Meacham for years, she felt unsure of herself, unready for marriage. Perhaps with Sam…

Nurse of the Golden Gate

by Nell Marr Dean, 1971

As the office nurse to prominent doctors Kosta Karadakis and Phillip Fanning, Vicki Crawford came in contact with many of the wealthy and important people in San Francisco’s high society. But if it were not for her Aunt Twila, Vicki would leave her profitable job and return to her first love — hospital-duty nursing.

So far, this was impossible. Twila had taken Vicki in and given her a home when she was orphaned at the age of nine, and it was Twila who had paid her way through nurses’ training. The debt had to be repaid, and Twila was the type of woman who did not hesitate to keep Vicki “in bondage.” What was even worse was that Twila had an investment in a gambling club, and if the social-minded Kosta ever discovered that he was courting someone whose aunt was involved in anything illegal, there would be more to pay than just a debt.

Vicki lived in an apartment in Alameda, across the bay, and when her car stalled on her one day, she met a man named Ron Newcomb — who turned out to be a resident with the county hospital. Their friendship grew, and Vicki kept shifting her interest between Kosta and Ron — until Ron became outspokenly critical of her working for a pair of society doctors whom he viewed with scorn.

Mrs. Dean skillfully blends intrigue and romance in this moving story of a young nurse who finds herself in conflict with her ideals.

Nurse of the Grand Canyon

by Virginia Smiley, 1973

Kathleen fell in love at first sight…

The Grand Canyon was a long way from New York City…

…but pretty young nurse Kathleen McMasters was ready for a big change. She became enchanted by the spectacular beauty of the West and decided that this was where she wanted to live and work.

One of the first people Kathleen met in Grand Canyon Village was little Kerry Laughlin. Kathleen was charmed by the child, and Kerry thought Kathleen would make the perfect wife for her handsome widower father, Pete.

Kathleen truly liked Pete. But she also found herself attracted to another man. Now she would have to choose between them…

Nurse of the Midnight Sun

by Mary Collins Dunne, 1973

Cory Hanson didn’t consider herself a man-chaser, but it was six months since her fiance, Paul Farron, had left Oregon for an engineering job with the Trask Valley project in Alaska—and she missed him! After writing Paul that she was flying out for a vacation, she gave up her apartment and her hospital job and boarded the plane for Kovarik.

Once she reached the small sawmill town of Datlow Springs, Cory had to wait two weeks for Paul’s arrival. When he finally showed up, it was with the overwhelming news that he had just gotten married.

Though Cory wanted nothing more than to return to Oregon immediately, an accident at the mill changed her plans—and laid the foundation for a surprising turn of events in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Nurse Hanson looks like she’s in her mid-50s, the dashing doctor looks like one of those one-episode “featured actors” from Hawaii Five-O, and for the briefest of moments I thought that was a unicorn in the background.

Nurse of the North Woods

by Ellen Randolph, 1966

In the hope of hiding from her past, Nancy Rush became nursing supervisor at an out-of-the-way lumber camp in New Brunswick. She soon found the serenity she had been looking for, but she was caught unaware when she found herself falling in love with Ralph Parton, the doctor who ran the hospital. Her reaction when she discovered his love for her was not one of happiness, but of dismay; her past, she felt, could do nothing but hurt him.

To complicate matters, the wealthy Walker family was making life difficult both on a professional and personal level. Because tight-fisted Gilbert Walker, head of the family, refused to spend more money on the hospital, Nancy and Ralph were forced to work without adequate facilities — a lack which sooner or later would result in tragedy. When the tragedy came, it was quickly followed by a near-tragedy involving Gilbert Walker’s son, John.

John, handsome, reckless, and self-centered, wanted Nancy for himself. And if revealing her life in Montreal was the means to his end, he had no scruples about threatening her with it.

Meanwhile, Lois Walker, John’s sister, was using subtler but nevertheless efficient tactics to do everything she could to snare Dr. Ralph Parton.

The tiny village and the hard life of the lumberjacks add to the stark background of Nancy’s setting as she learns that everyone, in his own way, must face up to his situation. And her way, it turns out, not only overcomes the darkness of the past, but promises a very bright future indeed.

Nurse of the Thousand Islands

by Audrey P. Johnson, 1978

I turned off the busy highway into the rest area with its thicket of shade trees that offered respite from the hot sun. A few campers were parked under the trees, and children played on the swings and slides. From the stone fireplaces rose the aroma of grilled hamburgers, and I realized that I hadn’t eaten since breakfast. It was nearly four o’clock, and I had been driving north for hours.

The scenic route along the Hudson River with the brooding Catskill Mountains in the background had been pleasant, but now I had reached the flat farmland of central New York, and the traveling had become monotonous.

I put my head back on the headrest and closed my eyes. In less than two hours, I should reach Elm Forks on the St. Lawrence River, where Dr. Tate said I could catch the car ferry to Cory Island. I would spend the next eight weeks at Camp Shandelee as camp nurse for overweight adolescent girls.

Nurse of the Wine Country

by Ruth McCarthy Sears, 1971

After the death of her father in Korea, Margo Hale and her mother, Tonia, lived with Margo’s Aunt Elinor — and when Tonia gave up her fight for life without the man she loved, Margo looked upon her aunt as her sole relative. Dimly, she knew that her mother’s people, the Spanish Margiols, had vineyards in California, but she also knew that the Margiols had renounced her mother when she married an outsider.

Then, at Elinor Hale’s funeral, Vincent Margiol appeared — to command Margo to come to the Big M to nurse his seriously ill sister, Maria. Margo’s first impulse was to refuse this imperious uncle, but second thoughts told her that she had nothing to gain by remaining in San Francisco. Dr. Greg Forbes was not interested in a poor young nurse, and Jay Dexter, although charming and wealthy, seemed like a boy to her. She would go to Mendocino and satisfy her curiosity about her mother’s people.

To her delight, Nurse Margo found a whole new world with the Margiols, who ruled firmly, but always fairly and with integrity. And she lost her heart completely to her Aunt Maria. But that was before she had been rebuffed by Nikki Margiol, the doctor in the family and a Margiol only by adoption. All that was left for Margo — now that Aunt Maria was recovering her health — was to return to San Francisco….

Nurse on Call

by Fay Stone, 1970

Nurse Laurel Winston, because she had had psychiatric training, was assigned to the night shift in the Suicide Prevention Center, and had the responsibility of taking phone calls from people who are ready to kill themselves, and giving them reassurance and hope. All such calls were difficult to handle, but when the caller was a young child who pulled on Laurel’s heartstrings, she almost failed to cope.

Nurse on Horseback, A

by Adelaide Humphries, 1959

The lawless West was new to lovely young Nurse Williams — and so was danger.

When Nora Williams completed her nurse’s training and went home to the lawless West, she was determined to stay in this remote country where a nurse was so desperately needed.

But then one day, on a lonely mountain trail, as Nora was riding to a sick child, the silence was shattered by the bark of a gun. Suddenly Nora knew that the bullet had been meant for her!

Who was trying to keep this dedicated young nurse from her appointed task of helping the poor and defenseless in this wild country?

Nurse on Leave

by Arlene Hale, 1965

Lovely Paulette Castle, R.N., tossed her red hair defiantly. She wasn’t the first young woman to be jilted, nor would she be the last. Now she was vacationing with her best friend at a resort-hotel in the Southwest. Occasionally, despite the much-needed change of scene, she felt the tears smarting behind her eyes.

But an unexpected emergency at the resort drove everything else out of her head when the attractive hotel doctor, Ross Lane, asked for her help in taking care of an accident victim — a handsome young man named Boyd Sheridan.

As the patient slowly recovered, Paulette wished she could forget her ex-fiance, but he kept cropping into her thoughts….But time passed, and Paulette felt closer to the new men in her life.

Then, in a revelation like that of the bright morning sun she realized whom she loved as she’d never loved before — and whom she was going to marry.

Nurse on Terror Island

by Doris Knight, 1967

Love and fear—there was too much of both, now Avril Andrews was forced to make the most difficult decision of her young life.

A Paradise of an Island

• A darkly handsome man of wealth.
• A young Pop singer of international fame.
• A fiance four thousand miles away.
• A beguiling 8 year old orphan boy.

All these helped to complicate the life of pretty Nurse Avril Andrews. She had received her nurse’s cap only a few hours before and was on her way to Orestes Island to care for young Domingo, the ward of the handsome and powerful Ramon Orestes.

She hardly expected to become the fiancee of two men and find herself in love with a third, and then lose her heart completely to the convalescing little Domingo.

Neither was she prepared to face the terror which gripped the entire population of the island. She found herself being drawn inevitably into the web of fear…

Nurse with a Dream (Dern)

by Peggy Dern, 1963

Nurse Kyria realized one dream in life — she had become a nurse. But her other dream — her dream of love — seemed beyond her reach.

Nurse Kyria Galonos walked as if she owned the earth and had a mortgage on the moon, for she was in love with Dr. David Nickolaides, head surgeon in the Greek fishing village on Florida’s west coast. And David was the only man Kyria ever wanted or needed. But David and Kyria both had financial responsibilities to their families — responsibilities that forced them to keep postponing their marriage.

Then suddenly two wealthy playboys entered Kyria’s life and offered her everything that David couldn’t…and love besides. Would David wake up before he lost Kyria to another man? Or would Kyria go on waiting endlessly for David and find one day that the exquisite rapture of her love had been dissipated by that waiting?

Nurse with a Dream (Ford)

by Norrey Ford, 1957

When Jacqueline Clarke came from France to nurse at a Yorkshire hospital she had never known any Englishmen except her father. Soon she was to meet two very attractive ones; her farmer-cousin Guy, who ruled over his broad acres from a centuries-old farmhouse, and the distinguished surgeon of whom nurses spoke in awed whispers as “the great Mr. Broderick.”

Guy fell in love and started proposing marriage almost at once, while she wasn’t supposed even to speak to Mr. Broderick — and what a sensation there was when she did! She couldn’t presume to imagine that he would ever give her a serious thought…and yet the idea of him seemed to come persistently between her and Guy.

Nurse with the Silver Skates, The

by Virginia B. McDonnell, 1964

Did she cut any ice with the man she loved?

Inga Larsen, showing a newborn babe to its father, a baby she had helped to deliver…

Inga Larsen, soaring through the air on ice skates amid the gasps of thrilled spectators…

Which was she, student nurse or rink champion?

And which was the right man for her? Scott Marshall, ice-skating master, idol of her childhood, or Dr. Thor Eriksen, whom she had secretly loved for three years?

Inga Larsen just did not know, and both men were not making it any easier for her to find out!

Nurse’s Alibi

by Jane Corby, 1966

Kate Saunders, a nurse on the staff of Mansfield Hospital as well as a graduate student in psychiatry at Stratton University, had a rigorous schedule and was glad to have the opportunity to take a working vacation as a ship’s nurse on a Caribbean cruise. Isolated from any news of her home town, it was only on her return that Kate found out that a sensational murder had taken place on the very night of her departure, that the chief suspect was one of her fellow students at the University with whom she had dined that same evening, that Kate was his alibi and a chief witness in his imminent trial.

The doctor to whom Kate was engaged advised her not to become involved — but Kate felt she had a duty to tell what she knew, however dangerous that might be.

Nurse’s Dilemma

by Hilda Pressley, 1965

Sister Alys had been in love with Doctor Richard Kent for a long time — at a distance. Then she was appointed to the post of Home Sister, which would bring them into contact — not knowing that Doctor Kent considered that particular post a great waste of a trained nurse’s time.

Nurse’s Holiday, A

by Ruth McCarthy Sears, 1969

St. Catherine’s Hospital was located in Seaside, California, not far from San Francisco, but its main attraction for dark-haired, blue-eyed Ava Kendall was that there she could continue to surf — a thrilling sport that she had learned to love when in Hawaii.

Ava, after one unhappy experience, was through with men and ready to settle down to the serious business of nursing — and the fascinating game of pitting her skill against the giant waves.

But at St. Catherine’s, there was Blake Staunton, a surgeon with whom she worked almost every day. Almost too handsome, the aloof Dr. Staunton’s eyes held a brooding sadness that intrigued Ava.

She knew that he bitterly opposed surfing. Then she learned that he had lost his wife in a boating accident — and her heart went out to the doctor and his small nine-year-old son, Tony. Tony, in childish fashion, had decided that his father was afraid of the water and had chosen another hero to admire: Gary Hayden, the handsome owner of a surf-side hotel and a fearless surfer.

It was Gary who conceived the idea of a surfing act as a daring climax to the Water Carnival. No one could foresee the tragic aftermath of that ever-desired ninth wave.

Nurse’s Longing, A

by Fern Shepard, 1965

When Dr. Paul told Nurse Nora that he was finished as a surgeon, did that mean he was finished with her too?

“Love is all I have to offer,” Dr. Paul Anderson told Nurse Nora Hilton, “but you rate a man who can give you love plus all the good things in life you deserve.”

And Nora did deserve them, for as an adopted child, she had tried to earn the right that she belonged by carrying the emotional problems, the financial problems, the worries and frustrations of a widowed mother, a temperamental sister, and an irresponsible brother. And Nora could not…would not shove these responsibilities onto Paul’s shoulders.

But Nora loved Paul with all her heart, so when she saw Paul suddenly seem to lose faith in his surgical skill and shut her out of his life, she felt helpless…especially when Paul turned to beautiful, wealthy Rita Lansing for comfort. Would Nora, stunned and hurt, turn to millionaire Andy Fine who loved her? Could Andy take Paul’s place in Nora’s life and heart?

Nurse’s Love Story, A

by Ann Gilmer, 1971

As soon as word came from Dr. Russell Grover that a scrub-nurse position was available at Pentland General, Rose Lannen immediately left her nursing duties in New York and flew up to Pentland, Maine. It seemed odd that Rose would give up a big-city hospital for the smaller-scaled Pentland General, but Rose had an ulterior motive. Pentland General was where her half brother, Brian James, had worked until he was killed in a car crash, and Dr. Grover had told Rose that the austere chief of staff, Dr. Eric Hodges, had been the catalyst in Brian’s death. Apparently they had had an argument over Brian’s handling of a patient, and Brian, incensed, had raced off in his car and injured himself fatally. That had happened nearly two years before, and now Rose was determined to avenge Brian’s death by finding a way to expose Dr. Hodges professionally.

But everywhere Rose turned, she discovered that Dr. Hodges was respected, almost revered, as a top-notch surgeon. His assistant, the dark-goateed Ben Rivers, had only admiration for him; Scrub Nurse Mary Gray was obviously in love with him. Only Dr. Grover seemed as anxious as Rose to publicly dethrone the head man.

A delicate but crucial operation, in which Rose and Ben Rivers assist Dr. Hodges, brings matters to a dramatic climax in this story of a small-town hospital and its battle to preserve its standards.

Nurse’s Masquerade

by Jean Carew, 1964

Cara’s secret identity involves her in a tangle of mystery, jealousy and romance.

Never in her nursing career had lovely Cara Merrill received so strange a request. But Brent Butler was so persuasive that she reluctantly agreed to accompany him to the fabulous Butler estate to be his debutante fiancée.

Cara’s real purpose, Brent told her, was to watch over his elderly uncle whose health had been mysteriously failing. Brent was suspicious of his handsome cousin Paul—and when both men declared their love for her, Cara had to make the most important decision of her life!

Nurse’s Quest, A

by Ruth McCarthy Sears, 1971

While vacationing in the historic California town of Monterey, Darcy Burnett accidentally ran into her old college roommate, Evie Wood, and Evie’s handsome newspaperman brother, Paul. Raven-haired Darcy, just out of nursing school, was a little awed by the Woods, with their fabulous country mansion and immense fortune.

But when Darcy was suddenly called to Wood Manor on private duty, she found that her dream palace was a nest of intrigue and danger. All too quickly she became entangled in a web of deception and evil.

Could she trust attractive Amos Chandler, another young newsman? Or should she turn to Paul, sometimes distant, sometimes too tantalizingly close for comfort?

Nurse-Companion

by Berta LaVan Barker, 1980

When Dalwyn Rogers was hired as a nurse-companion to rich, handsome Vance Stafford, she couldn’t be sure if hers was a prize assignment or a booby prize. For Vance was the most exasperating patient in the world. Dalway could understand the bitterness he felt after being blinded in a tragic auto accident. But why did he refuse to help himself — and pin all his hopes on a future operation that had only a slim chance of restoring his sight?

Would Dalwyn’s skill and persistence — and growing love — be enough to turn her stubbornly helpless patient back into the vital young man he was meant to be?

Nurses Dormitory

by Alice Brennan, 1962

The intimate story of three nurses who loved the wrong men.

“Is it wrong to marry for money?” asked Nurse Miller.

“Is it wrong to resent your mother because she is a glamorous movie star?” asked Nurse Gray.

“Is it wrong to love the boy next door who thinks of you as a kid sister?” asked Nurse Leighton.

“Nurses Dormitory” is an unusually warm story of the lives of three young nurses and the men they fall in love with. Told against the backdrop of the wards, corridors and operating rooms of a big city hospital, there is an authentic insight into the scene behind the scenes and every character is as real as a favorite friend.

Nurses Three: A Career for Kelly

by Jean Kirby, 1963

A Kelly Scott Story

“It’s never looked more beautiful,” Kelly thought as she stood in the moonlight and let her eyes wander over the vast buildings comprising Midwest-General Hospital. A sob caught in her throat as she walked up the drive to the nurses’ dorm. By this time tomorrow night Coleen Scott, Kelly to family and friends, might no longer be a part of the hospital world she loved.

It had begun as a wonderful year for Kelly — her first time away from family protectiveness. She enjoyed hard work in subjects she loved, and the chance to help patients who needed her.

Then the nightmare erupted…a whirlwind chain of events that she was powerless to control. First she found herself with a glamorous roommate bent on causing trouble — a girl who broke rules without a thought and had the aggravating ability to captivate Kelly’s special men friends. Then came the terrible accusation — the mark of guilt that could end her hopes and aspirations forever.

Shy, sensitive Kelly found herself fighting for everything she had ever believed in. It was a solitary fight — no father or sisters to help her this time — but she knew she had to win this one alone to prove her ability to stand on her own two feet.

Nurses Three: A Very Special Girl

by Jean Kirby, 1963

A Tracy Scott Story

Blond, blue-eyed Tracy Scott gazed up at young Dr. Hardwick and smiled wistfully. He cared for her, and the knowledge made her ecstatic one moment, panicky the next. She had not expected to find romance on this assignment—but then, almost everything at the Indian Service Hospital had come as a surprise.

It was a completely different world, with people and ways of life she had never known, strange customs and beliefs. She found patients who desperately needed her help in many ways—patients who inspired her to be the best nurse possible.

There were obstacles, and not the least of them was her moody, wildly jealous roommate. It was a trying year for Tracy and an exciting one. In the course of it she found new warmth and understanding within herself—and those around her felt lucky in knowing a very special girl.

The very special girl was eventually fired, however, for:

Blatant violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act...

Fraternizing with male employees...

And attempting to entice small children with candy.

Nurses Three: Danger Island

by Jean Kirby, 1964

A Penny Scott Story

“Where are her parents?”

Penny shook her head warningly at the boy’s tense question. The child who lay on the ground between them, not far from the burning train, was an orphan now. If her terrible injuries were to be tended, it would be up to strangers — people like Penny — to do what must be done.

First of all there was the complex and dramatic treatment of little Linda’s burns. When handsome Doug Redigo appeared, with evidence to prove he was Linda’s uncle, Penny was delighted to share responsibility for her young patient. But later, when the long shadow of doubt began to fall, she found herself committed to far more than a nursing assignment. She had embarked on an adventure that would take her across the continent, endanger her life again and again, and end, incredibly, in the darkness of an underground cavern.

Later Penny would recall that moment beside the burning train when she had looked down at the screaming child, and she would realize that it had been a milestone in her life and in her nursing career. More completely and more satisfyingly than ever before, she had allowed herself to become involved in the fate of another human being. She had learned to care.

Nurses Three: First Assignment

by Jean Kirby, 1963

A Penny Scott Story

Dr. Timberlake Scott’s eyes were troubled as he gazed at his newly graduated daughter. “You know, Penny, sometimes I wonder if you’re the deeply dedicated nurse I thought you would be.”

Hurt and defiance flared in Penny. She had worked hard for this degree. Now she had the A’s and the recommendation to prove it. How could her father doubt her intentions?

For attractive, vivacious Penny Scott it was a bad beginning to her career, but she didn’t have long to worry about it. Only a few days later came the call that was to put her dedication to the test.

She was confronted with a strong-willed and wealthy patient whose handsome son was determined to cause trouble…a lonely summer home in the Ozarks were strange, frightening things happened without warning….and a bearded fanatic who would go to any length to “protect” the mountain folk from meddling intruders.

Penny Scott found herself fighting fiercely for her own survival as well as her patient’s. With nothing but her own knowledge and judgment to rely on, she thought often of her father’s words…”Keep your head, Penny!” For a nurse, she knew, a first assignment like this one could be the most decisive step in her life.

Nurses Three: Olympic Duty

by Jean Kirby, 1965

A Penny Scott Story

“The Olympics!” Penny Scott could hardly believe her ears. For a nurse who loved sports, enjoyed travel, craved adventure, what could be more wonderful than an assignment to the Olympic team.

The position was all she had dreamed it would be — and more! In the breathtaking setting of the French Alps, surrounded by happy young people her own age and working at the side of a charming young physician, Penny was sure life could hold nothing better for her. Only gradually did she realize that there could be problems, even deadly dangers, in the life at Chamonix.

It was the strange, impetuous behavior of skier Ron Reilly that disturbed her first. Later came the dread cry of “Avalanche!” to spread terror in the village. And finally, with the disappearance of her little friend Pierre, there came a need for such daring, such reckless bravery as Penny had never believed she could command.

The suspense, the fun, the heartbreak of Olympic competition form a thrilling background for Penny’s first overseas assignment. The Old World is her new world to conquer, and conquer it she does, with the warmth and courage that make her a fine nurse and a memorable person.

Nurses Three: On Call For Trouble

by Jean Kirby, 1964

A Kelly Scott Story

Once she was my friend. Every time Kelly looked at Linda Koenig her heart ached and her brain puzzled over what had happened to change things between them. For now Linda was her enemy—every word she spoke, every glance she shot in Kelly’s direction proved it. There was the “accident” in the laboratory, the ugly taunts, the incredible moment when real danger threatened and Linda stood by and laughed. There had to be an explanation.

Of course there were other things to think about. As Kelly, proud in her newly-won cap, walked the hospital halls, there were people on all sides who needed her skill and her understanding. From lovely young Gladys, who would never dance again, to the temperamental poet Angus Forbisher, they claimed all the love and patience she had to offer. And there was the offer of a singing career if she wanted it…and exciting dates with Ken Morrison…surely no girl ever had less time for worry.

Yet the questions were always waiting in the back of her mind, demanding to be answered. Why is Linda so angry? What can I do to help?

To summarize:

Beatific Nurse Kelly...

...is tormented by the diabolical Nurse Linda...

...and could have a successful singing career...

...if she weren't so busy going on exciting dates with Ken Morrison...

...and caring for Voldemort.

Nurses Three: Tracy’s Little People

by Jean Kirby, 1965

A beautiful day, a lovely setting, nothing to worry about except getting off to a good start in her new job at Children’s Hospital — Tracy Scott had seldom been more pleased with her life, more eager for whatever the day would bring. And then in a period of seconds, her world changed drastically, horribly. She was launched on an adventure that would test her nursing ability, her courage, her self-confidence, to the utmost.

In the weeks that followed, Tracy was faced with overwhelming problems. How could she ease the sorrow of Dave Mathers, make little Tim Mathers wish to live again? How could she win the respect of Miss Burke, the cold and hostile superintendent of nurses? And how could she defend herself against an accusation so terrible that it could end her career as a nurse, even send her to prison?

Tracy learns more about life and about herself than she had dreamed possible, among the little people, and the big ones, at Children’s Hospital.

Nurses Who Led the Way

by dele and Cateau de Leeuw, 1961

Real Life Stories of courageous women in an exciting profession.

Young Dr. Woodward stopped his horse and buggy in front of three tents. “This is my hospital,” he said.

Mary Ann Bickerdyke refused his hand and stepped down into the thick mud, clutching her carryall with the precious supplies in it. Her gray calico dress was plain and serviceable; her keen blue eyes, shaded under the black cotton Shaker bonnet, saw everything. There was work to be done here, and she was dressed for working.

“Don’t stand there,” she told him impatiently. “Show me what’s to be seen so I can start.”

She was there because of a letter he had written to his pastor, Dr. Beecher, back in Galesburg, Illinois. But he did not want her here. The general did not approve of women at army encampments; Dr. Woodward hoped she would not stay long.

Mrs. Bickerdyke followed him into the tents. It was much worse than his letter had said. Ten men were crowded into one tent, lying mostly on straw pallets on the filthy mud floor with only an army blanket between the pallets. The air was thick with unpleasant smells; bluebottle flies buzzed around the patients. The water bucket was empty. It was the same, or worse, in all the tents.

“Get me some men,” she ordered the doctor.

He said, “I can’t — I’m only a junior medical officer.”

She snorted, and marched over to the nearest campfire where the men were eating their meal of half-raw salt-pork, boiled beans, and hardtack.

“How’d you like some fried chicken and some light bread with blackberry jam?” she asked in her hearty voice. The men stared at her, unbelieving. “The doctor and I’ve got a job to be done. We need strong fellows to help. If you help us I can find you some better grub than this!”

They leaped up, half a dozen of them. Mrs. Bickerdyke issued her orders. There were no tubs, so she had men saw casks in two. Water was boiled in every container she could find. She opened her carryall and brought out cakes of strong laundry soap. Then she went into the first tent.

“You men want a bath and a clean bed and some good supper? Then those of you who can walk, walk out here and get scrubbed up. Those who can’t we’ll carry….Doctor, you boss this job. Got some scissors on you? Then cut off their whiskers…I can see graybugs from her. New drawers and undershirts is in them carryalls. Burn all their old clothes…and the straw and blankets, too. And get me some clean straw.

The doctor was horrified. He was not used to being ordered about like this. And besides, he said, some of these men had high fevers. It would kill them to be taken out-of-doors and bathed.

“Fiddle-faddle!” said Mrs. Bickerdyke. “Not a breath of air stirring, and it’s ninety in the shade. Won’t kill any of ‘em….Get them clothes off, sonny,” she said to the first man.

Nurses of the Tourist Service

by Gladys Fullbrook, 1963

Just as Paula had passed her nursing and midwifery finals, her fiance backed out of their engagement, and to try to recover from the blow she wanted to get away from everything.

Accompanied by her loyal friend Rosalind, she joined the Tasmanian Tourist Nursing Service. Her efforts were rewarded, for, in that smiling apple-blossom island, she found a new life, and a greater happiness than she had ever known.

Nurses, The

by Willo Davis Roberts, 1972

The book that does for the noblest profession what “Coffee, Tea Or Me” did for the airline stewardesses….

These are THE NURSES: six girls, young, beautiful, meeting life head-on…

• Karen - oldest of the group, burned by passion at an early age, and afraid of the fire in her veins;

• Gail - rich, beautiful, spoiled — unable to distinguish between love and lust;

• Alison - cynical, free-wheeling, using sex as a bargain-counter commodity and her body as illegal tender;

• Dawn - aloof and withdrawn, running from one scandal into the tawdry trap of another;

• Lori - childlike, virginal, phantasizing [sic] about sex and unprepared for the realities of life;

• Melanie - the innocent, dedicated to her work, her life almost over before it begins…

…and this is their story, and the story of the men in their lives.