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Resident Nurse

by Frances Dean Hancock (1966)
Resident Nurse

Red-haired, blue-eyed Nurse Lyle Mackey was a warmhearted girl who liked taking care of the twenty wealthy and elderly women who were the guests at Harewood House. They, in turn, were fond of her — until, unexpectedly, she became involved in the mysterious theft of a valuable emerald ring, an heirloom that belonged to Miss Pringle, one of the guests.

Dr. Tom Blake, Miss Pringle’s nephew, invited Lyle out to dinner and the theater. And, to Lyle’s surprise and dismay, she found herself in a gambling house, not the theater. She refused to go out with the young doctor again; whereupon, Tom vowed that she would be a very sorry young woman.

Mark Lennon, an enterprising young architect, wanted Lyle to give up her work at Harewood House and marry him. But Lyle, reveling in her freedom and independence, had asked him to wait until she could be sure that she really loved him.

After the young nurse had found the emerald and it had disappeared a second time, Harewood House buzzed with suspicion. The guests silently accused Lyle of the theft by refusing to let her minister to them. And the household staff, who did not believe Lyle to be a thief, were helpless to defend her because of lack of evidence.

How the disappearance of a valuable ring is finally solved, and the role played by Mark in recovering it, makes an absorbing story.

Psychiatrist’s Nurse

by Francesca Chimenti (1973)
Psychiatrist's Nurse

Something ugly was happening in New Richmond. There was a man — a man who preyed on children.

Portia Travers, R.N., found herself in the middle. The suspect was known to her. But as the loyal assistant to handsome Dr. Delano, psychiatrist, she was honor-bound to remain silent.

The investigating district attorney, young Gordon Carter, was in love with Portia — and she with him. But he kept pressing her for the details about the suspect — and the rift that came between them was driving Portia into the arms of another man.

But then, one day, the whole case exploded. And Portia’s whole life was changed.

Promise is for Keeping, A

by Felicity Hayle (1967)
Promise is for Keeping, A

Fay played a rather passionate game of Postman’s Knock with Mark at a country house party, not thinking they would meet again. Then she found herself working under him as a nurse at her new hospital.

Private Duty for Nurse Peggy

by Madeleine Sault (1965)
Private Duty for Nurse Peggy

She found romance in a mansion of secrets.

The dark old house was haunted by the memory of Mrs. Reinley’s lovely granddaughter — and when Peg Merritt went there as the old lady’s private nurse, she could almost feel the dead girl’s presence…

But Peg’s real problems came from two handsome doctors — rivals for Mrs. Reinley’s money, and for Peg herself!

Mystery mingles with romance in this exciting story of a young nurse’s strangest assignment.

Prison Nurse

by William Neubauer (1962)
Prison Nurse

The nurses and interns of Clairmount General Hospital frankly envied Vivian Hartwell because she spent two days a week “loafing at full pay” at the Clairmount County Correctional Facility for Girls. Envy became shock and then anger, however, the afternoon Vivian was clubbed down and left for dead by some would-be escapees.

The entire staff demanded that the hospital director cancel the nursing-services arrangements at the Facility. Worse, from Vivian’s point of view, the staff joined in the public clamor to close the Facility and transfer its inmates to adult jails. To Vivian, the girls at the Facility were not so much criminals as young people who needed discipline and guidance; and she was convinced that a transfer to prison would mean the loss of their chance for rehabilitation and a decent life.

The story of a courageous young nurse with a difficult and dangerous assignment.