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.

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.

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…

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.

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?