Although she was a devoted and dedicated nurse and respected the nursing profession, Sandra’s real enthusiasm was reserved for the stage and the glamour of the footlights. Therefore she eagerly seized the opportunity to be a backstage nurse for a touring theatrical company, even though it meant leaving the young doctor who wanted to marry her and going barnstorming.
Fortunately, Clare Kincaid’s career as a nurse in a small private California hospital did not leave her too much time to reflect on the weaknesses of her own muddled heart. For she was still obsessed by an emotional attachment for her adoptive brother, Larry, and uncertain if she cared enough to marry the staff doctor who offered her somewhat insecure anchorage.
Then her problem was complicated by her assignment to a patient who was a television star and who, on his recovery, persuaded Clare to be interviewed on his show. Unexpectedly, she proved a hit and found herself a new TV personality. And that posed a complication she had not foreseen: her beloved Larry wanted Clare to use her success to further his ambitions.
Working with Dr. Clay Burke was a supreme challenge for any nurse — but for lovely young Jill Rowley, the job meant much more. She was head over heels in love with the brilliant and handsome surgeon, and Clay responded in kind. But he was a widower, with a bitterly jealous teen-aged daughter, and the marriage kept being put off.
Jill felt trapped in a dead-end love, and the attentions of dashing Dr. Greg Bonnel grew hard to resist. Then one wintery night a car accident placed a famous Senator and his young secretary on the operating table — and amid tragedy, scandal and intrigue, Jill painfully discovered where a nurse’s highest loyalty lay, and what were the true needs of her own beleaguered heart.
“Adequate.” That is consultant Eliot Richmond’s damning judgment of the new Sister on Women’s Surgical, Selina Harding. But though she is determined to prove to him that she is much more than adequate, hot-tempered Selina soon finds herself beset by problems — not least, how to prevent her growing attraction for the domineering surgeon. For Selina and Mr. Richmond are too much alike; too passionate and quick to jump to conclusions…
From the beginning of the season at Camp Custer, Nurse Lisa Jordan knew the likable young camp director, Larry Fenton, would become her friend. She also knew James Wagner, the gruff, good-looking recluse from the castle across the lake, would be her top mystery man. And twelve-year-old Cheryl Briggs would be her most troublesome camper. It wasn’t the girl’s cuts and bruises that Lisa feared. It was Cheryl’s rebellious attitude that kept the whole camp staff on tenterhooks. Meanwhile, after a few brief encounters with James Wagner, Lisa began to wonder if their attractive neighbor across the lake was mentally deranged. But that worrisome question would not be answered till the day Cheryl disappeared and caused total chaos!