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State of Emergency

by Cassie Miles (2002)
State of Emergency

Join these brave men and women for edge-of-your-seat suspense and happily-ever-after romance!

Her Fugitive…

Jordan Shane was in a serious bind. And Search and Rescue nurse Emily Foster was the one woman who could help him prove his innocence–and steal his heart right out from under him!

His Hostage…

Emily Foster had had enough danger to last a lifetime. All she wanted was a quiet life in the mountains. Instead, she got an attractive fugitive who had taken her hostage–and made her believe in love. On their hair-raising mountain trek, did she dare risk everything for Jordann’s life–and his love?

We made a trip to D.I. (a local thrift store) last Thursday and while we were there Emma declared that she was going to find a nurse book to add to our collection. I warned her that nurse books were getting harder and harder to find, so the chances of her finding one on that particular trip were pretty slim. Undaunted, she headed to the book section and started scouring the shelves.

About ten minutes later she tracked me down in soft furnishings, handed me this volume and asked, “Does this count?”

A Harlequin Romance (one of a series featuring the brave men and women of the Colorado Search and Rescue team) with a beautiful nurse, a handsome fugitive, Lazy Author Plot Device #5, and a cover depicting Jon Bon Jovi and Carrot Top in a passionate embrace?

Heck yes, it counts! Well found, Emma!

Strange Triangle

by Florence Stuart (1964)
Strange Triangle

Nurse Carol and Dr. Mike were about to build a life together, but an intruder from their past appeared, intent upon destroying that life before it began.

Nurse Carol Bliss was finally going to marry the man she had loved for years, Dr. Mike Conway. On the eve of their wedding, an evil intruder threw their plans into chaos. Out of the past came Carol’s own sister, beautiful Nurse Beth, suddenly returning to reclaim Dr. Mike, her ex-husband. Greed drove Nurse Beth to infamous schemes. And Dr. Mike, in order to protect his child, fell prey to all these schemes. Can Dr. Mike and his beloved Carol, forced into a strange intrigue, come out with their love intact?

Student Nurse

by Patricia Rae (1982)
Student Nurse

Every moment is an emergency when you’re training to be a nurse!

In nursing school, every day was plagued with the constant pressure of life-and-death crises, the unrelenting fear of failing the patient, the frantic pulse of the hospital heartbeat. Student nurse Carol Welles was determined to become a self-assured professional, but she was a woman as well, who wanted her relationship with medical student Duane Duran to become something more permanent.

From Obstetrics to Intensive Care, from her first injection to her first catheterization, Carol tried to cut down on human suffering…and caused her personal life to suffer at the same time. She was in the field of saving lives…could she discover how to save her own life, too?

Studio Nurse

by Virginia Roberts (1961)
Studio Nurse

Being studio nurse meant for golden-haired Lori Todd sharing all the excitement of Hollywood picture-making, as well as taking care of Producer Mike Lancaster’s ulcer. Mike’s worry was the picture that would never be finished…

Lori had two worries. Handsome Mace Hunter, test pilot for Pacific Aircraft, who persisted in risking his life daily for the sheer adventure of it…and naval lieutenant Dirk Patou. The future that Dirk offered Lori was both stable and secure, and in his white uniform Dirk was every bit as handsome as the test pilot who simply would not listen to reason…

Substitute Nurse

by Anne Maguire (1978)
Substitute Nurse

Jennifer Hanover thought she was the luckiest nurse at General Hospital, for she had won the heart of attractive, dedicated Dr. Larry Johnson. But then her scheming twin sister, Kristi, ruined Jen’s vacation and turned her life inside out — all with one urgent phone call. Overnight Jen was forced to masquerade as Kristi, a nurse at a trailer-park clinic.

Jen lived in her sister’s home, treated her sister’s patients, and fell under the spell of her sister’s ruggedly handsome boss, Ash Hunter. And to top it off, she found herself mothering a slew of trailer park waifs.

Living a double life was difficult enough for Jen. Even more difficult was choosing the one right man to share her life with forever.