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.

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.

Settling down again in the sleepy coastal town of Brentwood, Maine, after four years in Boston, Edna Dawson was determined to pursue her nursing career and equally resolved not to become a target for small-town gossip. Her romance with Garth Woods, a successful young accountant, had been a lively topic in Brentwood and one of Edna’s primary reasons for moving to Boston. Although she sincerely enjoyed Garth’s company, Edna had disagreed with him that they were suitable for marriage.

But Edna’s first action upon returning — taking a job as nurse for Dr. Mark Seton, Brentwood’s handsome plastic surgeon — became the talk of the town. Edna herself, as a child the victim of an accidental fire, carried a burn scar on her throat and cheek for which she proudly refused to undergo cosmetic surgery, stalwartly maintaining that the scar had become like a part of herself.

Undertaking her new position with abundant skepticism, Edna was surprised and touched to find that virtually none of Dr. Seton’s patients were the wealthy matrons seeking face-lifts that she had expected. She became particularly fond of little Elizabeth Corey, whose childish beauty was marred by an ugly birthmark, and her widowed father, Bert, a celebrity on a local radio station.

Although gently teased and cajoled by both Dr. Seton and Bert Corey, Edna persisted in stubbornly resisting treatment for her own scars. And as the townspeople continued to notice her romances, Edna, too, wondered whom she would choose — Garth, Mark, or Bert?

The paid vacation cruise was a dream come true for Nurse Ruth Stewart until the private lives of the passengers turned it into a nightmare.

The break of a lifetime came Nurse Ruth Stewart’s way when the chief surgeon of Long Beach Hospital arranged for her to take a position as a nurse aboard a private yacht. But Ruth wasn’t sure if the passengers needed the services of a nurse or a psychiatrist.

Norbert Sutliff (her host and employer) was a self-made man who trusted no one, not even his long-suffering wife nor his two renegade sons,

Allen and Kenny — Allen was forced to fight for his own way of life, for his own profession, and his own wife. Kenny idolized his older brother but new well his father’s persuasive ability. Then there was

Mildred Harrington, the vivacious widow who was trying to win Sutliff’s attorney away from his alcoholic wife and

Darlene Harrington, who wanted desperately to become Mrs. Allen Sutliff…

It was a pineapple given to her by a grateful patient that had led to Eloise Bennett meeting the Dutch doctor Timon van Zeilst. They seemed fated to meet, for when shortly after that Eloise went to Holland for a short time to nurse a patient, there was Doctor van Zeilst again! And, thrown more and more into his company, Eloise soon realised that she had fallen in love with him. But Timon was going to marry the beautiful Liske, wasn’t he? And who could blame him — for Liske was also rich and a girl of his own nationality. Why on earth should he look twice at Eloise?

Imagine our delight when our friend, Kate, discovered a book entitled “Pineapple Girl” on eBay and bought it for us.

Imagine our greater delight when it arrived and we discovered it was a nurse book, too. Does life get any better than this? Ours doesn’t…