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Luxury Nurse

by Peggy Gaddis (1956)
Luxury Nurse

Azalea Cottage with it’s quiet comfort and elegance was all Nurse Sinclair could have wished for — if her patient had been as happy as she was beautiful…

“You’re sound, Sally, very sound,” Dr. Garry Linton told her. Nurse Sinclair laughed. “Are you talking about a nice big russet apple, or me?” she asked. But she was troubled. He said he loved her, but did he? And now she would be away nursing Lisa Cannon for three long months, Lisa, whose high-strung disposition and self-pity made her as unpleasant to be with as she was lovely to behold.

But Sea Island was a magical isle and Sally Sinclair was determined to explore all of the magic of it.

It began when she discovered the exquisite miniature village — a Lilliput town — which Allen Blaisdell had built. After that, everything seemed to change, as if Sally had found the key to the secret garden, to Lisa’s recovery, and to her own heart.

Lesson for Nurse Mandy, A

by Marcia Miller (1972)
Lesson for Nurse Mandy, A

Life on the third floor of California General, one of San Francisco’s newer hospitals, had its share of ups and downs for copper-haired Mandy Lewis, a professional-minded nurse. All was taken in stride, however, until the new resident, Clay Elliot, took over the floor. When he called Mandy to task for her tactics with an especially difficult patient, her usual even temper responded in kind to his somewhat supercilious tone and manner.

The infuriating thing about Clay Elliot — tall, dark, and blue-eyed — was his surprising amount of charm. And, in spite of herself, Mandy found that she was gradually succumbing to Clay’s personality as well as appreciating his abilities as a fine doctor. So much so, in fact, that when she learned that Clay had been seeing the lovely blonde socialite Lisa Wainwright, her distress was acute.

Convincing herself that she didn’t care, Mandy accepted several dates with Clay and later — to her amazement — realized that it was she whom Clay really cared for. But Clay’s mother, an aristocratic woman whom Mandy had once met, made it clear that someone like Lisa Wainwright was more suitable for her son. And when Mrs. Elliot phoned Mandy to discuss in private a matter of vital importance, Mandy was filled with trepidation — and rightly so.

It takes the clever aid of Mandy’s mother — who has flown in from New York for a visit — to teach Mandy the true meaning of trust and the danger of a false accusation.

Journey for a Nurse

by Gail Everett (1966)
Journey for a Nurse

Travel ticket to romance.

The snow in Brentwood clung to the ground, and as Roberta Sterling, R.N., looked out the window of General Hospital, she felt her hopes dropping and drifting like the snowflakes. For Roberta longed for the warmth of summer.

Then it seemed she had found the road…as the private nurse of old wealthy Mr. Prescott, she would travel to California. But it was a strange journey for Roberta as she became involved with two handsome antagonists: Prescott’s blond chauffeur, Claud, and the old man’s rakishly dark-haired son, Elliott.

And as she reached the sunny beaches of her destination she felt her heart reach back home, where she had left the one man who could melt the snow in her heart.

Jenny Doone, Office Nurse

by Addie Adam (1976)
Jenny Doone, Office Nurse

After having been in Cleveland for three years in nurse’s training, Jenny Doone returned to her native state of Florida with glee. She had missed the warm breezes, the lush greenery, the sand and the sea; but most of all, she had missed David Whitney. Even though David was five years older than she and at best had treated her like a younger sister — fondly nicknaming her “Raggedy Ann” — Jenny had never lost her dream that one day David would fall in love with her.

And soon after Jenny began working for David’s uncle, Dr. Tobias Mason — known as “Doctoby” to everyone at Cutlass Key — she thought that her hopes for the future might just be realized. For David had just completed his necessary residency requirements and was planning to assist his uncle. Happily they renewed their old friendship, and with each passing day David came to know how important Jenny was to him.

But David had a dream, too — that of going to Thailand for a year to help a former medical-school friend establish a much-needed clinic. When David asked Jenny to wait for him, she said she would, hoping that time would disprove her nagging fear that she would never see him again.

Jane Arden, Surgery Nurse

by Kathleen Harris (1958)
Jane Arden, Surgery Nurse

Suddenly she was dangerously involved with her boss — a brilliant young surgeon, who didn’t believe in marriage.

All the women who knew Dr. Tony Gray agreed that he was too attractive for his own good — yet none of them could help falling under his spell.

When Jane Arden met Tony, first as his head surgical nurse, then as his latest romantic interest, she felt his belief that marriage didn’t mix with medicine made him “safe” for a girl who had an understanding with another man.

And then, abruptly, she found herself up against the most difficult question a girl ever faces…