Paul Anna Soik

Title: Garde Girarde
Author: Jane Arbor
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: ©1961
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik

His signature (which is very hard to see) is under their hands in the lower left-hand corner.

Ghislaine Girard, infirmière de service général a l’hôpital St-Rémi, s’était répété que ce serait presque folie de tomber amoureuse du distingué chirurgien Adrien Pellerin qui ne s’intéressait qu’à son habileté professionnelle. Encore pis, il semblait favoriser un mariage entre ell et son charmant mais trop volage cousin Collin pendant wque lui-même faisait une cour assidue a la sophistiquée et autoritaire Adeline. Garde Girard savait fort bien qu’il valait mieux l’oublier. Mais … le coeur a des raisons que la raison ne connaît pas!

Jack Harman

Title: Desert Nurse
Author: Jane Arbor
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: March 1964, ©1963
Illustrator: Jack Harman

His signature “H” is in the lower left-hand corner of the page.

After the break-up of her romance with Greg Ryder, Nurse Martha Shore decided that the best thing to do was to find a new interest, which she did with a vengeance when she accepted Doctor Jude Tarleton’s offer of a post at his tiny  hospital east of Aden. She had successfully managed to jump out of the frying-pan. But did her new job in the burning desert heat, not ominously resemble the proverbial fire? For it was not long before Martha had to admit her love for Greg was forgotten in her new, overwhelming attraction to Jude—an attraction which he made clear was not returned. How could she hope to appeal to him, anyway, when the experienced and glamorous Naomi was already so firmly in the picture?

Bob Schinella

Title: Nurse Ann in Surgery
Author: Ruth MacLeod
Publisher: Ace
Published: ©1965
Illustrator: Bob Schinella

His signature runs up the left-hand side of the cover.

Ann Phillips returned to Crestridge with a whole new life ahead of her. She was going to start her career as a nurse-anesthetist, and she was going to marry Dr. Frank Parker, whom she had loved for so many years. But when she learned that while she had been away, Frank had decided to marry someone else, Ann buried her hurt by filling her life with her hospital work. Then, Frank came to her saying that he had made a mistake and would she renew their engagement. She asked herself whether Frank really knew his own heart … and besides there were whispering words of an exciting young intern warning her not to make a second mistake.

Lou Marchetti

Title: A Strange Case for Dr. Rolland
Author: Jeanne Judson
Publisher: Popular Library
Published: August 1962, ©1962
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

His signature runs along the back side of her skirt. 

It seemed like a routine call when young and attractive Dr. Teresa Rolland was summoned to see a patient in the slums of Manhattan’s West Side. But later she was glad she asked for a police escort—especially since he turned out to be a handsome and attractive plain-clothes man named Bill Fraser. For when she arrived, Teresa found no patient. Instead she found herself caught up in a case which demanded not only her skill as a doctor, but all the wisdom of her woman’s heart …

Part-Time Nurse

Title: Part-Time Nurse
Author: Elizabeth Houghton
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: July 1964, ©1964
Illustrator: Jack Harman

His signature “H” is in the lower left-hand corner of the page.

At home, Karen was very much in the background, coming a poor second to her glamorous half-sister Celia, but in her work as part-time nurse in a home for old people, she was loved by all her patients, and she found a good friend in Simon Guthrie, the consultant physician. And then Simon met Celia. Would the inevitable happen?

First Year Nurse

Title: First Year Nurse
Author: Diane Frazer
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: November 1964, ©1964
Illustrator: Harry Bennett

His signature is on the right-hand side of the page.

“You’re leaving us, Dr. Troy?” Taffy closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “You let me know if there’s an opening in your hospital, Doctor.”
Dr. Troy stared at her. It was the stare of a boy seeing all the toys he had wanted under the Christmas tree. There was a silence that seemed to last forever. “No need to check,” he said hoarsely. “I know there’s an opening.”
“Is there?” she said, and looked directly into his brown eyes.
What happened next was completely her doing. It wasn’t possible that she had put her arms up to his shoulders and put her mouth on his. It wasn’t possible. But there she was in his arms, which had promptly wrapped themselves around her, as if he’d been waiting for her to do exactly that. And maybe had had been waiting, waiting a long time.

Allan Kass

Title: The Fledgling Nurses
Author: Diana Douglas
Publisher: Signet Books
Published: February 1971, ©1971
Illustrator: Allan Kass

His signature is on the lower right-hand corner.

“Tina,” John whisptered, “I’ve never seen you the way I’m seeing you now.”
“No? I guess you never bothered to look,” she answered. Any second now he was going to kiss her, and most girls would give anything to have such an attractive man look at them as he was looking at her now. But all Tina felt was a diminishing satisfaction that John’s date Dell would see them—that what Dell would feel would be payment for some of the dirty tricks she’d played on Tina at the hospital. John’s kiss was passionate and very, very exciting—too exciting. For when Tina saw Dell staring at them furiously, she knew that what had started out as a simple act of revenge might signal the beginning of a love that would threaten all of them …

Lou Marchetti

Title: Nurse Martin’s Dilemma

Author: Rosamund Hunt
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: November 1962, ©1961
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner, and he is credited on the back cover.

For eighteen months Nurse Beth Martin was stalked wherever she went by a nightmare of her past. At last, in a remove New England hospital she found safety and love. With Dr. Chad Dennison she began to forget her tragedy. Then a little man arrived—asking questions and looking for Nurse Beth Martin. If she ran again, she’d have to run forever …

Paul Anna Soik

Title: Special Nurse
Author: Jean S. MacLeod
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: June 1961, ©1944
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

Nurse Lindsey Hamilton knew that she owed to Richard Stewart Harvey, surgeon, the almost miraculous recovery of her dearly beloved brother. She knew too that she could—that she did—love Richard himself. But when, by coincidence, Richard’s own brother Douglas came to the same hospital as a patient, it seemed that she could best repay her debt to Richard by marrying Douglas. In a world where daily sacrifices were asked and made, she had this much to give. What would be her decision?

Jack Harman

Title: Queen’s Nurse
Author: Jane Arbor
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: June 1960, ©1954
Illustrator: Jack Harman

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

“He has the power to get what he wants, and he is the type who could hate to lose to anyone else …” So, in a bitter moment of defeat, had Jess Mawney summed up a complete stranger with whom she had occasion to cross swords. Little did Jess know, as she went to take up her first ‘district’ as “Queen’s Nurse,” that she would be living on the stranger’s door-step. Neither would Jess have believed it possible that, one day, she  might hope that this stranger’s “power to get” would be directed towards herself. 

Bern Smith

Title: Seaside Hospital
Author: Pauline Ash
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: ©1964
Illustrator: Bern Smith

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

As a nurse, Lisa Bryant knew the importance of treatment for kleptomania, but when she found that her own sister was suffering from it she didn’t know who to turn to—well, she did know, but she was determined not to drag Doctor Randall Carson into it.

Robert Abbett

Title: Pam Green Rehabilitation Nurse
Author: Patti Carr
Publisher: Signet
Published: February 1969, ©1966 
Illustrator: Robert Abbett

His signature is at the bottom center of the cover.

Pam Green was one of Buttrick Hospital’s best nurses—capable, dependable, the perfect choice for out-patient work at the rehabilitation center. But the day Pam’s romance with Dr. Sam Flint came to an abrupt end marked the beginning of some startling changes in the beautiful brunette’s life—the most startling being Joe Budd, the ruggedly handsome and notorious labor leader. Everyone warned Pam against him, but he made the perfect rebound date. After all, she couldn’t possibly fall for a man who offered everything but love. Or could she? It was absurd…but suddenly her idea of fun on the rebound had turned into a dangerous game that she had to keep playing, a game that threatened to destroy the career she had planned for a lifetime.

Jack Harman

Title: The Taming of Nurse Conway
Author: Nora Sanderson
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: June 1965, ©1964
Illustrator: Jack Harman

His signature “H.” is in the lower left-hand corner.

Nurse Nicky Conway already hated Dr. Peter Trenton, whom she considered responsible for her mother’s death—so that when he began to interfere with her plans for marrying Geoff Hutchinson, it was altogether too much to bear!

Bern Smith

Title: Nurse Incognito
Author: Fay Chandos
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: February 1964
Illustrator: Bern Smith

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

When a love affair between a nurse and a doctor goes wrong, the unhappiness of the situation is naturally increased if they have to go on working in the same hospital. That was why Caroline was glad to get away from St. Keverne’s ... and Brandon ... to a temporary job in the lovely Bahamas. It was disconcerting, though, for her to find herself in the middle of a family feud. Her first loyalty was to the old lady who employed her, but she couldn't help liking and trusting Roland Dayler and sympathizing with his refusal to give up his children; couldn’t help, either, liking (though she didn’t trust) that “wicked” younger brother whose bad reputation was enough to make any woman look twice at him.

Allan Kass

Title: Hostage Nurse
Author: Jane Converse
Published: ©1973
Publisher: Signet
Illustrator: Allan Kass

He is credited on the blog, Allan Kass, Illustrator of Book Covers.

They were the ideal couple. Jenny Cole, the pretty ash-blond nurse, and Alex Walters, the boyishly handsome intern. It would be a marriage made in heaven, their friends and relatives were quite certain. But suddenly, a clash of temperaments, a bitter quareel, and the inseparable twosome became mere nodding acquaintances. Jenny was determined to put Alex out of her mind, if not her heart. And she might have succeeded if a twist of fate hadn’t thrown them together in a bizarre and terrifying adventure. Facing danger, Jenny also faced the truth about herself and what she really wanted. But would it brin her a second chance at happiness … ?

Rudy Nappi

Title: Doctor Ellen
Author: Adele De Leeuw
Published: ©1944
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Rudy Nappi

Lovely Ellen Paige met a host of violent reactions every time she reaffirmed her intention of being a doctor. “It’s—well, it’s so unfeminine,” her sister Joyce said. “It’s hard for a  man; it’s even harder for a woman,” kindly Dr. Seth warned. “I want a doctor—one with pants on,” complained an injured patient. “No woman should be a doctor—and you least of all,” handsome Tim Flagg, fellow student, commented. The old prejudice against woman physicians was still very much alive, but Ellen waged her battle staunchly, determined to be a doctor as well as a woman—and to be accepted as both.

Rudi Nappi

Title: The Girl in the White Cap
Author: Margaret Howe
Published: ©1957
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Rudy Nappi

He is credited by the auction house that sold the original artwork.

Kate Mallory was pretty and red-headed, but as old Dr. John said, “there was no nonsense about her.” That is why he chose her as the nurse for the Vincent case. The Vincents were a powerful family, and Kate knew that caring for a crippled child in their isolated mansion would be demending, but her job was not made easier by—
SAM VINCENT—the handsome, charming widower who came to need and depend on Kate.
DR. SARGENT—suave and successful, who came to see the baby, but was much more interested in his nurse.
DR. PETER VINCENT—who treated her as a teammate, but who turned out to be the most troubling of all.

Rudy Nappi

Title: A Prize for Nurse Darci
Author: Suzanne Roberts
Published: ©1965
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Rudy Nappi

He is credited by the auction house that sold the original artwork.

Darci Betton loved being a nurse, but at the writers’ conference she discovered a glamorous new world. It almost made her forget Dr. Mark Garrett whose last angry words were branded on her heart. When Jerome Sinclair, the famous writer and Darci’s private idol, showed more than a passing interest, Darci’s new world seemed perfect. Would a new love help her forget the old?

Rudy Nappi

Title: Runaway Nurse
Author: Ethel Hamill (pseud. Jean Francis Webb III)
Published: ©1955
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Rudy Nappi

He is credited by the auction house that sold the original artwork.

For Nurse Jennifer Stowell, flight seemed the only solution. After the scandal involving her with the head of the Octagon Hospital, Jenny fled to the peaceful beaches of Hawaii, hoping to escape the gossip, the whispers and the pointing fingers. No one, it seemed, had believed her innocent. But on the smooth sands of Waikiki, handsome Dr. Brian Craig fell in love with Jenny. And Jenny, knowing all too well the damage that malicious gossip can do to the career of a promising young doctor, had to run again—this time from the arms of the man she loved.

Mort Engel

Title: Holiday for a Nurse
Author: Joanne Holden
Published: ©1965
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Illustrator: Mort Engel

He is credited on the back cover.

Valerie Wyndham, R.N., was looking forward to a few weeks of relaxation at a mountain cottage. But Valerie was far too pretty to escape attention, and too much a dedicated nurse to deny a request for help. That was how she found herself involved with the darkly handsome Adam Balin, owner of the famous Balin estate. But the charming young doctor, Ted Meredith, hated Adam and wanted Val to himself. And there was someone else—someone who had made it clear that Valerie was unwanted, and would stop at nothing to get her out of the way …

Martin Koenig

Title: Nurse Transplanted
Author: Theresa Holloway
Published: ©1971
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Martin Koenig

He is credited by the auction house that sold the original illustration.

Nurse Karen Carty was upset about her father. Unless the deadly disease he had was overcome, he was doomed. There was hope, of course. Dr. Court Delaney—young, capable, dedicated—had an idea that just might work. Suddenly—out of the blue—Karen and Court realized that there was a sinister plot afoot—one that was more violent, more horrible than any conceived by nature. But then—almost at the last minute—a sacrifice paid off.

Martin Koenig

Title: Nurse Stacey Comes Aboard
Author: Rona Randall
Published: ©1958
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Martin Koenig

He is credited by the auction house that sold the original illustration. 

Janet Stacey could not believe it when Peter Fuller broke their engagement. He told her that it would be unfair of him with so little income to ruin her chances for a “successful” marriage. Only a girl as much in love as Janet could have failed to read between the lines of such an excuse. As it was, she asked her uncle, owner of a shipping line, to employ her as assistant nurse on the luxury liner Regina, on which Peter was taking a business trip to New York. She thought that if she saw him every day she would be bound to win him back. In this innocent hope she reckoned not only without Peter himself, but without the ship’s doctor, Blane Hartley, who despised all girls in general, and Janet, the privileged niece of the shipowner, in particular.

Chapman

Title: Nurse with a Dream
Author: Norrey Ford
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1974, ©1957
Illustrator: Chapman

The signature runs up the right-hand corner. I am unable to determine who this was, so if you know, please post a comment below and let me know!

When Jacqueline Clarke came from France to nurse at a Yorkshire hospital she had never known any Englishmen except her father. Soon she was to meet two very attractive ones; her farmer-cousin Guy, who ruled over his broad acres from a centuries-old farmhouse, and the distinguished surgeon of whom nurses spoke in awed whispers as “the great Mr. Broderick.” Guy fell in love and started proposing marriage almost at once, while she wasn’t supposed even to speak to Mr. Broderick—and what a sensation there was when she did! She couldn’t presume to imagine that he would ever give her a serious thought…and yet the idea of him seemed to come persistently between her and Guy.

 

 

Paul Anna Soik

Title: Nurse Julie of Ward Three
Author: Joan Callender
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1973, ©1964
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik

His signature is in the left-hand corner.

Julie Doran had been very happy in the busy, peaceful atmostphere of the geriatric ward, caring for her aged patients and on the friendliest of terms with the physician-in-charge, Hal Gardiner. But everything changed for the worse when Annette Marsh came on in charge of the ward. Was it Julie’s fault—and if so, what ought she to do about it?

Paul Anna Soik

Title: The Strange Quest of Nurse Anne
Author: Mary Burchell
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1976, ©1964
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik

His signature is in the left-hand corner.

To Anne Weston, brought up in an orphanage, the sudden discovery of her American cousins was as astounding as it was wonderful, and when they invited her to stay with them in their Maryland home her cup of happiness was full. But as her visit went on, Anne found herself becoming filled with suspicion—and unease …

Bern Smith

Title: Nurse Deborah
Author: Marjorie Norrell
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: October 1970, ©1969
Illustrator: Bern Smith

His signature is in the left-hand corner.

Nurse Debby Carfax had always viewed her half-cousin Margot with some wariness—Margot having always been the type of girl who couldn’t see Debby have anything without wanting to take it away from her. And now Debby had a promising new boy-friend, and Margot had announced that she was coming to Debby’s hospital to work …

Bern Smith

Title: Guardian Nurse
Author: Joyce Dingwell
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: December 1970, ©1970
Illustrator: Bern Smith

His signature is in the left-hand corner.

Burn West had engaged Frances to look after seven-year-old Jason West in the joint capacity of nurse, governess—and guard. But why should the child need to be guarded? Just what was going on?

Ser Leone

Title: The Odds Against Nurse Pat
Author: Ray Dorien
Publisher: Ace
Published: ©1958
Illustrator: Ser Leone

He is credited (last name only) on the back cover.

Nurse Pat Merriford’s friends said the fire that inflamed her red hair sparked her impulsive personality. For Pat’s impetuous nature gave her a talent for landing herself in difficulties. Luckily, Dr. Kent Willerby had always managed to protect her from being burned. Yet Pat wished that Kent’s protective attitude would change to something more akin to the love she felt for him. Then Janet Westbrow came to work at the hospital. For the sake of loyalty, Pat found herself defending this girl she disliked; one, furthermore, who seemed determined to win Dr. Willerby for herself. To make matter worse, Pat found herself professionally opposed to the doctor she could never stop loving.

Mort Engel

Title: The Nurse’s Dilemma
Author: Vera Cleaver
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Published: December 1967, ©1966
Illustrator: Mort Engel

He is credited on the back cover.

“I’d better warn you, Nurse … I’m going to marry Stephen Templeton myself—so forget any ideas you may have in that line. I’m not ashamed of my money—I like what it can buy.” Helen Harrison’s arrogance infuriated Nurse Jean Wheaton, but she was comforted by the memory of the  handsome surgeon’s embrace. “I doubt very much if you’ll buy Dr. Templeton. Is that all you wanted to tell me?” “I just thought I’d warn you,” Helen said. “Steve is not the man to settle for … second best.” Burning with fury, Jean went to meet Dr. Stephen Templeton. Second best! Anyway, I have no intention of falling in love with him—or have I …?” A beautiful young nurse, a rich society girl, and a handsome surgeon become involved in a triangle that rocks Monroe General Hospital.

Bert Lannon

Title: Dr. Woodward’s Ambition
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Bantam
Published: August 1948, ©1945
Illustrator: Bert Lannon

He is credited opposite the title page.

Could YOU resist a man like Dr. Woodward? If you were a beautiful nurse and he was a big red-headed doctor with more rugged charm than any man you’d ever encountered … even though you were afraid to trust him, could you resist him? If you were the forgotten wife of a famous doctor, and Dr. Woodward made you feel young and desirable … even though you k new he was after your husband’s job, could you resist him? If a man like that made love to you … even though you knew he would walk all over you for his own selfish purpose, would you REALLY resist him?

Paul Anna Soik

Title: The White Jacket
Author: Kate Norway (pseud. Olive Norton)
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: February 1962, ©1961
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner. 

Vivien loved her surgical work with all the enthusiasm of her temperamental nature. She had been attracted to Johnny Dysart by his even temper and sound common sense. But the arrival of a new and disturbingly attractive member of the staff changed both their lives—and indeed the lives of many of the doctors and nurses at Queen’s Hospital.

Jack Harman

Title: Children’s Hospital
Author: Elizabeth Gilzean
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: December 1966, ©1960
Illustrator: Jack Harman 

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

Sandra Lorraine took great pride in her children’s ward at St. Christopher’s and she resented the “new broom” methods of the new consultant, Peter Donaldson. There were many clashes between them before they came to understand each other.