Lou Marchetti

Title: The Nurse with the Silver Skates
Author: Virginia McDonnell
Publisher: Ace
Published: ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti 

He is not credited, but this is very much in his style.

Inga Larsen, showing a newborn babe to its father, a baby she had helped to deliver …
Inga Larsen, soaring through the air on ice skates amid the gasps of thrilled spectators …
Which was she, student nurse or rink champion? And which was the right man for her? Scott Marshall, ice-skating master, idol of her childhood, or Dr. Thor Eriksen, whom she had secretly loved for three years? Inga Larsen just did not know, and both men were not making it any easier for her to find out!

Lou Marchetti

Title: She Married a Doctor
Author: Dorothy Walker
Published: Aug 1962, ©1939 Liveright Publishing Corp.
Publisher: Popular Library
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

He is not credited, but it is very much his style.

The girls who fall in love with doctors may be like Nora Eaton—young, devoted, deeply involved with her man’s career. Or, they may be like Peggy Lyman—beautiful, greedy, reckless. Or like Ann Dutton, willing to sacrifice everything to ambition. Whatever kind of girls they are, all encounter the same dangers, the same temptations. Nearly all, like Nora, encounter a fascinating intruder such as Dr. Seth Tapley. Nearly every girl like Nora, suddenly finds she must make the most difficult decision of her life ... 

Lou Marchetti

Title: Island Nurse
Author: Dorothy Daniels
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: February 1964, ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

This is uncredited, but it is very much in his style.

Nurse Diana Carvell studied long and worked hard to plan her future, but the blueprint didn't include Ethan Sloane, who stormed into her life with the crashing impact of a wave against a rock. He affected her as no man ever had—not even Dr. Barry Latham, whom she expected to marry. Was she strong enough to resist this brooding, mysterious young islander who was carefully guarding a secret? More important—did she really want to? On a tiny island, at the height of a hurricane, a beautiful girl faces her moment of truth and makes a decision that will come as a thrilling surprise ...

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 …

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 …

Lou Marchetti

Title: Crystal Manning, Maternity Nurse
Author: Nan Lowry
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: July 1964, ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

This is not credited, but is very much in his style.

As the young head nurse of a busy maternity ward, Crystal Manning often went beyond the call of duty to bring compassion to her patients. Then one of her kind gestures backfired. She was accused of kidnaping a new-born baby. Nurse Manning  needed all the help she could get at this crucial time, particularly from the two men who loved her: Lloyd Norris, a successful attorney; and Mike Dorand, the friendly young doctor with whom she worked. As a nurse, she knew that she would have to clear her name or neither man would want her for his wife. 

Lou Marchetti

Title: World’s Fair Nurse
Author: Dorothy Daniels
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review published here

The work is uncredited, but it is very much in his style.

Carol Allison, R.N. hid a dark secret out of her past from her friends at the World’s Fair. But her more immediate problem was Tina, the delicate ballerina at the Fair who had an incurable heart condition. Carol warned her that if she danced, she risked death. Yet Tina refused to quit, and threatened to reveal Carol’s secret if she went to the authorities. Standing by Carol were the two men who loved her. Each man knew that only one would win Carol, yet they both worked to clear her name. But it was Carol alone who had to choose between saving the life of the dancer or her own nursing career.

Lou Marchetti

Title: The Nurse and the Pirate
Author: Peggy Gaddis
Publisher: Ace D-536
Published: ©1961
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

He is not credited, but this is very much in his style. 

After five months as a cruise nurse on the luxury liner Santa Theresa, Kathy was glad that the trip was almost over and that she soon would be back to the demanding atmosphere of a big city hospital. Suddenly, during a starless tropical night, a desperate band of men seized the liner by force and terrorized the passengers and crew. All at once Kathy not only had more nursing to do than any one nurse could handle, but she had become the special object of attention of the leader of the pirates!

Lou Marchetti

Title: Nurse at the Castle
Author: Joanne Holden
Publisher: Magnum Books
Published: ©1965
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

This is uncredited, but it is very much in his style.

It was surprising how much courage it took to walk into the bedroom of someone who has tried to choke you, Nancy thought. But she need not have worried. Lavinia Barclay was her usual friendly self and greeted Nancy cheerily. “Good morning. And to what do I owe the pleasure of this early morning visit from the doctor?” Nancy answered evasively. “I think he was invited to sleep over. That’s all.” She changed the subject. “Did you sleep well?” “Beautifully,” her patient answered. Evidentally [sic] Lavinia Barclay had no notion of what had happened the night before. And, to Nancy, this was the most frightening thing of all…

Lou Marchetti

Title: Nurse Missing

Author: Elizabeth Kellier
Publisher: Ace
Published: ©1961
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

He is not credited, but this is very much in his style.

When Anne Leatherington, a young R.N., accepted a private case at Craigash, an isolated ancient estate in the Scottish Highlands, she found herself confronted by one mystery after another. Suddenly, a torrent of questions overwhelmed her as she became a victim of her own curiosity. Why was her patient, the seemingly harmless, senile Mrs. McGray, terrified of her own stepson, Charles, the brooding owner of Craigash? And why was his past such a grim secret? But the darkest mystery of all was what had become of Anne’s predecessor, the previous nurse who had disappeared in curious circumstances. As Anne glimpsed the terrifying answers she would realize that the truth could destroy her and the man she had come to love.

Lou Marchetti

Title: Cruise Ship Nurse
Author: Dorothy Daniels
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: ©1963
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

Karen Carlisle thought her frantic flight from the past was over when she boarded a luxurious ocean liner, to become the ship’s nurse. There, among strangers—the richest and most glamorous people in the world—she felt safe. Nobody asked why she was there. And she could pretend she was free like the others. But when an infant was stricken with a fatal disease which only Karen understood, her safety, her career, the love she had learned to cherish above all else, must be sacrificed. Though it might mean disgrace and the loss of her fiancé, Karen Carlisle prepared to reveal the scandalous truth.

Lou Marchetti

Title: Resort Nurse
Author: Nell Mar Dean
Publisher: Popular Library (#K40)
Published: April 1960, ©1960
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

His signature runs along the right side of her coat.

Young Lynn Ryan was thrilled by her new assignment—hotel nurse at the glamorous Tamarac Lodge. Her duties would be informal, and she’d have a chance to meet fascinating people—at a salary that would enable her to help the family she loved. Lynn didn’t reckon with the three exciting men who appeared, each offering his own brand of romance. Nor was she prepared for the sudden challenge to her professional vows—a challenge to which at first she could find no answer …

Lou Marchetti

Title: Doctor Jerry
Author: Peggy Gaddis
Publisher: Paperback Library (#50-242)
Published: October 1963, ©1951
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

He is not credited, but this is very much in his style.

It was a mystery why Jerry Malcolm—handsome, gifted, dedicated—had sacrificed an important medical career in the city for the hard, underpaid life of a country doctor. Malicious tongues whispered of scandal. And his friendships with the glamorous, rich widow and the lovely young school teacher fed the flames. But Dr. Jerry refused to let evil gossip put an end to his work. Only he knew that a terrible tragedy threatened the town, and only he—Dr. Jerry—could possibly avert it.

Lou Marchetti

Title: Crisis at Waite Memorial
Author: Kerry Mitchell
Publisher: Dell (#1560)
Published: April 1965, ©1963
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

His signature runs along the right side of his hospital gown.

Nine young girls were in Waite Memorial’s maternity ward. The situation called for a doctor with sympathy and understanding—a doctor like Brian Temple.

Lou Marchetti

Title: San Franciso Nurse
Author: Barbara Grabendike
Publisher: Ace #D-586
Published: ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

This cover is not credited, but is done in his style.

As a nurse, Bret Ames had always dreamed of marrying a doctor, yet when handsome Dr. Nels Larson proposed, she began to have her doubts. Strong, yet gentle, he was the kind of man a girl could lean on. But that was just the trouble. Was he too self-sufficient? Somehow she found herself irresistibly drawn to Dick Travers who needed her care and her love, but who belonged to an Francisco nother woman.

Lou Marchetti

Title: Rangeland Nurse

Author: Suzanne Roberts
Publisher: Ace Books (#70401)

Published: ©1967
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

This is not credited, but it is done very much in his style.

Trudi Dalton left the bluegrass country of Kentucky on a very special journey. On a sprawling ranch set in the deep purple mountains of the West, a little boy named Ricky was confined to a wheelchair. And the young nurse had come to take care of him. Trudi soon discovered that her real problem was not in nursing the boy, rather it was in dealing with his father, widower Matt Frazier. For the handsome rancher’s bitterness and indifference to his son provoked Trudi’s fiery temper. Yet, unwillingly, she found herself falling in love with Matt Frazier. Faced with a terrible crisis that would affect all their lives, Trudi would be forced into a desperate gamble—if she succeeded, they could become a united family—and if she failed she would lose both Ricky and Matt forever…

Lou Marchetti

Title: Judy George, Student Nurse

Author: Patti Stone

Publisher: Paperback Library

Published: April 1967, ©1966

Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

Review available

This cover is uncredited, but it is clearly done in his style.

For Judy George, nursing is full of challenge and drama. When an accident case is brought into emergency, Judy is strangely attracted to the gaunt, red-haired victim known only as Joe Smith. Though his recovery is quick despite a persistent loss of feeling in one thumb, Joe is depressed. To help him overcome his handicap, Judy convinces him that the best therapy is to work at the hospital. He surprises everyone with his care and concern for crippled children. Judy wonders just what he did before the accident, but Joe mysteriously guards his past. Soon Judy realizes that, despite the fact he is still a stranger to her, she is in love with him. But how can she plan the future with a man who refuses to discuss his past?

Lou Marchetti

Title: Nurse on Nightmare Island
Author: Lois Eby
Publisher: LancerBooks
Published: ©1966 (#72-101)
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

This is uncredited, but it is remarkably similar to the cover of Leap in the Dark, which is credited to Lou Marchetti.

Helen Barris was a conscientious nurse. When she surmised from his letters that Dr. Harvey Jenkins, the world-famous physicist who had been her patient at the hospital, was on the verge of a relapse, she went immediately to Morago Island, the ancient pirate hideout where he was recuperating. She knew her mission of mercy would be incredibly difficult. She couldn’t know that before the weird affair was over, lives would be lost—and her own life would be magically changed by an overpowering romance.

Lou Marchetti

Title: Clinic Nurse
Author: Adelaide Humphries
Publisher: Airmont Books
Published: Oct. 1963, ©1958
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review available

This is uncredited, but his daughter, Louise M. Zeitlin, has told me that this is a Lou Marchetti cover.

After three years at an exclusive girls’ school, Susan Randall decided to finish her education by taking a course in physical therapy at the University. Upon graduation, Susan threw herself wholeheartedly into her work as a physical therapist in a New York clinic. It was incidental to Susan that handsome Jon Crawford, whose small daughter was a patient at her clinic, was a very rich man. In Susan’s scheme of things, Jon was no more important than her young neighbor, Ray Farrell, disabled and embittered by a serious accident. Through her skill, perhaps she could bring Ray back to health …

Lou Marchetti

Title: Terror Stalks the Night Nurse
Author: Blanche Y. Mosler
Publisher: Paperback Library (#51-188)
Published: 1963
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

Review available

This is credited on the Lou Marchetti web site.