Tom Miller

Title: Cynthia Doyle, Nurse in Love
Author: Adelaide Humphries
Published: May 1961, ©1953
Publisher: Monarch Books
Illustrator: Tom Miller

He is credited on the copyright page.

What did it take to make Dr. Sellars notice her? wondered Nurse Cynthia Doyle. Oh, he was aware of her professionally. But it was discouraging to work by his side, to look at him, her heart thumping wildly, and get no recognition from him that she was a WOMAN as well as a NURSE. Couldn’t he see that she was pretty? Couldn’t he see that she was flesh and blood and not an automaton? Cynthia decided it was high time she did something about the situation. But what—short of being brazen and forward—could a girl do to make Dr. Sellars see that he was the man for her, she the woman for him?

Tom Miller

Title: Debutante Nurse
Author: Lois Hobart
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: September 1962, ©1959
Illustrator: Tom Miller

He is credited on the back cover.

Elaine Forrest lived in two worlds. She was a Registered Nurse with an outstanding record. She was also a wealthy society girl soon to wed Bryce Thorne, a prominent lawyer. Her future was neatly planned, carefully cataloged until Dirk Yaeger shouted angrily at her: "Stop kidding yourself, Elaine. You've got to face the facts." Then he turned and stalked off into the night. Elaine was left trembling and frightened. Her professional reputation challenged, her engagement broken, Elaine was passionately involved with a man who could ruin her way of life. 

Tom Miller

Title: The Nurse Made Headlines
Author: Adelaide Humphries
Publisher: Dell Candlelight #6517
Published: 1962
Illustrator: Tom Miller

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

For lovely Cheryl Lanier, nursing wealthy, elderly Trevor Rutledge at his magnificent estate seemed a routine assignment. But that was before Rutledge’s nephew, Victor Lawson, arrived. Perhaps Cheryl should have known  better than to fall in love with the handsome playboy. Certainly there were those—especially the young lawyer, Carl Drew—who warned her about Victor. But Victor’s promises drowned out all warnings—until, amid sudden tragedy and scandal, she heard a different voice: that of agonizing doubt. Had she made the greatest mistake of her young life? Had she given her trust to the wrong mad? And how could she know for sure before it was too late?

Tom Miller

Title: The Nurse Knows Best
Author: Adelaide Humphries
Publisher: Monarch Books (#223)
Published: November 1961, ©1953
Illustrator: Tom Miller

He is credited on the title page verso.

Nurse Ellen Copeland suddenly found three men in her life.

Tom Spendler, her boy friend since high school, who was demanding she set a date for their wedding.

Paul Dixon, once a brilliant author and now dangerously close to suicide, who needed her to help him write again and to restore faith in women and in love.

Dr. Eric Hendricks, attractive, young psychiatrist and the man Ellen was in love with. Only he seemed more interested in his work than in her.

What should she do about these three men? She had to come to a decision. Should she marry Tom out of loyalty? Should she sacrifice herself to Paul because he desperately needed her? Or was there some way to make Eric see her as a woman and not just as his nurse?

Tom Miller

Title: When Doctors Marry
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Dell (D428)
Published: June 1961 (first printing)
Illustrator: Tom Miller
Review available

He is credited on the back cover.

When Dr. Cannon Penrod read about the appointment of Dr. Corliss Walker as resident surgeon to the Memorial Hospital staff—the first woman ever to receive such an appointment—he could not believe that a woman exposed to so much pain and suffering could have feelings of her own—womanly feelings. A freak accident was to bring the two doctors together, and Dr. Penrod would learn that Dr. Corliss Walker was truly a woman—a woman almost too pretty to be a doctor, a woman who wanted to love a man, who wanted to have her own baby, even to know her own sorrow and hurt for someone she loved and who belonged to her. Dr. Walker was a woman who wanted to love a man, but not just any man …

Tom Miller

Title: The Doctor Makes a Choice
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Dell
Copyright: 1961
Illustrator: Tom Miller

He is credited on the back cover.

It was a long time since the gifted young psychiatrist had seen Iris. He had forgotten how delicate and pretty she was. His wife Anna had helped him to forget. But now Anna was a thousand miles away, and Jock saw only the lovely young woman before him ...

Tom Miller

Title: Doctor Samaritan
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Dell
Copyright: 1965
Illustrator: Tom Miller

Credited as “Miller” on the back cover.

Dr. Red Cahill was a dedicated doctor--he was a man truly devoted to saving lives. But when he was forced to choose between the life of a beautiful young woman and his career, his decision had far-reaching consequences. Consequences that began in the arms of a woman who wanted him ... and did not stop at scandal.

Tom Miller

Title: Home Town Doctor
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Dell
Copyright:1959
Illustrator: Tom Miller

Credited as “Miller” on the back cover.

Dr. and Mrs. Adams were a charming young couple--a handsome, talented doctor and his lovely wife--and they reflected the small town's best image of itself. But when another doctor--and his alluring wife--moved into town, a crisis loomed that Lulu Adams had to meet with a single drastic step ...

Tom Miller

Title: Ordeal of Three Doctors
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Publisher: Dell
Copyright: 1965
Illustrator: Tom Miller

Credited as “Miller” on the back cover.

Burke: He had a loving wife and a successful career--until pretty redhead Jamie Flanagan decided Burke was the man for her.
Andrew: A dedicated doctor, Andrew had to fight his own self-doubts and his mother's powerful ambitions.
Jon: A shy widower who made the mistake of falling in love with the wrong girl ...

Tom Miller

Title: Doctor’s Bride
Author: Elizabeth Seifert
Copyright: 1960
Publisher: Dell
Illustrator: Tom Miller

The signature in the lower right-hand corner reads just “Miller,” but Tom Miller was illustrating covers for other books by Elizabeth Seifert for Dell at this period, so I am attributing this cover to him. (Thanks to Lynn Monroe for help with this identification.)

The first months of marriage were not easy for Dr. Turnbeau’s lovely young bride, Julie. There were long lonely nights when Rolf worked in his lab until dawn. There were the demands of the patients who claimed so great a share of her handsome young husband’s dedication. All this Julie was prepared to face. But when glamorous and sophisticated Shannon Rorick returned to town, Julie’s heart was thrown into turmoil. Could she face this challenge from her husband’s past—the challenge of a love that had not died?



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Tom Miller

Title: Timberline Nurse
Author: Ruth McCarthy Sears
Publisher: Dell Candlelight
Copyright: 1965
Illustration: Tom Miller
Review available

The signature “Miller” in the lower right-hand corner is similar to that found on the cover of Doctor’s Bride, which I have attributed to Tom Miller. (Thanks to Lynn Munroe for help with this identification.)

Crystal Garnette loved the beautiful, pine-covered mountains where she had grown up. But when her romance with wealthy Jeffrey Varian ended in heartbreak, Crystal fled to the city to forget. She succeeded, working at busy Rochester-Main Hospital—until her father’s death brought her back to Timber Town. Crystal vowed she would quickly leave. But she could not resist when old Doctor Curtis begged her to stay on at the understaffed mountain hospital. Then, in the midst of her greatest challenge as a nurse, she was faced with the hardest decision of her young life. How could she choose between two very different men—one a rough lumberman, the other a handsome doctor—who said they loved her? In this place where she already had made one painful mistake, dare she risk her heart again?



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