Bob Stanley

Title: New Doctor at Tower General

Author: John J. Miller
Publisher: Monarch Books (#454)
Published: September 1964, ©1964
Illustrator: Bob Stanley
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He is credited on the title page verso.

It was love at first sight when Surgical Nurse Evelyn Taylor encountered handsome Dr. Hank Young, who came to Tower General with an emergency operation. Right from the start, they seemed to be a team—professionally. Privately, Hank seemed to be more interested in the glamour and glitter of Louise Hayden, daughter of Dr. Dean Hayden, Chief of Surgery. Evelyn knew she couldn’t compete with Louise’s obvious attractions. She could only hope that Hank would see through her superficiality before it was too late. Meanwhile, Evelyn had to go on working beside Hank, assisting him in the dramatic fight for life at every operation, trying to control her emotions when he praised her for her efficiency as a nurse and went on ignoring her desirability as a woman.

Paul Anna Soik

 Title: Nurse in the Tropics
Author: Peggy Dern (pseud. Peggy Gaddis)
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: December 1958
Illustrator: Paul Anna Soik
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His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

To Martie Howell, a nurse accustomed to routine duty, the assignment to accompany Lisa Long back to her Haitian home and to stay with her during her convalescence from pneumonia seemed like a heaven-sent voyage to enchantment. Nor did the picturesque country, with its brilliant vegetation and its colorful natives, disappoint her. But she was also exposed to Haiti’s darker side—to its voodoo rites and its age-old superstitions. These were frightening when seen at a distance; when used to break up the romance of Lisa and a young doctor, and also to alter the course of the nurse’s life, they inspired hysteria and near-panic.



Harry Bennett

Title: Hurricane Nurse

Author: Peggy Gaddis

Publisher: Berkley Medallion

Published: Oct 1961, ©1961

Illustrator: Harry Bennett
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His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

Betsy Stockwell had been taught in nurse’s training to maintain an impersonal attitude toward her patient. Only then could a nurse do her job efficiently. But when the patient was your own father, though, how could you be anything but deeply, personally involved? For Betsy’s father, the beloved Dr. Cal, had had a heart attack and after his treatment in the hospital it would be up to Betsy to see that he made a full recovery. Postponing her plans to marry young Doctor Paul Norbert, Betsy accompanies her father to Florida. They are met by a handsome young doctor who practices medicine with a cool competence that both amazes and infuriates Betsy. What is a man like Mark Everett doing in this Florida wilderness? As Betsy begins to learn the answer, she finds that her interest is more than a professional one …

Lou Marchetti

Title: Judy George, Student Nurse

Author: Patti Stone

Publisher: Paperback Library

Published: April 1967, ©1966

Illustrator: Lou Marchetti

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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
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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
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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 …

Charles Gehm

Title: Dude Ranch Nurse
Author: Arlene Hale
Publisher: Ace (#17220)
Published: ©1963
Illustrator: Charles Gehm
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His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

Jan Gordon came to Deer River, with its dude ranches deep in the Rockies, in order to thrust aside all the unpleasant memories of the past and rediscover herself. But Jan found that as a nurse and as a woman, she couldn’t turn her back on conflict. There were two young doctors in Deer River; Jan owed loyalty to both. To Dr. Coe, Jan was bound by her conscience, but it was Dr. Lester who held her heart.