Runaway Nurse

By Ethel Hamill

“If you absolutely must, you may confess later on that what really sends you is not my ardent kisses but assisting at a long session of episkeletal surgery.”

Tabloid reporters burst into the surgeon’s hospital penthouse late one night, and flashbulbs popped when they found Nurse Jennifer Stowell in the arms of the married hospital chief Dr. Phil Grocer. Fleeing the scandal that splashed dirt across front pages and her reputation, Jennifer found love in the arms of another young doctor also vacationing in Hawaii, Dr. Brian Craig. Knowing that his career working for a strict, conservative medical foundation would be ruined if his name were linked with hers, she left him a breezy note meant to break his heart before fleeing back to her hometown. But arriving back in New York, she soon discovers that Dr. Craig is hot on her trail and has no intention of letting her go. When he finally catches up with her, he vows to learn the truth of Jennifer’s many secrets—including which doctor really holds the key to her heart.

“How a determined young doctor—bent on marrying Jennifer in spite of herself—brings out the truth behind an old scandal makes absorbing reading for devotees of ‘doctor and nurse’ stories.” Chico Enterprise-Record, September 1955