My Surgeon Neighbour

by Jane Arbor

When Nurse Sarah Sanstead inherited an old house in the country and decided to turn it into a convalescent home for children, she did not guess the complications which would ensue.

Her new neighbour, the surgeon Oliver Mansbury, wanted the house as an extension for his next-door nursing home, and did not hesitate to express his scepticism about Sarah's plans. He queried the depths of her dedication. Sarah was indignant...

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Romance

152 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Eileen Norah Murphy Owbridge was born on 8 September 1903 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, she lived in Preston, Sussex, England, and passed away on 4 February 1994 in Worthing, West Sussex.

Under the pseudonym Jane Arbor she wrote over 55 romance novel for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. She started writing doctor-nurse romances, and many have been reedited with diferent titles, that included the words "nurse", "doctor" or "surgeon". Later, she focused her writing in foreign settings like the continental Europe, the Caribbean, Morocco...

Reviews

[Margo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three and a half stars. Very likable -- the h and the H were extremely well matched, and even despite the machinations of the frankly ridiculous OW, they gravitated closer together as the book progressed. I liked how the H defended the h tenaciously against insinuations the OW repeatedly made (the OW was warned by not just by the H but one of the OM that she was slandering the h -- the term used in a legal sense). I also liked that there were several men the H viewed as OM, but it was done in a very wholesome way -- they were really nice men who were supporters of the h in her ventures.

[Aarathi Burki · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book starts well with sarah the heroine being an experienced nurse inherits an ancient house from an aunt which she plans to covert into a convalescent home for kids.Her neighbors are running a successful hospital and want this house for expansion. They offer good money but sarah refuses and they don't see eye to eye. Oliver the hero is that neighbor.what happens next forms rest of the story. there is a cunning OW whom i found irritating and too meddling.
sarah and Oliver hardly spend time together so I couldn't understand how sarah fell in love. all in all an okish story.

[KSHG · Rating 3 out of 5]

6/10 a flat ok read with no climax. Most of it was about the heroine's work. This was done well however the romance between the leads was barely there.

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice story but slow, some cumbersome sentences. I like the OW’s comeuppance. Book is older, had some copy editing errors.