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Waterfront Hospital
Trefechen Hospital, remote on the shores of Cardiganshire, was small as hospitals went, and the discipline somewhat more lax than that of a large London hospital. When Sister Louise Richards went to work there she rather expected to have an easy time of it, but the place proved to be a lot less quiet than she had imagined.
With fewer patients to deal with, she found herself more than fully occupied with their personal troubles as well as their medical and surgical ones -- and there were plenty of those, a glorious jumble of premature babies, shipwreck casualties, a pilot from a crashed plane, all needing -- and getting -- Louise's care and sympathy. So what with one thing and another, she hardly had time to sort out her own private problem, that of trying to decide which of two very attractive brothers she preferred..
With fewer patients to deal with, she found herself more than fully occupied with their personal troubles as well as their medical and surgical ones -- and there were plenty of those, a glorious jumble of premature babies, shipwreck casualties, a pilot from a crashed plane, all needing -- and getting -- Louise's care and sympathy. So what with one thing and another, she hardly had time to sort out her own private problem, that of trying to decide which of two very attractive brothers she preferred..
156 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1961
About the author
Kate Norway
28 books5 followersOlive M. Norton -- She was born in 1913 and passed away in 1973.
She published under the names ~
Bess Norton
Hilary Neal
Kate Norway
She published under the names ~
Bess Norton
Hilary Neal
Kate Norway
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May 21, 2026
I thoroughly enjoyed this vintage romance. Ms. Norway wove a wonderful story of the life of staff and patients in a small hospital on the Welsh coast. The people are so well crafted and even the setting is integral to the story. While I'm generally not eager to read a first person point of view story, Ms Norway does it very well. Written from Louise's point of view, we see her cope with her daily or nightly challenges as night nurse and her confusion and lack of confidence in her ownC personal affairs. Garnett is the perfect match for her, and their HEA was a joy to read.
June 3, 2026
3-3.5 stars.
This is a refreshingly honest vintage romance, especially considering the date of publication. First, I like a competent heroine, and there’s no question here that the h is a very good, albeit imperfect nurse. Second, there’s no puritanical hypocrisy about sex. The h recognizes and acknowledges that her interest in the OM is based solely on physical attraction, and that, under different circumstances, she might (shocker) have been tempted to act on those desires. To my mind, the weakest aspect of the story is the H/OW subplot that the author throws in towards the end of the book, and whose resolution felt very half-baked.
This is a refreshingly honest vintage romance, especially considering the date of publication. First, I like a competent heroine, and there’s no question here that the h is a very good, albeit imperfect nurse. Second, there’s no puritanical hypocrisy about sex. The h recognizes and acknowledges that her interest in the OM is based solely on physical attraction, and that, under different circumstances, she might (shocker) have been tempted to act on those desires. To my mind, the weakest aspect of the story is the H/OW subplot that the author throws in towards the end of the book, and whose resolution felt very half-baked.
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