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By Yet Another Door
When Nurse Joanna Merivale went to Ireland to nurse Roger Carnehill, it was at first just another job to her. But in that job her first thought was to give of her best — something that looked like being impossible in the household full of emotional problems in which she found herself. There was her patient, cruelly frustrated by his accident; young Shuan, who was bitterly jealous of Joanna's skill in handling Roger; Magda, mocking and sophisticated, and René, generous and unselfish. And to add to all these difficulties, Joanna soon found that her own emotions were to be involved as deeply as everyone else's...
She felt she belonged here. Joanna knew better than to indulge her feelings when she was nursing, but at Carrieghmere this Irish family and its problems had involved her from the very beginning. "It's like a place I've been homesick for all my life," she said. And not just the place. Roger Carnehill was a man she'd been waiting for, too. But that would bring her no happiness -- because Roger was waiting for beautiful young Shuan!
She felt she belonged here. Joanna knew better than to indulge her feelings when she was nursing, but at Carrieghmere this Irish family and its problems had involved her from the very beginning. "It's like a place I've been homesick for all my life," she said. And not just the place. Roger Carnehill was a man she'd been waiting for, too. But that would bring her no happiness -- because Roger was waiting for beautiful young Shuan!
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First published January 1, 1950
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Jane Arbor
113 books11 followersEileen 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...
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...
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January 7, 2019
Oyyyyyyyy where do I begin with this tedious, boring book that seemed to be a thousand pages?
Cool, blonde, British nurse goes to dilapidated Irish castle to care for Lord of the manor, the hero of the piece. He has been paralyzed from a horse riding accident two years ago.
There is a demon spawn from hell, eighteen year old ward who seems set on marrying hero, her guardian. Also living in the castle is the hero's flaky widowed mother who writes a popular cooking column in a national newspaper. And finally, an Eeeeevil estate manager who literally has a mustache that he must twirl in the privacy of his home as he plans all his evil schemes.
The world building and secondary characters were really, really well drawn. The inner monologue of the heroine is as cool, calm and collected as her outward expression.
The hero is inexplicably rude, whiny and almost cruel. When he finally gets better after an excruciatingly long convalescence, he makes it clear to the heroine that she needs to go now that he doesn't need her anymore and that in fact, seeing her hanging around would only delay his recovery since he associates her with illness and hopelessness. What a jerk!!!
Given more time, I'm sure he would have produced an OW to dangle in front of the heroine. As it is, his demonic spoiled brat ward gets herself engaged to the Belgian exchange farming student. So hero ends up confessing that he loves the heroine and proposes to the heroine.
His reason for being so mean to her before? He thought she was engaged to an OM back in London. That's it. He didn't even hear this from anyone, he just assumed it. She never wore an engagement ring and never talked about having a fiance.
The OM was someone she sort of casually dated but he was, if possible, even more of a limp noodle than the hero.
The one scene OM had with the heroine was pretty hilarious. He berates her for "changing" since she came to nurse in Ireland and begrudgingly throws a half-hearted marriage proposal in her face if that will get her to stop sulking. After she much too politely says no, he goes and gets engaged to another girl practically the next day.
Wow, poor heroine. Stuck with not one but two absolutely reluctant, lazy wusses!
Cool, blonde, British nurse goes to dilapidated Irish castle to care for Lord of the manor, the hero of the piece. He has been paralyzed from a horse riding accident two years ago.
There is a demon spawn from hell, eighteen year old ward who seems set on marrying hero, her guardian. Also living in the castle is the hero's flaky widowed mother who writes a popular cooking column in a national newspaper. And finally, an Eeeeevil estate manager who literally has a mustache that he must twirl in the privacy of his home as he plans all his evil schemes.
The world building and secondary characters were really, really well drawn. The inner monologue of the heroine is as cool, calm and collected as her outward expression.
The hero is inexplicably rude, whiny and almost cruel. When he finally gets better after an excruciatingly long convalescence, he makes it clear to the heroine that she needs to go now that he doesn't need her anymore and that in fact, seeing her hanging around would only delay his recovery since he associates her with illness and hopelessness. What a jerk!!!
Given more time, I'm sure he would have produced an OW to dangle in front of the heroine. As it is, his demonic spoiled brat ward gets herself engaged to the Belgian exchange farming student. So hero ends up confessing that he loves the heroine and proposes to the heroine.
His reason for being so mean to her before? He thought she was engaged to an OM back in London. That's it. He didn't even hear this from anyone, he just assumed it. She never wore an engagement ring and never talked about having a fiance.
The OM was someone she sort of casually dated but he was, if possible, even more of a limp noodle than the hero.
The one scene OM had with the heroine was pretty hilarious. He berates her for "changing" since she came to nurse in Ireland and begrudgingly throws a half-hearted marriage proposal in her face if that will get her to stop sulking. After she much too politely says no, he goes and gets engaged to another girl practically the next day.
Wow, poor heroine. Stuck with not one but two absolutely reluctant, lazy wusses!
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March 31, 2022
The novel was interesting as a novel but it wasn't much of a romance or love story. Good characters and secondary stories, much better than the primary one between h and H.
Jane Arbor is a good writer who usually creates a believable love story but this one misses.
Jane Arbor is a good writer who usually creates a believable love story but this one misses.
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