![]() ![]() ![]() Cherry Ames, Veterans' Nurse In Veterans' Nurse, the war is over, and Cherry is sent home. Her father is often out on mysterious errands that cause some to label him a "spy." Cherry makes it her risky business to find out if this is truth or rumor. Off duty, the nurses "adopt" 6-year-old Muriel Grainger, who has known nothing but war in her short life, and whose mother has been killed by the Germans. Much to Pilot Wade Cooper's chagrin, he has been taken off bomber duty to fly the wounded to safety-until Cherry makes him see otherwise. Cherry is reunited with her corpsman Bunce-the two of them are in sole charge of ferrying severely wounded men out of the battlefield and to the nearest Army hospital. Cherry Ames is still an Army Nurse, this time aloft-as a flight nurse. ![]() ![]() Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse In Flight Nurse, the United States is still fighting World War II. The second boxed set, Cherry Ames Boxed Set 5-8, contains four early Cherry classics: Flight Nurse, Veterans' Nurse, Private Duty Nurse, and Visiting Nurse. ![]()
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Q: What is your favorite romance genre, and why?Ī: Good comtemporaries are my favorite, but I think this is the hardest genre to get right. I was particularly intrigued by her views on the differences between contemporary and historical romance heroes. ![]() I think you will also enjoy her answers to the interview questions. And, since Rebecca lived in Stockholm for some time, she is able to give an accurate flavor of the city in which her heroine and hero find their way to true love. If you like romance in faraway places, then Stockholm Diaries, Caroline, the debut contemporary romance by Rebecca Hunter, is just the book for you. ![]() ![]() He asks for volunteers to join him, and Malone steps forward in hopes the trip will prove his heroic nature to Gladys. The scientific community in London thinks Challenger is a fraud, so the professor plans a new excursion to bring back concrete evidence of his claims. 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