Details Out Of Books The Gemel Ring
| Title | : | The Gemel Ring |
| Author | : | Betty Neels |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Best of Betty Neels Collection |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | July 2002 by Harlequin Readers' Choice (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Contemporary Romance |
Betty Neels
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.09 | 272 Users | 22 Reviews
Explanation Concering Books The Gemel Ring
Sister Charity Dawson loved her job but there was one problem. Like the other humble members of St. Simon's nursing staff, she had to put up with the arrogant Dr. Everard van Tijlen. When Charity apparently discovered that the distinguished doctor's exorbitant fees funded a playboy lifestyle, she hit the roof. Everard might well have an engaging boyish smile, but he needed to be taken down a peg or two. And Charity knew just how to do it.Define Books Toward The Gemel Ring
| Original Title: | The Gemel Ring |
| ISBN: | 037351199X (ISBN13: 9780373511990) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Abigail Trent, Dominic van Wijkelen, Charity Dawson, Everard van Tijlen |
Rating Out Of Books The Gemel Ring
Ratings: 4.09 From 272 Users | 22 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books The Gemel Ring
The Gemel Ring by Betty Neels; (3*)Not the best Neels I have read, yet enjoyable enough. A British nurse working private cases for a Dutch doctor; love with all of its prickly asides takes center stage. All comes out nicely in the end.I have to say that I really liked all of the characters in this little story. I would really have liked to get to know a Corrie, the resident nurse and manager of the good doctor's senior home. She seemed such a 'real' person.One of the Neelses of sheer delight. In what I've come to realize is a typical Neels opening, hero and heroine meet thanks to an accident, in this case, a car pile-up entering a ferry and a sick passenger holding everyone up. Charity and Everard see to his well-being and things transpire to bring them together again and again. Charity and Everard are Pride and Prejudice characters: she is judgy-judgy about Everard's ways and he remains aloof and in denial of his feelings. But her discovery of
As I may have mentioned in other book reviews for this author. She's my favorite and I don't often find disfavor with her stories, however The Gemel Ring is an exception. I disliked the story premise and the hero. The heroine, Sister Charity Dawson, is a British nurse on vacation with her family in Holland when she comes to the aid of an ailing American Diplomat. Joining her in her effort is the very attractive Everard van Tijlen, a prominent medical doctor, that appears to her to be an
Sweet and old fashioned formulaic romance
Charity Dawson was a disturbing influence in Everard van Tijlen's life from the moment they met. Yet somehow she seemed to be always around, nursing his patients and even his family.At first she doesn't like this arrogant Dutch doctor very much and thinks him a playboy spending his exhorbitant fees on fast cars and loose women...so to speak. Of course as time goes on she finds out so much more about him. She meets his grandmother and learns about the Gemel Ring.The Gemel Ring is a family
Betty Neels was born on September 15, 1910 in Devon to a family with firm roots in the civil service. She said she had a blissfully happy childhood and teenage years.(This stood her in good stead later for the tribulations to come with the Second World War). She was sent away to boarding school, and then went on to train as a nurse, gaining her SRN and SCM, that is, State Registered Nurse and
4 1/2 Stars ~ Returning to England from holidays via Holland, Charity's family is detained while boarding their vehicle on the ferry. To ease her father's exasperation, Charity decides to go see what's the problem and finds a crowd of people circling a car where an older gentleman is slumped over his steering wheel. Announcing that she is a nurse, she begins to check the man over. Finding no obvious problems, she yells out for someone to find a doctor. Very quickly a tall, handsome man jumps
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