Pineapple Girl (Harlequin Romance #2137)

by Betty Neels

Book Overview

Pineapple Girl by Betty Neels released on Apr 12, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373021372
• ISBN13: 9780373021376
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Two Times The Charm ...

Book Description: He's something of a catch you know. Eloise was told about the handsome Dr. Timon van Zeilst. "But no one's caught him yet." Eloise felt quite sure that it wouldn't be her. Why should he look twice at a plain English nurse with the beautiful Liske around? And Liske had claimed she was destined to be his wife. It was no good telling herself not to care, because she did -- even if he was the most infuriating man she'd ever met! This Neel story involves a Plain Kind Hardworking British Nurse and a Rich Handsome Dutch Doctor with the mean, spiteful girlfriend to add drama; the illness dealt with is cancer. I passed on this book after reading the reviews; purchased and read it with an over-critical view, but liked it. I re-read it later, liked it much more, and found it to be an enjoyable Neels read.

Excellent romance with strong heroine

I think this is one of the best stories Betty Neel ever wrote. Particularly good is a scene near the end of the book where Eloise is serving as school nurse/matron at a boys' school and saves a small, bullied boy from attempting to jump from a ledge. The hero, Timon, turns up in time to help them both, but I got the impression that Eloise could have saved the boy even without the hero's timely appearance. (The school staff eventually handles the bullying problem in an intelligent way.) Eloise is a strong-minded heroine who takes no nonsense from anyone, yet is properly compassionate to those who need it. She doesn't really need the hero to make her life complete. But how wonderful for her that he showed up anyway! I would definitely recommend this book!