'He watched her as she moved about, getting another cup and saucer, cutting cake. How charming she was in her uniform, her soft hair escaping in little tendrils from beneath her cap -- worn with such a becoming air . . .

When Victor saw her in her own cottage, she always appealed to him in a special way. He would often picture her as his wide . . . He hated telling her that his mother was absolutely against their marriage . . .'

Annie M.P. Smithson was the most successful of all Irish romantic novelists and all of her books were bestsellers.

The Marriage of Nurse Harding is reprinted here for the benefit of the new generations who did not have the opportunity to read it.

Other Annie M.P. Smithson books which have been reprinted include:

The Walk of a Queen, Her Irish Heritage, Nora Connor, The Weldons of Tibradden, and Paid in Full.