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Time for a pulp countdown, and as it's #InternationalNursesDay here's my top 10 strangest settings for nurse romance novels!

Seriously, did you think they were all set in hospitals? Image
At #10: nurse at a beauty contest! Gaiety and glamour, danger and unexpected love: sounds about right... Image
At #9: nurse on a dude ranch! Dude, it's rude to stare... Image
At #8: nurse in society! Privilege and palliatives amongst the well-to-do and the well-to-dont... Image
At #7: nurse in a TV studio. Oh the heartache and danger of being an, er, erm, what do producers actually do again? Image
At #6: nurse in an ice hockey rink! Will he 'put the biscuit in the basket' or is she lining up a slap shot? Only time will tell... Image
At #5: nurse under the sea! Scuba and sadness, passion and porpoises etc... Image
At #4: nurse in the Peace Corps! Let it all hang out? No - shove it all back in and suture it! Now wash your hands... Image
At #3: nurse on surf safari! "Let's go nursing now, everybody's learning how, come on nurse safari with meeee..." Image
At #2: nurse in an art colony! She's strangely drawn to the wrong man... Image
An at #1: nurse in space! Cue "Clouds Across The Moon" please... Image
So happy #NursesDay2020 everybody! More pulp countdowns another time... Image

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