Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern (1895-1966) aka”Gail Jordan” and “Peggy Gaddis,” among many other pseudonyms, wrote over a 200 novels, mostly romances about nurses.
She Was Tortured by Temptation...and her Flesh Was Weak. Back in print for the first time in over 60 years.
Martha Desmond is a student nurse who loses her virginity to Jordan Ainslee, a famous, womanizing playwright who is temporarily a patient there because of his drinking problems. They marry and move into his Manhattan penthouse. But it isn't long before his true nature emerges and he begins seducing an actress. So Martha abandons the marriage, escaping to a small town in Florida, where her life takes a passionate and dangerous turn in her pursuit of true love.