Kathleen Howard – MRQE

Born to Be Bad

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She’ll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she’s evil, but loves her anyway.

You’re Telling Me!

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.

Danger Woman

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.

Shady Lady

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.

Reckless Age

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.

Take a Letter, Darling

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.

Blossoms in the Dust

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of “conservative” citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.

Mystery Sea Raider

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a “mother ship” for German submarines in the Atlantic.

Death Takes a Holiday

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.