Patricia Dainton – MRQE

Tread Softly

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

Story of a chorus girl who is “discovered” and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

The Dancing Years

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years

Don’t Ever Leave Me

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

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is “not past it,” decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won’t let him give up.

The Passionate Stranger

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

Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith’s latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion… and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!

Castle in the Air

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

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle