This set of short stories follow a pattern: First: A mistake as regards relations with the other sex. Second: A crisis. Third: Final resolution. Now in many cases the final resolution is one of violence.(Amazon)
Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes, née Belloc (5 August 1868 – 14 November 1947), was a prolific English novelist. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a literary reputation for combining exciting incidents with psychological interest. (Wikipedia)