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  • Bibliography:
    53 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1934
  • Latest Book:
    May 2011
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About the Author

Born Patricia Denise Robins on February 1, 1921 in Sussex, England. Second daughter of Denise Robins, a romance novelist, and Arthur Robins, a corn broker on the Baltic Exchange. Her mother, daughter of the also writer Kathleen Clarice Groom, encouraged her to write, and at 12 she published her first book. She worked with a woman's magazine editorial team, also published more children's novellas and romance novels like her mother under her maiden name, Patricia Robins. Since 1967, she also used the pseudonym of Claire Lorrimer.

Married, Patricia Clark had three children. She lived in a four hundred year-old, oak beamed cottage in rural Kent, she has eight grandchildren. In 2007, she wrote her autobiography "You Never Know". Patricia passed away on 4 December 2016 in Hove.

Full Series List in Order

Bainbury Saga

2 - Heart's Desire (Jan-1953)

Peter & Angela

1 - Tree Fairies (Jan-1945)
2 - Sea Magic (Jan-1946)

Book List in Order: 53 titles



    • / General Fiction
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    A tale by Patricia Robins (aged 12), illustrated by Grizel Maxwell (aged 14)....



  • Jonquil Mathews had lived a sheltered life with her parents in their luxurious home, until the day her fiancĂ© Simon, an RAF pilot, was killed at Dunkirk. Prompted by Simon's best friend, Adrian Hepworth, Jonquil was determined to do her bit for the ...



  • Opens with a poem and birthday of two eight-year-old twins, Peter and Angela. Their father is away at war, and they have ilustrated adventures among the fairies of the woods....



  • Twins Peter and Angela live a fantasy adventure exploring the magic life underwater....



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  • What happens when a young man and a young woman, each bitterly distrustful of the opposite sex, not only meet but find themselves sharing the same country house? At first Luisa, returning home from abroad, finds herself hating Martyn Saunders, a youn...



    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Jennifer Ames was not beautiful but she had a certain something that kept Peter Barrington in willing thraldom for ten years. One day they hoped to marry, and to speed the happy day, Jenny takes a job as governess to Lord Barclay's twin children, Mic...



    • / Contemporary Romance
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    After losing her husband in the war, Susan Parish has, in the succeeding years, managed to find a measure of happiness and contentment in bringing up their young son in the quiet seclusion of the country. Resigned to a tranquil if somewhat shadowy ex...



  • Clare and Mark Bainbury have been married for four years, and although their love for each other is still strong, they are gradually becoming aware that life may not turn out exactly as they might like. Friends are more successful, but Mark's career ...






  • Sheridan Adams, young, attractive, but saddened by disillusionment, istotally unlike the fat, smiling, middle-aged housekeeper Richard Haydenhas in mind when he advertises in the local paper. A young widower, leftalone with his small son Dick, he bad...



  • 'Always love life' was the message Briony Stone's first sweetheart left with her before he was killed in an air crash. It seems strange that the same thought should be voiced by Robert Baker, the young vet whom she has known such a short time, but to...



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    At 17, Scilla's world fell apart when her first love, Dallas, returned to Australia without even saying goodbye. So when ten years later, her sister asks her to come to Libya as nanny to her nephews, Scilla jumps at the opportunity to make a fresh s...



  • Lindsey Carter's husband dies leaving her poor, but not devastated - their marriage was a loveless one. So when she meets again the only man she ever loved, her world is filled with intense joy. She falls under Glynn's romantic spell once more, but s...



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    Mary Bradbourne's aunt brought her up after her parents died. When she was ten, her aunt had a son, Jackie, who was left with a mental handicap as the result of an accident. Unselfish and affectionate, Mary has dedicated her life to caring for him. B...



  • Harriet was very young when her ambitious, unscrupulous mother succeeded in parting her from the impecunious Paul, the medical student Harriet loved. So successfully was Harriet convinced that Paul did not return her deep-felt love, it was not long b...



  • The minute Charlotte sees Meridan Avebury at a wedding, it causes such strong, passionate feelings in her heart that she believes it must be love at first sight. But Meridan is already engaged to beautiful Phillipa, who is dangerously ill. And while...



  • Gina longed to share her life with the man she loved, but Charles is reluctant to marry her and told her love must wait. Gina must learn sophistication, devote herself to becoming a suitable wife for a fashionable author. Charles's apparent indiffere...



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    At seventeen, beautiful green-eyed Beverly Bampton knew just what she wanted. She was madly in love with Jonnie Colt and dreamt of nothing more than being his wife, lover and best friend. And once she became mother of his five children, their world w...






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    Clare Mellors is the daughter of Constance, the former Lady Chatterley. Mysterious and attractive, Clare is a wartime VAD nurse, and is engaged to Robin Claye, an army officer. On the surface Clare appears to be happy. Like her contemporaries, she wa...



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  • Allerton Manor was the only home Tammy had ever known - and the Allerton family treated her as their own. But when she realised that her love for Dick Allerton had changed from the careless affection of childhood to the mature love of a woman, she wa...



  • When Judith and Rocky elope to Gretna Green they sincerely believe marriage will solve all their problems. But the elopement proves to be the beginning of an entirely new set of difficulties... Rocky begins to wonder if his parents were right - is he...



  • When her first marriage had gone on the rocks, Miranda had sworn to herself it would never happen again. She and David had been so young, so unfitted to the monumental task of marriage and parenthood, that when their baby died so had the marriage. No...



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    An engaging collection of twenty-two verses and stories....



  • Tamily has won the love of handsome and amusing Dick Allenton, her childhood companion and heir to the Allenton estates. But her marriage to the charming but irresponsible Dick is rocked by his love affair with the sophisticated American Carol Holmer...



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    Everything had to be arranged well in advance for Lucy's husband - even their love making. But now she was in love with Geoff - himself married to a hopeless alcoholic - and was living through all the joyand agony that only forbidden love can cause....



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    Louise Endor is just seventeen when she discovers she is pregnant and alone. The father, a married man with two other children, has no intention of leaving his wife. But despite the disgrace imposed by the rigid social morally, Louise is determined t...



  • Young Phillida Bethel's first holiday job is as her mother's help to beautiful Suzanne Kingley at the Topaz Island, on the south coast of France. But she could never have guessed that danger, romance, adventure and excitement are to come her way - in...






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    Kerry loved her husband, artist Luke Austin, and for her it was an agony, because he was often unfaithful to her, and had several paramours. Patient Steve loved Kerry though, and had done for years, staying faithful to her through all the tempestuou...



  • When Samantha's father suddenly dies leaving huge debts, she decides to marry Ronnie Curtis, an up-and-coming author, who loves her dearly. But she still yearns for Andrew, her love flame from student days. Despite not being in love with Ronnie, Sama...



  • For Tammy and Dick, life is a struggle. Although Dick's family are wealthy, Dick wants to prove to himself that he is capable of supporting his wife and two children himself... but it's his marriage which takes the strain as Dick wears himself thin t...




  • Sue is trying to forget a broken love affair when she meets Ross Bryant. Handsome and successful, he is everything any woman could want -- but Sue isn't just any woman. Although she allows Ross to make love to her, her whole being is still wrapped-u...



  • Until she met the handsome staff psychiatrist, Bill Aden, Noni Brisbane had been content with her loveless marriage to Philip, a top-flight surgeon. Then, through Bill, she learned that real love was possible forever, despite tragedy and hardship....



  • Sally Marsden must rebuild her career and her personal life when a car accident leaves her both physically and emotionally scarred. Sally once had everything she wanted: a promising career as a model and a photographer boyfriend. That is, until the a...



  • Ashwyck is a quiet English village in which one might suppose nothing dramatic ever happens. But beneath the smooth surface already lies one unsolved mystery. In attempting to discover the identity of the unknown man who has drowned, or been drowned,...



  • A whole new world opens up for Ann Elgar when she goes to stay with the Menton family on a year's exchange visit with their young son. For Ann, the chance to work in a Swiss resort at Madame Menton's ski club is a golden opportunity. The atmosphere o...








  • Jennifer Winfield goes to work as a residential secretary at the Manor House where the elderly Lady Barclay is researching a book of the family history.Jenny had intended the job should be merely a means of filling in time until her fiance, Peter, re...



  • When Harriet Rothman's father dies suddenly leaving her penniless, the chance of renting out the family house, Swallow Grange, seems a temporary soulution to her immediate financial problems. But by renting Swallow Grange to young widower Martin Blak...



  • When Mandy's boyfriend dies in a motorbike accident, she is left alone with a young child and little money. It seems a perfect solution to Mandy's twin problems of finance and loneliness when her son's uncle Jon offers her a job as his receptionist -...



  • Until she met the handsome staff psychiatrist, Bill Aden, Noni Brisbane had been content with her loveless marriage to Philip, a top-flight surgeon. Then, through Bill, she learned that real love was possible forever, despite tragedy and hardship....





  • Lynn loves Jerry more strongly than he loves her, but at first her handsome, debonair husband fulfilled all her dreams and desires. After his first unfaithfulness Lynn was prepared to forgive her flatterer husband and find excuses for his weakness. H...



  • Jennifer Ames was not beautiful but she had a certain something that kept Peter Barrington in willing thraldom for ten years. One day they hoped to marry, and to speed the happy day, Jenny takes a job as governess to Lord Barclay's twin children,...



  • Gina and Charles Martin are young and passionately in love. Theirmarriage is perfect until Gina learns that she cannot have children.Her husband's failure to understand the effect this has on her causesher need for a baby to grow into an obsession. G...



  • Emma is sixteen years old and in love with Andrew, but he;s engaged toJulie, Emma's beautiful elder sister. When their two families go toFrance on holiday together, Emma is perturbed by Julie's casual attitudeto the engagement and her interest in Yve...



  • A sensitive, intensely dramatic story of a woman's search for fulfilment in love ... When her first marriage had gone on the rocks, she had sworn to herself it would never happen again. She and David had been so young, so unfitted to the monumental t...






  • Eve has been brought up at Corderhay Park by her adoptive parents Jack and Antoinette Corderhay, along with her younger half-sister Anne-Marie. As they grow up, Anne-Marie becomes a spoilt, wilful young woman who will stop at nothing to get her ow...



  • A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1963 and now available for the first time in eBook.It's 1962 and Jacqueline is fighting the temptation to ignore moral standards and conventions with her fiance, Chr...



  • Evelyn, Gay and Margaret are sisters. When their widowed mother dies,the caring Evelyn is thrust into looking after Margaret, who was bornblind. Gay, always pursuing her own interests, is happy to be taken outby the rich Gordon de Verriland, leaving ...



  • A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1944 and now available for the first time in eBook.Jonquil Mathews had lived a sheltered life with her parents in their luxurious home, until the day her fiancĂ© Sim...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Patricia Robins has published 53 books.

Patricia Robins does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, To the Stars, was published in May 2011.

The first book by Patricia Robins, The Adventures of the Three Baby Bunnies, was published in January 1934.

Yes. Patricia Robins has 2 series.