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Mary Jo Putney
  • Bibliography:
    72 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1987
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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About the Author

Mary Jo Putney was born in New York. After earning degrees in English literature and Industrial Design, she worked for a magazine in London and a design firm in California. She eventually settled down in Baltimore, Maryland to become a freelance graphic designer. She needed to purchase a computer for business and soon realized that it was the ultimate writing tool. Her first novel, a Regency romance, sold in a week and she was offered a three-book contract immediately. That was in 1987 and, since then, she has published over 25 books. She writes primarily historical and contemporary romance but also publishes fantasy romances under the pen name M.J. Putney. She has won numerous awards for her romance novels.

Ms. Putney is unmarried and still lives in Baltimore.

Full Series List in Order

Bride Trilogy

0.5 - Uncommon Vows (Apr-1991)
1 - The Wild Child (Jul-1999)
2 - The China Bride (Aug-2000)
3 - The Bartered Bride (Apr-2002)

Circle of Friends

1 - The Burning Point // Stirring the Embers (May-2000)
2 - The Spiral Path // Phoenix Falling (Jan-2002)
3 - Twist of Fate // An Imperfect Process (Aug-2003)
3.5 - A Holiday Fling (Nov-2002)

Dangerous Gifts

1 - Silver Lady (Dec-2023)

Davenports

0.5 - The Would-Be Widow (Jul-1988)
0.5 - The Bargain (Nov-1999)
1 - The Diabolical Baron (Nov-1987)
2 - The Rake and the Reformer (Sep-1989)
2 - The Rake (Apr-1998)
3 - Sunshine for Christmas (Nov-1990)

Fallen Angels

1 - Thunder and Roses (May-1993)
2 - Petals in the Storm (Dec-1993)
3 - Dancing on the Wind (Oct-1994)
4 - Angel Rogue (Apr-1995)
5 - Shattered Rainbows (Feb-1996)
6 - River of Fire (Nov-1996)
7 - One Perfect Rose (Jun-1997)

Guardians

0.5 - The Alchemical Marriage (Feb-2004)
1 - A Kiss of Fate (Jul-2004)
2 - Stolen Magic (Jun-2005)
3 - The Marriage Spell (Jun-2006)
4 - A Distant Magic (Jul-2007)
4.1 - White Rose of Scotland (Jan-2010)
4.2 - The Tuesday Enchantress (Mar-2009)
4.3 - The Demon Dancer (Nov-2010)

The Lost Lords

1 - Loving a Lost Lord (Jul-2009)
2 - Never Less Than a Lady (May-2010)
3 - Nowhere Near Respectable (May-2011)
4 - No Longer a Gentleman (May-2012)
5 - Sometimes a Rogue (Sep-2013)
6 - Not Quite a Wife (Sep-2014)
7 - Not Always a Saint (Aug-2015)

Regency Trilogy

1 - The Would-Be Widow (Jul-1988)
1 - The Bargain (Nov-1999)
2 - The Controversial Countess (Jan-1989)
2 - Petals in the Storm (Dec-1993)
3 - The Rogue and the Runaway (Jul-1990)
3 - Angel Rogue (Apr-1995)

Rogues Redeemed

1 - Once a Soldier (Jul-2016)
2 - Once a Rebel (Sep-2017)
3 - Once a Scoundrel (Sep-2018)
3.5 - One Wicked Winter Night (Sep-2019)
4 - Once a Spy (Sep-2019)
5 - Once Dishonored (Sep-2020)
6 - Once a Laird (Nov-2021)

The Silk Trilogy

1 - Silk and Shadows (Dec-1991)
2 - Silk and Secrets (Jul-1992)
3 - Veils of Silk (Dec-1992)

Starting Over

1 - The Burning Point // Stirring the Embers (May-2000)
2 - The Spiral Path // Phoenix Falling (Jan-2002)
3 - Twist of Fate // An Imperfect Process (Aug-2003)

Stone Saints

1 - The Marriage Spell (Jun-2006)

Book List in Order: 72 titles



  • The Wicked Wager Jason Kincaid, nineteenth Baron Radford, was devastatingly handsome, fabulously wealthy, and thoroughly ruthless. What he wanted, he got, and now what he wanted was to win a wager that he could make Miss Caroline Hanscombe his bri...



  • A Make-Believe Marriage Turned Real Beautiful Lady Jocelyn Kendal had two pressing reasons to find a husband. First, she would lose her vast legacy to her grasping cousin Elvira if she did not. And second, the man she adored, the dashing Duke of C...



  • NO DISGUISE FOR DESIRE Beautiful, young, dark-haired Comtesse Marie-Christine D'Estelle was stripped of title, family and fortune by the terror of the French Revolution. But after her escape to England, she faced even greater danger at the hands of ...



  • SHE HAD PARIS AT HER FEET -- AND A HANDSOME LORD ON HER TRAIL Ravishingly beautiful Countess Magda Janos was the toast of Paris and the center of a swarm of suitors. But who was this gorgeous creature? Two men knew the truth about her. Attracti...



  • PASSION'S PERILOUS PROGRESS Beautiful Alys Weston had found a refuge from heartbreak in a most unlikely post. Fleeing a treacherous suitor, she had become manager of an isolated country estate by masquerading by mail as a man. But now her m...



  • A MIX-UP OF MATCHING Baroness Antonia Thornton was the most stunning and shocking young lady of the ton. Judith Winslow was Antonia's companion, her gentle loveliness a perfect compliment to Antonia's bold beauty, her quiet good sense an ideal ant...



  • Diana's body melted to his touch. But suddenly she was afraid, not of this dark man with cool eyes and warm hands, but herself.... Beautiful Diana LIndsay entered into a daring masquerade when she came to London posing as a dazzling courtesan. All...



  • MISCHIEF FOR MAXIMA Dark-haired and daring Miss Maxima Collins found it hard to play by the Regency rules. She far preferred the free and easy ways of her native America to the straitjacket of aristocratic English manners and morals. But when ...



  • Sunshine for Christmas follows a lonely young aristocrat to Italy for the holidays, where he finds something even more precious than sunshine. (The hero, Lord Randolph Lennox, was a secondary character in Putney's RITA-winning novel, The Rake.)...






  • Quest of Desire Lady Meriel de Vere had deceived Adrian, Earl of Shropshire. Standing in the royal forest, her falcon perched on her arm, she boldly claimed to be a Welsh commoner, not a noble Norman. Lord Adrian beheld in wonder her raven-black h...



  • The Christmas Cuckoo features level-headed young Meg who goes to the local coaching inn and comes home with the wrong Jack Howard. And like a true cuckoo in the nest, Jack doesn't want to leave!...



  • He called himself Peregrine, and like the falcon he was wild and free. He was superbly handsome, fabulously wealthy, overwhelmingly seductive. He cut a dazzling swath through Victorian society--and wove a web of desire around beautiful and proud Lady...



  • A DESERT FLOWER . . . At seventeen, fiery Juliet Cameron had it all. She was beautiful, well-traveled as the daughter of a British diplomat, and married to the dashing and adventuresome Lord Ross Carlisle. But the constraints of Victorian society ...



  • The Christmas Tart is the tale of Nicole, a young Frenchwoman down on her luck in London, whose stark choice for survival gives her--and her kitten--a new chance for happiness. ...



  • The Black Beast of Belleterre is a "Beauty and the Beast" Victorian tale of a beautiful young artist and the husband who believes he cannot be loved. ...



  • Laura Cameron thinks she has suppressed her sensual nature behind a facade of Victorian propriety, until she meets the courageous army major Ian Cameron. The golden-eyed Laura offers hope for a new life to Ian after his years of captivity in Central ...



  • PASSION'S BARGAIN They called him the Demon Earl. They said he could do anything. Son of a rogue and a gypsy, Nicholas Davies was a notorious rake until a shattering betrayal left him alone and embittered in the Welsh countryside. Desperation ...



  • An American Western English-born gambler Andrew Kane was ready to settle down when a wrongful conviction condemns him to be hanged. On his journey to the gallows, he meets despairing young widow Eliza Holden. Together, they find comfort and a stun...



  • SINS AND SECRETS A cool master of sensuality Rafe Whitbourne, Duke of Candover, earned his rakish reputation in the silken boudoirs of England's aristocracy, never giving away his hand or his heart. Then a vital mission for a friend takes him t...






  • Stunningly beautiful and extraordinarily wealthy, Sarah Vangelder had always wanted more for herself than to be sold into marriage for the price of a dukedom. But marriage to Justin Aubrey might be the adventure she's always dreamed of…....



  • DANGEROUS DECEPTION Like his namesake, Lucifer, Lord Strathmore, is known for unearthly beauty and diabolical cleverness. A tragic past has driven him to use his formidable talents to protect his country from secret enemies, and it is a job he do...



  • Rewrite of The Rogue and the Runaway THE ROGUE A master spy with the face of a fallen angel and a darkly heroic past, Lord Robert Andreville, returns to his ancestral home in Yorkshire after a dozen harrowing years spying against Napoleon. But ...



  • WHEN THEY'RE BAD ...THEY RE BETTER They're shameless, seductive, and steal your heart with a smile. Now these irresistible rogues and rakes, rebels and renegades, are captured in five all new, deliciously sexy stories by America's favorite authors...



  • FORBIDDEN DESIRE Honed by danger and haunted by the past, Lord Michael Kenyon finds it easy to risk his life for his country's sake. But in the shadow of war, he faces a far more dangerous threat --- the loss of his heart to the beautiful battlefi...



  • He was known as the Demon Warrior. As rebel, soldier, hero, and spy, Kenneth Wilding has never known defeat, until he returns from the Napoleonic wars to an empty title and a ravaged estate. Then a stranger offers a devil's bargain: financial salvati...



  • Few romance novels have touched readers as deeply or as lastingly as this classic by New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney. Poignant, passionate, and tender, One Perfect Rose is the story of two mismatched lovers drawn into a fragile, unfo...



  • A poignant romance where an impoverished gentleman discovers a woman to be treasured... Emma Stone, a lonely governess, inherits an unexpected fortune, and realizes that she can now have the husband and family she craves. Anthony Vaughn, the dashi...



  • A shy mortal girl rashly accepts a faery lord's offer of beauty and charm. Then he comes to claim a terrible price --- the loss of her new love and everything she holds dear....



  • Rewrite of The Rake and the Reformer THE RAKE It was predicted that Reginald Davenport, disinherited and disgraced, would come to a violent end. But fate has given him one final chance to redeem himself, by taking his place as the rightful mast...






  • Heartthrobs, Hunks, and Heroes... They make your heart race and inspire your most secret fantasies. They're your favorite heroes from movies and television, and they're about to make your dreams come true. Ten of today's top romance authors create wo...



  • Bribed by Kyle, his twin brother, Dominic Renbourne agrees to take his twin's place for a few weeks at Warfield Park where he is to pay court to Lady Meriel Grahame, the orphaned heiress Kyle intends to marry. The last thing Dominic expects is to be ...



  • Rewrite of The Would-Be Widow Marry in Haste... Facing a marriage deadline, Lady Jocelyn Kendal impulsively weds Major David Lancaster, a penniless officer dying of wounds received at Waterloo. In return, his younger sister will receive a generou...



  • Kate Corsi always dreamed of working for her family's world-famous explosive demolition business -- a wish her old-fashioned father denied her until the day he died. According to his will, Kate will receive a fortune, while her ex-husband, Donovan, w...



  • Born to a Scottish father and a Chinese mother, Troth Montgomery dreamed of someday traveling to Scotland, until the death of her father condemned her to a shadowy life as an interpreter in Canton. Then Kyle Renbourne, viscount and adventurer, discov...



  • This novel has been published as Phoenix Falling. (January 2013). It was originally released under its original title, The Spiral Path (January 2002). The second contemporary novel by New York Times bestselling author, The Spiral Path sweeps from...



  • After building a fortune in the exotic East, American adventurer and merchant prince Gavin Elliott sets his sails for London to begin a new life. Then fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies where a European woman faces degradation a...



  • Celebrate! I love writing Christmas stories because they include three of my favorite things--tradition, lots of emotion, and a guaranteed happy ending. That's why I'm delighted that Berkley is offering this holiday collection, which includes four...



  • Corporate law has given Val Covington high-profile success, Armani suits--and no time for a life. Recklessly she walks away from her uptown job and starts her own practice, determined to do work that matters. Renting a remodeled church for her new of...



  • Hearts collide and desire consumes in worlds and ages far from our own.... Six of today's most popular authors join talents in this unique anthology that shows love can conquer all...even the boundaries of time and space. These stories--many featu...






  • Laird of an ancient Scottish clan, Duncan Macrae also possesses the secret powers of the Guardians--humans with mystical abilities to control nature's forces and see into the hearts of others. Duncan has sworn to use his abilities for the greater goo...



  • Soldier, Warrior, Rebel . . . He makes you cry for his pain and cheer for his victories. He fills your daydreams and remains etched in your memory for all time. He's the wounded hero--the most compelling figure in romantic fiction. And he's about...



  • Welcome to Brokenoggin Falls, population 567 (sometimes) where: - The housewives are not only desperate, they're Witches - The skeletons in the closet are as real as the bodies in the cellars - The spells cast by moonlight frequently go awry -...



  • New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney is acclaimed by critics and readers alike for unforgettable storytelling and arresting characters. Now she introduces a Regency England you’ve never seen before, where dazzling magic is practiced in ...



  • Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons-and love-in all their many forms. Four of today's most popular authors bring to life mythical creatures, otherworlds of yesterday and today, and the passionate melding of heart...



  • A dazzling romantic fantasy that takes readers not only from the elegant streets of London to a dangerously tempting Mediterranean island but across time. Jean Macrae’s family is one of the most prominent clans of Guardians, humans whose magical...



  • It's not every day that Charlie meets a gorgeous fellow Guardian but this might be his lucky day... or a really, really unlucky one when the two are put in a hostage situation. (from Amazon review by Rhianna Walker) About the anthology: Fall i...



  • In the first of a dazzling series, Mary Jo Putney introduces the Lost Lords--maverick childhood friends with a flair for defying convention. Each is about to discover the woman who is his perfect match--but perfection doesn't come easily, even for th...



  • Romance and destiny intertwine in four all-new novellas inspired by grail quests-featuring two New York Times bestselling authors From the bestselling and award-winning authors of Dragon Lovers comes an anthology of fantasy, romance, and eternal l...



  • From the bestselling and award-winning authors of "Dragon Lovers" come four new passionate and enchanting novellas of the Holy Grail. A nun must marry and summon the Grail to bring peace to England. A Regency lady must keep it safe from Napoleon's...






  • New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney continues her stunning Lost Lords series with this stirring, sensual story of a rebellious nobleman drawn to a lovely widow with a shocking past. As the sole remaining heir to the Earl of Daventry, ...



  • IN this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyp...



  • Mary Jo Putney's riveting Lost Lords series unleashes a high stakes royal plot -- which may prove easier for Damian Mackenzie to handle than his own unruly desire... He's a bastard and a gambler and society's favorite reprobate. But to Lady Kiri L...



  • Love, say the romantic-minded, is only natural -- except when it's supernatural. When mortal men and women find themselves attracted to vampires, spirits, demons, fairies, and other fantastic beings, love may blossom, even as it does among humans -- ...



  • Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, never met a predicament he couldn't charm his way out of. Then a tryst with a government official's wife during a bit of casual espionage in France condemns him to a decade in a dungeon, leaving him a shadow of his former ...



  • Confections that charm and delight, like the holidays themselves. --RT Book Reviews

    Unwrap the most romantic of Regency delights in this sparkling holiday collection. . .

    Christmastime in England--a time for passionate secrets, delicio...



  • Sometimes... Even the most proper young lady yearns for adventure. But when the very well bred Miss Sarah Clarke-Townsend impulsively takes the place of her pregnant twin, it puts her own life at risk. If the kidnappers after her sister discover the...



  • Marry in haste, repent at leisure. James, Lord Kirkland, owns a shipping fleet, half a London gaming house, and is a ruthlessly effective spymaster. He is seldom self-indulgent. . .except when it comes to the gentle, indomitable beauty who was onc...



  • The Black Widow Daniel Herbert has come to London in search of a wife, someone sensible who can oversee his newly inherited properties, leaving him free to pursue his life's work as a doctor. He never expects to become intoxicated by a woman as my...



  • Christmas 1815. Upstairs and downstairs, Holbourne Hall is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the year’s most festive -- and romantic -- holiday. For at the top of each guest’s wish list is a last chance to find true love befor...



  • Two times, two places, two tender holiday romances...The Best Husband Money Can Buy*Regency England*Emma Stone, a lonely governess, inherits an unexpected fortune, and realizes that she can now have the husband and family she craves. Anthony Vaughn,...



  • Rogues Redeemed As heir to a title and great wealth, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead he went to war. Now, after perilous years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But ...



  • A ROGUE REDEEMED As Washington burns, Callista Brooke is trapped in the battle between her native England and her adopted homeland. She is on the verge of losing everything, including her life, when a handsome Englishman cuts through the violent c...



  • An outcast on the high seas... The son of a proud naval dynasty, Gabriel Hawkins was born to command the sea, until he leaves the Royal Navy in disgrace and is disowned by his family. As captain of his own ship, he’s earned his living in ways both...



  • Love and survival in the shadow of Waterloo . . . Wearied by his years as a British intelligence officer, Simon Duval resigns his commission after Napoleon's abdication. Hoping to find new meaning in his life, he returns to England, where he disco...



  • This winter, steal away with the reigning queens of Regency Romance . . . to a surprise snowstorm, the comfort of a blazing fire, and the heat of a lover’s kisses . . . Dressed as a veiled princess, Lady Diana Lawrence is shocked to discover th...



  • Bestselling author Mary Jo Putney’s romantic Regency-set series features soldiers, spies -- and the special redemption only love can bring . . . A man who has lost his honor has nothing . . . London, 1816. As a Royal Navy officer, Lucas Man...



  • The reigning legendary queens of Regency Romance, bestselling authors Madeline Hunter, Sabrina Jeffries, and Mary Jo Putney, deck the halls with this delightful Christmas collection of three sparkling holiday interconnected romances, as stranded trav...



  • Searching for sunshine… Lonely and depressed by far too much rain, Lord Randolph Lennox decides on impulse to take the first ship leaving London for the sunny Mediterranean. Chance brings him to Naples -- where it's also raining. But t...



  • Bridgerton fans and readers of Mary Balogh, Grace Burrowes, and Stephanie Laurens won’t want to miss this thrilling and clever new love story from the historical romance legend. After the death of his fiancée, Kai Ramsay left Scotland to roam ...



  • A Chance Christmas Connection Tired of dealing with legalities relating to his father's unexpected death, new baronet Sir Philip Selbourne is ready to leave London and head home for Christmas. But having spent a boyhood rescuing strays, he'...



  • A smoldering nobleman and a beautiful amnesiac with paranormal gifts discover they share a powerful passion, a unique legacy -- and a common enemy. Together they faced the past . . . A sense of duty sends Bran Tremayne to Cornwall to confront h...



  • From New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney, the second in an intoxicating historical romance series set on the rugged Cornish coast and in war-torn France filled with swashbuckling adventure and real-life history, intrigue and an unshakeab...


Award-Winning Books by Mary Jo Putney

Dancing on the Wind
1995 Rita Award -- Long Historical Romance
A Kiss of Fate
2004 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Paranormal
Loving a Lost Lord
2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- K.I.S.S. ('Knight In Shining Silver') Hero
No Longer a Gentleman
2012 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romantic Adventure
One Perfect Rose
1997 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Cabin/Road Romance
1997 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most-Hanky Read
1997 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Around Romance
1997 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best Historical Single Title Romance
1998 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
The Rake and the Reformer
1989 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Regency Novel
1990 Rita Award -- Regency Romance
1996 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
1997 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
2000 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
2001 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
2002 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Regency Romance
River of Fire
1996 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best Regency Romance
1997 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Historical Romance
Silk and Secrets
1993 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romance Sequel
The Spiral Path // Phoenix Falling
2002 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Tortured Hero
2002 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Around Romance
2002 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
The Wild Child
1999 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best Historical Single Title Romance
1999 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Regency Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Jo Putney has published 72 books.

The next book by Mary Jo Putney, Golden Lord, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by Mary Jo Putney, The Diabolical Baron, was published in November 1987.

Yes. Mary Jo Putney has 12 series.