Bestselling author M. J. Putney's spellbinding new romantic fantasy will sweep you from Wales's mysterious forests to the glittering menace of Georgian London-and into a shattering rendezvous with fate. Heir to an ancient title, Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer, is well known among the Guardians, humans with magical powers derived from nature. Well known, but not always well loved .

Stolen Magic - The Guardian Trilogy, #2

This time danger threatens their homes Tory and her friends are celebrating the success of a second mission to aid WWII Britain when an urgent summons calls them back to their own time: Napoleon is on the brink of invading England. Can a handful of young mages stop an army? In desperation, Merlin's Irregulars ask Rebecca Weiss, an untrained telepath from 1940, to come back to 1804 and change Napoleon's mind before it's too late. Rebecca agrees, willing to risk anything for the friends who saved her family--even her life and her budding relationship with Nick Rainford. A daring mission takes Tory and Rebecca and their friends into the heart of the Army of Boulogne, where Napoleon is gathering ships and plotting invasion. But while their success may save England, they must still face the bittersweet consequences of their decisions when they return home. "(This) rollicking adventure will have you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend Dark Destiny. Do not miss it!"-Dottie, RomanceJunkies.com The Lackland Abbey Chronicles  Dark Mirror (Includes a bonus short story about Allarde, "Fallen from Grace." Dark Passage Dark Destiny  M. J. Putney is the YA alter ego of New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney.   The winner of numerous awards for her romances, M. J. is fond of reading, cats, travel, and most of all, great stories!

Dark Destiny - The Lackland Abbey Chronicles, #3

A Romantic Fantasy *Novella* set in England, in the Days of Knights, Ladies, and Dragons The Bar Sinister and a Damsel in DistressBase-born Sir Kenrick of Rathbourne has earned his living as an itinerant tournament knight. His skill supports him and his squire, but his dream of a manor and wife and family seems impossibly distant. Then he hears of a wealthy baron in Cornwall who is looking for a champion to slay the dragon that is terrorizing his lands. The reward will be a manor by the sea. Kenrick believes dragons are only a legend-but the prize makes the story worth investigating. But there really is a dragon--and a dozen knights have failed to vanquish it. And when he finds a luminous lady in distress, the real challenge is protecting her and her dragon. The Dragon and the Dark Knight novella was originally published in the Dragon Lovers anthology. "What a marvelous presentation of romantical dragons, showing off for the ladies, or man of their choice, happenstance or traditional. Very, very good collection for all hungry draconaphiles, aka dragonlovers. Well written, stylish and above all inventive."-Anne McCaffrey "In Mary Jo Putney's exquisitely crafted and deliciously witty [novella] The Dragon and the Dark Knight, freelance knight Kenrick of Rathbourne is hired to slay a dragon but changes his mind after meeting the mysterious Lady Ariane."-Booklist "Mary Jo Putney's [novella] starts out as a classic but develops a twist that startles and delights."-M. D. BenoitAbout the AuthorM. J. Putney is the pen name of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney. Her novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

The Dragon and the Dark Knight

The Beauty and the Beast: a haunted and hidden lord, a desperate young beauty, and a marriage of convenience between two people who yearn for more. James Markland, Lord Falconer, knows that he is ugly, very ugly, and he lives a life of seclusion, wearing a heavily cowled mantle to conceal his face from the world. When he learns that a neighboring girl, the exquisite young Ariel Hawthorne, is about to be sold into marriage with a revolting lecher, he offers her the only protection he can: his name. Of course it will be a marriage in name only, because what woman could want him? A talented artist, Ariel is cursed by her beauty and vulnerability.  Though she never sees her husband's face, she is drawn to his kindness and generosity, but he is determined to push her away.  Will he allow her to love him before it's too late?  Perhaps the magic of Christmas can bring them together.  *This seasonal stand-alone Regency novella is also published in the author's Christmas Revels collection. What readers say: "The Black Beast of Belleterre [is] the perfect Beauty and the Beast retelling with every detail wonderfully re-envisioned." "When I was a teen, I read this and fell in love with The Black Beast Of Belleterre. It is a Beauty and the Beast sort of tale. It pulls in everything we hope for in a love story!" "[The Black Beast of Belleterre] was an amazing story!" About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

The Black Beast of Belleterre: A Victorian Christmas Novella

This novel was previously published as Phoenix Falling. It is now being rereleased under its original title The Spiral Path. The second contemporary novel by New York Times bestselling author, The Spiral Path sweeps from the distant mountains of New Mexico to the rolling hills of the English countryside in a story of love, loss, reconciliation-and the hard work of making movies. For years, Kenzie Scott was everything to Raine Marlowe-the friend she turned to for courage and comfort, the lover who touched the hidden depths of her heart, the husband she adored but never really knew.  Even as their marriage disintegrates into a civilized divorce, he helps her achieve her dream of becoming a director by agreeing to play the lead in The Centurion, the movie she has dreamed of making for years. Rainey knows the role of the mysterious, tortured hero is perfect for Kenzie-but he fears that the character's dark secrets may be dangerously close to his own.  When filming begins, Kenzie realizes that he must make peace with the tragic past he has buried for years-or lose the one woman he will love for all time. The Spiral Path was named a "Top PIck!" by Romantic Times Magazine. The Circle of Friends Trilogy:#1: The Burning Point#2: The Spiral Path#3: An Imperfect Process#4: A Holiday Fling (A Circle of Friends Novella) Praise for The Spiral Path:"The Spiral Path is one of the most gripping and darkly emotional books to come along in a long while. [Putney's] books hold out such promise of hope, redemption and triumph that you will be unable to put them down."-Romantic Times  "Putney handles her potentially melodramatic material with emotional honesty and insight while maintaining the taut romantic tension between her richly developed, complicated protagonists."-Publishers Weekly "As always, Putney can be relied on to deliver something different. The result is a book that will take your breath away from the first page to the last.. there is only one word for it: unforgettable. Ultimately, it's a keeper of a story that only an author like Putney can tell-and tell very, very well."-AllAboutRomance.com "Mary Jo Putney is writing from her heart and soul, and the writing is divine in The Spiral Path. It takes you down some harrowing rabbit holes from hell but then it spits you out into the sparkling rays of the sun and surrounds you with the glorious glow of love. Ms. Putney is first class all the way!"-The Belles and Beaux of Romance About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

The Spiral Path - Circle of Friends, #2

*RITA Award Winner for Best Long Historical Romance* Dangerous Deceivers... Like his nickname, Lucifer, Lord Strathmore is know for unearthly beauty and diabolical cleverness. A tragic past has driven Lucien to use his formidable talents to protect his country from hidden enemies. It's a job he does superbly well-until he meets a mysterious woman whose skill at deception is the equal of his own. By turns glamorous and subdued, his enchanting adversary baffles his mind even as she dazzles his senses. A perilous mission has forced Kit Travers into a deadly gave of shifting identities and needful lies, where a single misstep might cost Kit her life. But her disguises are easily penetrated by the Earl of Strathmore, who may be a vital ally-or a lethal enemy. Unwilling to trust, yet unable to part, Kit and Lucien join forces to search the dangerous underside of London society. Yet even two master deceivers cannot escape passion's sensual web-or from an impossible love more precious than life itself. Books in the Fallen Angels series:Book 1: Thunder & RosesBook 2: Dancing on the WindBook 3: Petals in the StormBook 4: Angel RogueBook 5: Shattered RainbowsBook 6: River of FireBook 7: One Perfect Rose"With surprises around every turn of the page and a story that keeps you guessing right up until the end, Dancing on the Wind is Mary Jo Putney at her best, combining suspense, humor, and a unique style of sensuality (perhaps surprising to gentle readers!). Readers will be enthralled and enraptured with this irresistible tale."-Romantic Times  About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

Dancing on the Wind - Fallen Angels, #2

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 to reissue this holiday collection which includes four of my classic historical novellas, plus my only contemporary novella.  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 my RITA winning novel, The Rake.) 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!  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.  Of course he's wrong! In A Holiday Fling, a British actress and a Hollywood cameraman team up to film a Christmas show for a good cause.  Anything that happens between them will be a strictly temporary holiday fling-or might it be more? What all these tales have in common is two people discovering life's greatest gift, love, at the happiest time of the year.  Enjoy! -Mary Jo Putney

Christmas Revels: Five Novellas

La fiancée chinoise Au début de 1832, après plusieurs années passées à parcourir l'Orient, Kyle Renbourne débarque enfin à Macao. La Chine est le but ultime de son voyage. Depuis son enfance, il rêve de visiter le temple de Hoshan, merveille de l'architecture dont il possède une gravure. Grande est sa déception lorsqu'il apprend qu'aucun étranger n'est autorisé à pénétrer à l'intérieur des terres. L'administration chinoise confine les Fan-qui dans un quartier réservé de Canton et les fait surveiller par des espions. Intrigué par le comportement du jeune interprète qu'on lui a affecté, Kyle découvre bientôt que, sous les vêtements masculins, se dissimule une ravissante Eurasienne. Orpheline, Mei-Lian veut fuir la Chine et se réfugier en Écosse, d'où son père était originaire. Voilà l'occasion de conclure un marché et d'organiser une expédition clandestine à Hoshan ! Qui plus est, en délicieuse compagnie...

La fiancée chinoise

La compétence est un grand créateur de confiance.

Un vicaire plein d'esprit a dit un jour qu'un bon mariage est comme une paire de ciseaux avec le couple inséparable, se déplaçant souvent dans des directions opposées, mais détruisant toujours quiconque se met entre eux. L'astuce consiste à ce que les lames apprennent à travailler en douceur ensemble, afin de ne pas se couper.

Mais la gratitude ne me ferait pas t'aimer comme moi. L'amour a été inspiré par ce que vous êtes - le bien, le mauvais et même le stupide, c'est ce que vous êtes en ce moment.

Les parents et les enfants ont été mis sur Terre pour se donner le chagrin. Tu étais ma punition pour la façon dont je me suis comporté à mon propre père. Et j'aurai ma vengeance quand vous aurez vos propres enfants.

[À New York :] Du point de vue des rendez-vous, c'est comme une très grande braderie – beaucoup d'objets étranges, mais très peu que vous voudriez rapporter à la maison.

J `aime noel. Un temps pour ralentir et profiter de la vie et être avec ma famille et mes amis. Dans les années occupées, cela me maintient sain d'esprit. Dans les mauvaises années, cela me fait me sentir à nouveau entier.

Nous grandissons tous en pensant que nos parents nous ont trouvés sous des feuilles de chou et que le sexe n'existait pas avant notre passage personnel.

Les principes sont parfois un luxe inabordable.

Si la mort est inévitable, il faut essayer de bien mourir.

Vous n'avez pas besoin d'être fou pour être écrivain, mais cela aide certainement

Énigmatique - la qualité de garder le silence et de faire se demander les gens si l'on est stupide plutôt que d'ouvrir sa bouche et de retirer tout doute.

La vie est beaucoup plus confortable si l'on ne s'attend pas à ce que ce soit juste.

Mais pourquoi, pensa-t-elle avec ironie, un homme semblait-il plus attirant alors qu'il est devenu moins disponible? Quelle humeur de penser que l'on avait tant de choses en commun avec une vache étirant son cou à travers une porte pour une meilleure herbe.

Les Européens ont condamné la liaison des pieds chinois, mais toute société qui avait inventé le corset avait beaucoup à répondre.

J'ai toujours considéré cette ville comme Disneyland pour les adultes. ... Il n'y a aucun danger que Las Vegas expire d'un excès de bon goût.

Comme les chats et la crème glacée, les averses faisaient partie des plaisirs simples et simples de la vie.

Ce que l'on aime dans l'enfance reste dans le cœur pour toujours.

Une fois que vous pouvez simuler la sincérité, vous pouvez simuler n'importe quoi.

Mon frère a dit qu'à Eton, les étudiants ont été informés du caractère de la construction. Je suppose que les filles sont moins canées parce que nous ne pensons pas avoir beaucoup de caractère. "" Ce qui est le genre de chose que les hommes disent quand elles ne connaissent aucune femme.

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