Jadis, les chemins de Catherine Melbourne et de lord Michael se sont croisés à plusieurs reprises, en Espagne, pendant la guerre, puis à Bruxelles. Mais les sentiments qui ont fleuri au fil des ans n'ont jamais pu s'exprimer car Catherine était mariée. Aujourd'hui veuve, elle est dans l'embarras : afin de toucher un héritage qui protégera l'avenir de sa fille, elle doit dénicher un complice qui jouera le rôle de son mari. Désespérée, Catherine se tourne vers Michael. Sachant qu'il l'aidera sans hésiter, et qu'elle devra mentir et tromper cet homme qui est le seul à avoir jamais fait battre son cour...

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This novel has been previously released under the title Twist of Fate. From bestselling author Mary Jo Putney comes an emotionally charged story of a man and a woman brought together by a passion for justice, a hunger for change, and an imperfect process. 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 office gives her an unexpected bonus in the form of her landlord.  Rob Smith is the kind of guy Val is always attracted to: mysterious, handsome, and haunted.  Which means, based on her track record, that he is also a loser, but this time she's smart enough to avoid involvement with the wrong man. Then Val's assistant makes a desperate plea for help in saving her one-time lover from being executed for a crime he didn't commit.  Val agrees to try, though success seems impossible.  Rob, who has private reasons for wanting to work with Val, offers his formidable investigative skills in the quest for justice. Working against the clock, Rob and Val discover irresistible mutual passion as well long hidden secrets.  But will their new evidence be enough to save a life?  And can two very different people change enough to build a life together? Perhaps they can, when fate takes a hand.. This novel 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 An Imperfect Process:"[An Imperfect Process]takes on the increasingly timely topic of the death penalty.  By continuing to tackle difficult subjects while delivering amazing entertainment, Putney is becoming one of the most potent voices in fiction today.  Powerful emotions and unforgettable characters make [this] one of the best books of the year."-Romantic Times  "With fully realized characters and a finely designed plot, Putney presents a convincing look at what is right and what is wrong with our system of justice."-Booklist "I highly recommend [An Imperfect Process], the third book in the Circle of Friends series (after The Burning Point and The Spiral Path.). It's an emotionally-charged story of honor, courage, and the healing power of love, with complex, multi-layered characters-a book readers will remember long after the last page is turned."-Romance Reviews Today 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.

An Imperfect Process - Circle of Friends, #3

*Romance Writers of America RITA Award and Golden Choice Finalist* A Dangerous Bargain... They called him the Demon Earl. They said he could do anything. Son of a rogue and a gypsy, Nicolas Davies was a notorious rake until a shattering betrayal left him alone and embittered in the Welsh countryside. Desperation drives quiet schoolmistress Clare Morgan to ask the Demon Earl to help save her village. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, Nicholas sets an impossible price on his aid-only if Clare will live with him for three months, letting the world think the worst, will he intervene. Furiously Clare accepts his outrageous challenge, and finds herself drawn into a glittering Regency world of danger and desire. As allies, she and Nicholas fight to save her community. As adversaries, they explore the hazardous terrain of power and sensuality. And as lovers, they surrender to a passion that threatens the foundations of their lives.. "Both sublimely romantic and scorchingly sensual, Thunder and Roses is an extraordinary romance from an extraordinary author."-Romantic TimesBooks 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 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.

Thunder & Roses - Fallen Angels, #1

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

Assise près de la fenêtre de son atelier, Rebecca Seaton s'exerce à croquer sur le vif les passants de Mayfair. Peindre est sa passion et la jeune femme fait preuve d'un réel talent. Elle a de qui tenir : sir Anthony Seaton, son père, est le plus illustre portraitiste d'Angleterre.Soudain, l'attention de Rebecca est attirée par un homme à la carrure imposante et au port arrogant. Une cicatrice barre ses traits anguleux. On dirait un pirate égaré dans ce quartier huppé... Quel sujet intéressant ! Accepterait-il de poser pour elle ?Bien que peu conformiste, Rebecca ne se sent pas le courage de se précipiter dans la rue pour le lui demander.Mais ce n'est que partie remise. Quelques heures plus tard, son père lui présente Kenneth Wilding, son nouveau secrétaire. Rebecca sursaute : bonté divine, le pirate ! De son côté, Kenneth éprouve une certaine contrariété. Cette ravissante personne risque de compliquer sa mission.

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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

« Vous ne pouvez pas vous tromper avec une romance de Mary Jo Putney ! » Sabrina Jeffries « Enivrant et parfaitement romantique : vous serez complètement envoûtés. » Eloisa James Rêvant d'aventures, Sarah Clarke-Townsend se fait passer pour sa jumelle enceinte. Or si les ravisseurs aux trousses de sa soeur découvrent la supercherie, Sarah risque de le payer très cher... Rob Carmichael est un des plus grands coureurs de Bow Street, avec un don particulier pour secourir les demoiselles en détresse. Il est alors engagé pour retrouver Sarah en Irlande. Mais qu'il faille fuir à toute allure ou se jeter dans les bras de son sauveur, Sarah défie Rob à chaque tournant. Ces deux-là réussiront-ils à rentrer sains et saufs ? À moins qu'entretemps leur coeur ne soit touché...

La Confrérie des Lords, T5 : Pour l'amour d'un aventurier

A Desperate Lord... As rebel, soldier, hero, and spy, Kenneth Wilding had never known defeat. But nothing can save his heritage when he returns from the wars to an empty title and a ravaged estate. Nothing-until a stranger offers a devil's bargain: financial salvation in return for Kenneth's special subversive skills. Reluctantly Kenneth enters the household of the greatest artist in England to unmask a terrible crime. Instead, he discovers something infinitely more dangerous: a tantalizing new way of life and an irresistible woman. Everything he has always wanted-and can never have. A Scandalous Lady... Her reputation ruined by a disastrous elopement, tempestuous Rebecca Seaton withdraws to her attic studio and buries herself in her painting. Then Kenneth Wilding sweeps into her life with his pirate's face and poet's soul. Warily they slide into a duel of desire that brings both searing risks and shattering fulfillment. But Kenneth's secret mission comes between them, unleashing a danger that threatens Rebecca's life even as passion sweeps them into a river of fire that transforms their very souls.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"In this Regency romance, Putney offers a strong romantic relationship, good writing and memorable characters, and a portrayal of the London art world filled with jealousy and passion."-Publishers Weekly 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.

River of Fire - Fallen Angels, #6

Her exile becomes her destiny Sixteen year old Lady Victoria Mansfield is the cherished youngest child of a lord, and she is destined for a life of wealth and privilege.  But Tory has a shameful secret-a secret so powerful that, if exposed, it could strip her of her position and disgrace her family forever.  Tory's blood is tainted.by magic.  When a shocking accident forces Tory to demonstrate her despised power for all to see, she's immediately exiled to Lackland Abbey, a reform school for aristocratic young men and women who are cursed with magical power.  There she can be cured of her deplorable talents and maybe, if she's lucky, be able to return to society.  But all Tory has known and believed will be challenged at Lackland as she discovers friendship and love with fellow students who call themselves Merlin's Irregulars, and are pledged to defend Britain whatever the cost. Even if that means traveling through time to face the guns of Dunkirk. *Dark Mirror was nominated by YALSA as one of the best YA novels of 2011* "Absolutely riveting.Putney creates a vivid historical fantasy and delivers a page turning read." -RT Book Reviews "I loved it!... Exciting, adventurous, romantic, and delightful!"-NY Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley *This book includes "Fallen from Grace, " a bonus short story set in the Dark Mirror world* 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, most of all, great stories!   The Lackland Abbey Chronicles: Dark Mirror  Dark Passage Dark Destiny

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