Mary Jo Putney


Mary Jo Putney is an American author of over twenty-five historical and contemporary romance novels. She has also published romantic fantasy novels as M.J. Putney. Her books are known for their unusual subject matter, including alcoholism, death, and domestic abuse.

Biography

Putney was born and raised in New York. She attended Syracuse University, earning degrees in English literature and Industrial design. She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design business.
After purchasing her first computer for her business, Putney realized that it would make writing very easy. She began work on her first novel, a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract immediately. In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published. Since then, she has published twenty-nine books. Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. The vast majority of her works have been historical romance, although she did write three contemporary romances. She has also begun writing fantasy romance and romantic fantasy as M.J. Putney.
According to IUP Magazine, Mary Jo Putney wed John Rekus, a consulting engineer, on April 14, 2012 at the castle at Maryvale. They reside at their estate in Ruxton, Maryland along with their four cats.

Awards

Putney has won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award twice, for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and has been a RITA finalist nine times. She is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for bestselling authors, and has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and four Golden Leaf Awards.

As M.J. Putney

Dark Mirror

  • Dark Mirror
  • Dark Passage
  • ''Dark Destiny''

    As Mary Jo Putney

Single novels

  • Lady of Fortune
  • Uncommon Vows
  • Carousel of Hearts
  • Dearly Beloved
  • ''The Bargain''

    Davenport Series

  1. The Diabolical Baron
  2. The Rake
  3. "Sunshine for Christmas" in ''A Regency Christmas II''

    Bride Trilogy

  4. The Wild Child
  5. The China Bride
  6. ''The Bartered Bride''

    Silk Trilogy

  7. Silk and Shadows
  8. Silk and Secrets
  9. Veils of Silk
  10. ''Christmas Silks''

    Fallen Angels Series

  11. Thunder and Roses
  12. Petals in the Storm
  13. Dancing on the Wind
  14. Angel Rogue
  15. Shattered Rainbows
  16. River of Fire
  17. ''One Perfect Rose''

    Circle of Friends Series

  18. The Burning Point
  19. The Spiral Path
  20. "A Holiday Fling" in Christmas Revels
  21. ''Twist of Fate''

    Guardian Series

  22. "The Alchemical Marriage" in Irresistible Forces
  23. A Kiss of Fate
  24. Stolen Magic
  25. A Distant Magic
  26. "The Tuesday Enchantress" in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance
  27. "The White Rose of Scotland" in Chalice of Roses reissued as Unseen Magic
  28. "The Demon Dancer" in ''Songs of Love and Death''

    Stone Saint Series

  29. ''The Marriage Spell''

    Lost Lords Series

  30. Loving a Lost Lord
  31. Never Less than a Lady
  32. Nowhere Near Respectable
  33. No Longer a Gentleman
  34. Sometimes a Rogue
  35. Not Quite A Wife
  36. ''Not Always A Saint''

    Rogues Redeemed Series

  37. Once a Soldier
  38. Once a Rebel
  39. Once a Scoundrel
  40. Once a Spy
  41. Once Dishonored
  42. ''Once a Laird''

    Dangerous Gifts

  43. Silver Lady
  44. ''Golden Lord''

    Collections

  • Christmas Revels includes 5 novellas: Sunshine for Christmas, The Christmas Cuckoo, The Christmas Tart, The Black Beast of Belleterre, and A Holiday Fling
  • Dangerous to Know includes the novel The Diabolical Baron and the novella Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
  • Christmas Mischief includes 3 novellas: Sunshine for Christmas, The Christmas Cuckoo, and The Christmas Tart

    Omnibus in Collaboration

  • "The Christmas Cuckoo" in A Regency Christmas
  • "The Christmas Tart" in A Regency Christmas IV
  • "The Black Beast of Belleterre" in A Victorian Christmas reissued in Christmas Roses
  • "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know" in Rakes and Rogues reissued in Captured Hearts
  • "The Wedding of the Century" in Promised Brides reissued in Bride by Arrangement
  • "The Devil's Spawn" in Dashing and Dangerous
  • "Goldspun Promises" / "No Brighter Dream" / "Dancing on the Wind"
  • "Dangerous Gifts" in Faery Magic reissued as Beware Faery Gifts
  • "The Best Husband Money Can Buy" in Stocking Full of Joy
  • "Avalon" in In Our Dreams
  • "The Stargazer's Familiar" in A Constellation of Cats reissued in The Journey Home
  • "A Dragon's Tale" in Bewitched, Bothered and BeVampyred
  • "The Dragon and the Dark Knight" in Dragon Lovers
  • "She Stoops to Wenchdom" in Mischief and Mistletoe
  • "One Wicked Winter Night" in ''Seduction on a Snowy Night''