Mary Jo Putney


Mary Jo Putney is a best-selling 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

Single novels

  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

    Fallen Angels Series

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

    Circle of Friends Series

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

    Guardian Series

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

    Stone Saint Series

  28. The Marriage Spell

    Lost Lords Series

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

    Rogues Redeemed Series

  36. Once a Soldier
  37. Once a Rebel
  38. Once a Scoundrel
  39. Once a Spy

    Collections