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A printing error left out p 362 in some copies of No Longer a Gentleman paperback. The e-book copies are fine I'm very sorry that this happened to my readers.
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Missing Page 362 from No Longer a Gentleman
Run, Gerbil, run!
That’s how 2011 felt. <G> I wrote my third YA novel, Dark Destiny, in the last three months of the year, taking two days off for Christmas. I am not cut out to work this hard! Luckily, 2012 looks a little calmer, though far from boring.
I’ll have two new books and a major reissue out this year. My classic 5 star and RITA winning book, The Rake, with its alcoholic hero, will be out in March 27th.
No Longer a Gentleman, fourth in my Lost Lords series, is now in stores and it just scored its first review. Better yet, it’s a starred review from Publishers Weekly!
(Starred Review) No Longer a Gentleman
Romance and wartime espionage mix delightfully in the fourth Lost Lords Regency (after Nowhere Near Respectable) from bestseller Putney. Experienced secret agent Cassie Fox is sent to France at the height of the Napoleonic wars in search of the long-missing Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, illegally imprisoned by the corrupt and vengeful official Claude Durand after a tryst with Durand’s wife. Even a successful rescue and the pair’s passionate encounters cannot heal the trauma of Grey’s decade-long ordeal or bridge the social gap between the dedicated spy with a mysterious past and the heir to an earldom. Cassie is an independent and impressively competent heroine who is both lover and savior for her troubled hero. The unusually balanced and sensitively depicted romantic duo, suspenseful adventure, and well-researched historical background make this a must for Regency fans. (Publishers Weekly, May, 2012)
That’s a pretty good summary, so I’ll let it stand. Here’s an excerptif you’d like a sample.
I’m now working on the my Lost Lords book for 2013, but the title isn’t firm so I won’t say more. It’s the first of a new three book contract, so more Lost Lords will appear in due time.
I’m really pleased that The Rake will be released again in April. It is very much a book or the heart, and also the book that put me on the romance map because of the realistic depiction of alcoholism and recovery. Among other things. (Both hero and heroine were pretty good at one liners when appropriate. <G>) The hero of The Rake is named Reggie. We now have a cat named Reggie. He’s a juvenile delinquent. <G> I wonder if he’d have been better behaved if we’d named his something civilized like Cedric….?
For those of you who are enjoying my young adult Dark Mirror series written as M. J. Putney, the third book, Dark Destiny, will be released in July 2012. I’ll post more information on my MJPutney (www.mjputney.com ) website when I get to it. But I will say that the first two books, Dark Mirror and Dark Passage involved my 19th century teen mages going to World War II to help their friends. This time, their friends from 1940 must come back to 1804 since disaster is right on Tory & Friends’ doorstep.
I’m continuing with e-book my backlist to the extent that I have time. This page is usually up to date on what e-editions are available running list (http://mjputney.blogspot.com/ ) Besides the historical Silk trilogy and the contemporary Circle of Friends series, the first three Fallen Angels books are available and the next three will be uploaded soon—by the end of February, I think.
2011 was good to me. My April reissue, The Bargain, sold very well for an older book. My third Lost Lords book, Nowhere Near Respectable, not only made the New York Times list, but Library Journal listed it as among the top ten romances of 2011 (Have I mentioned lately how much I love librarians? I really do!)
I hope you’ve been enjoying lots of good reads, in whatever format suits you best!
Mary Jo, writing madly
Nowhere Near Respectable made the Library Journal's list of the top ten romances of 2011
A Starred Review from Publisher's Weekly (May) Nowhere Near Respectable
Putney's third Lost Lords Regency (after 2010's Never Less than a Lady) is rich with historical detail and multifaceted characters. Anglo-Hindu Lady Kiri Lawford is about to accept a proposal from an English gentleman when she learns that his racist, fortune-hunting relatives secretly despise her. Stealing a horse, Kiri rides for Dover and right into a den of smugglers. Gambling club owner Damian Mackenzie aids her escape and passion instantly flares between them, but they resist, knowing the daughter of a duke and an Indian princess could never wed an actress's bastard son. When Kiri visits Damian's club, foils a kidnapping, and gets involved in a covert investigation, their romance sizzles out of control. Kiri's striking beauty, mental acuity, and martial arts training make her the perfect match for charming rogue Damian in this "splendid joining of East and West." (May)