A Distant Magic

by Mary Jo Putney

Del Rey 

now available

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One of Booklist's Top Ten Romances of the Year

Dear Readers,

A Stockingful of Joy is now in stores.  It features one of my short stories as well as ones by Susan King, Jill Barnet, and Justine Dare.

Library Journal's reviews:  "Featuring some of the genre's most noted historical writers, this quartet of holiday novellas provides readers with delightful samplings of holiday cheer from the 16th-century Scottish Highlands, Regency England, and 19th-century America. For example, an old enemy honors a pledge, with romantic results, in Susan King's The Snow Rose; and a casual prayer at the casket of a stranger provides an impoverished governess with a fortune in Mary Jo Putney's The Best Husband Money Can Buy. Varying widely in style and tone, these well-crafted stories range from light and humorous to poignant "

A Distant Magic was released this year and is still available at online bookstores.   I was excited to learn that A DISTANT MAGIC was just named one of of the top ten romances of the year by Booklist

This is a book I feel particularly strongly about, since it’s built around the 18th century abolition movement.  How slavery ended is one of the great stories of human history, and it provides a terrific structure for my third Guardian novel.  For those of you who have asked when Jean Macrae will get a book of her own—this is it!  Jean always felt she wouldn’t marry a Guardian, and she was right.  Sea captain, former slave, and avowed foe of slavery, Nikolai Gregorio is like no one else—and together they embark on a vital mission to protect the fledgling abolition movement, guided by the brave West African sorceress who comes through time to recruit them. 

This will be my last hardcover for the foreseeable future since I’m moving to a new publisher, and will be writing mass market originals again.  This will also be my last romantic fantasy for now, since I’ll be returning to classic Regency historicals.  I know this news will make some of you very, very happy!

Enjoy the holidays—

Mary Jo Putney

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