Dangerous Gifts Books in Order

Dangerous Gifts is Mary Jo Putney's newer blend of Regency romance and the paranormal, and it has a strong family identity right from the start. The series centers on the Tremaynes and the found family sometimes called the Tribe of Tremayne, children taken in, protected, and raised together, many of them carrying unusual psychic gifts. That setup gives the books both warmth and built-in tension, because love, loyalty, secrecy, and power are tangled together from the beginning.

Silver Lady introduces the tone clearly. Bran Tremayne is a Home Office agent drawn back to Cornwall, where his birth family rejected him and where danger is building along the coast. The woman he rescues, Merryn, has amnesia and gifts of her own, so the romance develops alongside smugglers, French agents, and the feeling that intuitive powers may matter as much as rank or brute force. Cornwall, with its storms, cliffs, and hidden traffic, is more than scenery here. It shapes the whole book.

Golden Lord keeps the series moving into larger political stakes. Caden Tremayne and Tamsyn are linked by lifelong family bonds and powerful abilities, and their mission unfolds as Britain and France slide back into war. That combination of espionage, history, and paranormal talent is the series promise in miniature.

The mood is adventurous, but never weightless.

What makes Dangerous Gifts stand out is the balance between found family comfort and real peril. The Tremaynes care deeply for one another, yet those same close ties complicate romance, duty, and independence. The gifts themselves are not cartoon superpowers. They are intimate talents, intuition, finding, calming violence, sensing truth, and they change the kinds of dangers the characters can face.

So expect a Regency series with a touch of magic, a great deal of loyalty, and a stronger suspense thread than in a purely social romance. Read in order if you want the Tremayne history to unfold naturally. If you like Putney's historicals but want something slightly stranger, stormier, and more openly paranormal, Dangerous Gifts is an inviting place to begin.