Mary Jo Putney Books in Order

Caroline dreams of music, not marriage, but ends up engaged to jaded Jason Kincaid after a reckless wager. When old love and family expectations complicate the match, both must decide whether a convenient union can become something real.

Fleeing the French Revolution, Countess Marie-Christine hides her past and works as a lady's maid in London. When Captain Lord Alexander Kingsley offers safety and respect, class barriers and dangerous opportunists threaten their growing bond.

Forced to marry to secure her inheritance, Lady Jocelyn proposes to wounded Major David Lancaster, believing he is dying. His unexpected recovery turns their practical bargain into an awkward, tender marriage neither planned.

Four young people circle one another through friendship, duty, and confused desire in a light Regency tangle. Baroness Antonia Thornton, Judith Winslow, Adam Yorke, and Lord Launceston must sort out who loves whom before good intentions waste their chance.

On a dangerous mission in Paris, Rafael Whitbourne discovers that the alluring Countess Magda Janos is the woman who betrayed him years earlier. Old passion, mistrust, and political intrigue force them into a perilous reunion.

Reginald Davenport returns to the estate where he ruined his life, hoping to escape drink and disgrace. Alys Weston believes he can become better, but recovery and love both demand more honesty than he wants to give.

Diana Lindsay is London's most sought after beauty, but she wants the one man who keeps himself at a careful distance. Spymaster Gervase Brandelin can face enemies easily, yet love may prove the most dangerous risk of all.

A weary master spy returns home from years of danger and meets an independent young American determined to uncover the truth about her father's death. Their journey across England brings pursuit, secrets, and a romance neither expected.

Peregrine arrives in London with wealth, mystery, and revenge on his mind. Lady Sara St. James sees the wounded man beneath the glamour, but loving him means stepping into a past full of danger and devastating secrets.

Warrior turned earl Adrian de Lancey captures a young woman hiding her identity in his forest. As Meriel de Vere fights to protect her brother's inheritance, captivity, desire, and old enmity push them toward a risky bargain.

Estranged spouses Ross Carlisle and Juliet Cameron reunite on a desperate rescue mission to Bokhara. Crossing deserts and old grievances together, they must decide whether passion is enough to rebuild a marriage once broken by fear.

Scarred veteran Ian Cameron returns from brutal captivity with little hope for his future. Laura Stephenson accepts his practical proposal, and their journey from India toward Britain turns into a sweeping adventure shaped by danger, trust, and unexpected love.

Duke Rafael Whitbourne heads to Paris on government business and meets Countess Magda Janos, the only woman he ever loved and despised. Spying, betrayal, and unfinished passion collide as Europe edges toward war.

Clare Morgan begs the notorious Demon Earl to save her Welsh village, and Nicholas Davies sets a scandalous price for helping. Their bargain pulls a quiet schoolteacher and a wounded rake into dangerous intimacy.

Brilliant spy Lucien, Lord Strathmore, is used to deception until he meets a woman who can match him lie for lie. Their battle of wits becomes far more dangerous when attraction outruns caution.

Lord Robert Andreville, a master spy scarred by years of danger, wants only peace when he returns to Yorkshire. Maxima Collins, half Mohawk and fiercely independent, instead draws him into a pursuit filled with secrets and desire.

Ruined lord and former spy Kenneth Wilding accepts a risky covert assignment to save his shattered estate. Inside an artist's household and a deadly web of secrets, he finds danger, mystery, and a heroine who complicates everything.

After Waterloo, Lord Michael Kenyon owes his life to a brave battlefield nurse he can never quite forget. As war's aftermath closes in, love offers both of them a second chance that may still be impossible.

A grim diagnosis sends the new Duke of Ashburton traveling incognito with a wandering theater family. His impulsive marriage to spirited Rosalind begins as an arrangement, then grows into something far more tender and difficult.

Dominic Renbourne agrees to impersonate his twin and court a wealthy heiress thought to be mad. At Warfield Manor, Meriel Grahame proves stranger, sharper, and more lovable than anyone expects.

This anthology of three wedding romances opens with Putney's The Wedding of the Century, a marriage of convenience between a dazzling American heiress and a reserved duke. Across the collection, love grows out of bargains, duty, and delayed passion.

Kate Corsi must live under one roof with ex-husband Donovan to claim her inheritance and untangle her father's will. Their forced alliance uncovers old wounds, buried secrets, and a mystery surrounding her father's death.

Troth Montgomery, raised in China and briefly married to an English lord, arrives in Britain believing herself his widow. When Kyle Renbourne returns alive but broken, love, culture, and danger test whether they can truly build a shared home.

This holiday collection gathers five Mary Jo Putney novellas, four historical and one contemporary. Snow, family gatherings, mistaken identities, and Christmas hope turn brief encounters into satisfying romances.

Merchant captain Gavin Elliott finds Alexandra Warren trapped in slavery after a pirate attack separates her from her child. Their escape becomes a healing journey, but past danger still follows close behind.

As their marriage falls apart, actress-turned-director Raine Marlowe casts her ex-husband in the film of her dreams. The role forces Kenzie Scott to confront the buried trauma that has been destroying them both.

Lawyer Val Covington leaves corporate work behind and takes on a death row case that may expose a terrible injustice. Working beside the enigmatic Rob Smith, she risks both her safety and her carefully guarded heart.

Scottish laird Duncan Macrae is one of the Guardians, people gifted with magical powers drawn from nature. As he tries to ease conflict between Scotland and England, fate leads him toward a romance entangled with danger and prophecy.

Guardian lawman Simon Malmain goes after a rogue mage and ends up trapped by powerful magic. With the mysterious Meg at his side, he must stop a catastrophe while uncovering who she really is.

Healer Abigail Barton agrees to save badly wounded Lord Jack Langdon, but only if he marries her. What begins as a desperate bargain becomes a charming Regency romance shaped by magic, friendship, and class divide.

Jean Macrae is kidnapped onto a pirate ship by Nikolai Gregorio, a man who believes her family betrayed him long ago. Magic, revenge, and a strange summons from the future drive them into a sweeping adventure.

An amnesiac duke washes ashore and gladly believes Mariah Clarke when she claims to be his wife. What begins as a protective lie turns messy, passionate, and dangerous as his true past comes closing in.

Alexander Randall thinks he needs a conventional bride, but instead finds himself drawn to Julia Bancroft, a village midwife with a hidden past. Marriage may suit them both, if trust can catch up with desire.

Actress Jenny Lyme returns home hoping to save a community center by filming its Christmas production. She needs a gifted cameraman fast, and the man she knows best may also be the one who matters most.

Gambler and outsider Damian Mackenzie rescues Lady Kiri Lawford from smugglers and stirs a scandalous attraction. Their romance unfolds against a royal plot where danger may be easier to manage than love.

This collection brings together romance novellas with marriage bargains, glittering society, and couples pushed together by timing and circumstance. The title story follows American heiress Sunny Vangelder and a reserved English duke after their very public wedding.

Three Regency Christmas romances trade on secrets, snow, and close quarters. The collection mixes playful holiday atmosphere with spies, mistaken identities, and couples who discover that winter can be wonderfully inconvenient.

A decade in a French dungeon has broken Grey Sommers's old charm but not his will to survive. The spy sent to rescue him may be his only way to freedom, and his most dangerous temptation.

Sarah Clarke-Townsend puts herself in danger by taking her pregnant twin's place in a kidnapping plot. Bow Street Runner Rob Carmichael tries to keep her safe, only to find she is as brave and unpredictable as he is.

Major Jack Howard impulsively boards the wrong coach and wakes to a very welcoming case of mistaken identity. Meg Lambert thinks she has brought home her brother's friend, and the holiday mix-up quickly turns tender.

Years after walking away from her husband, Laurel Herbert crosses paths with spymaster James, Lord Kirkland, and old feelings flare immediately. Rebuilding a marriage is hard enough, but enemies from the past make it harder.

Two holiday novellas share this collection, one set in Regency England and one in the American West. Both center on lonely people, practical bargains, and the possibility of a Christmas miracle.

Doctor Daniel Herbert inherits a title he does not want and plans to marry sensibly so he can keep healing others. Then he meets the beautiful, notorious Black Widow, and his tidy plan falls apart fast.

War-hardened Will Masterson reaches the mountain stronghold of San Gabriel expecting one last mission, then meets fiercely independent Athena Markham. Together they face enemies, political danger, and a love that feels like a true equal match.

During the burning of Washington, Callista Brooke is saved by Gordon Audley, the boy she once loved and lost. Their reunion is shaped by war, old mistakes, and the dangerous chance to begin again.

Two novellas anchor this collection, one Regency and one Gilded Age. Putney pairs grand social occasions with deeply personal love stories, from a second chance courtship to a glittering marriage of convenience that must grow into trust.

Disgraced former naval officer Gabriel Hawkins sails into a rescue mission when Lady Aurora Lawrence is captured by Barbary pirates. The voyage to free her turns into a high stakes romance on dangerous waters.

After Napoleon's fall, exhausted intelligence officer Simon Duval proposes a practical marriage to Suzanne, his cousin's widowed wife. Companionship soon deepens into love as the chaos of Europe closes around them again.

This Regency holiday anthology strands lovers in a winter storm. Madeline Hunter's novella follows Caroline Dunham, whose plan to snare Baron Thornhill turns risky when old sparks flare in close quarters.

Reclusive and scarred Lord Falconer offers marriage to Ariel Hawthorne to save her from a monstrous match. What begins as protection becomes a tender Beauty and the Beast style Christmas romance.

Naval officer Lucas Mandeville and scandal-shadowed Kendra Douglas know exactly how quickly society can judge and discard people. Standing together at a ballroom may be easy, but reclaiming honor and happiness is not.

Three Regency Christmas romances meet at a snowbound country inn. In Madeline Hunter's story, innkeeper Jenna Waverly finds her quiet holiday upended by Lucas Avonwood and the trouble following him.

Restless traveler Kai Ramsay has spent years outrunning grief and danger far from Scotland. A letter home pulls him back into family matters, buried feeling, and a love story that asks him to stop wandering.

Tired of rain and low spirits, Lord Randolph Lennox sails south in search of literal sunshine. In Naples, an English governess and a brighter future appear where he least expects them.

Newly wealthy governess Emma Stone can finally imagine the family life she has always wanted. Her bargain with Anthony Vaughn looks practical at first, but love makes the stakes much higher.

Home Office agent Bran Tremayne goes to Cornwall to face the family that cast him out and stumbles into a larger threat. Protecting amnesiac Merryn draws him into smugglers, French agents, and an unexpectedly powerful bond.

Heading home for Christmas, new baronet Sir Philip Selbourne stops to help a desperate young woman carrying a kitten in her pocket. Their chance meeting grows into a warm, quick-moving holiday romance.

Returning from India for the holidays, David Cameron is almost home when a desperate young woman steals his horse and vanishes into a blizzard. The chase becomes a cozy, adventurous Christmas romance in the Silk world.

Gifted agent Caden Tremayne is sent into danger as Britain and France move back toward war. Working beside Tamsyn, the foster sister he has loved in silence, turns a political mission into a deeply personal one.

Wrongly convicted gambler Andrew Kane is on his way to the gallows when widow Eliza Holden steps into his path. Their Christmas meeting in the American West offers comfort, courage, and one last chance.