Not Always a Saint
The Lost Lords series
Author: Mary Jo Putney
Publisher: Zebra
Pages: 352
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible
After the death of his sweetheart when
he was at university, Daniel Herbert buried his grief in medical studies and
his passion for healing. Viewed as a saint by those who know him, in his own
mind he never quite manages to live up to his own high standards.
Most men would be thrilled to learn
they’ve inherited a title and estate from a distant relative, but Daniel is
appalled because the burden of wealth will interfere with his medical
calling. Warily he accepts that he must enter society and seek a wife—a
sensible woman who can oversee his properties, leaving him free to continue his
work. He does not expect to become intoxicated by a woman called the Black
Widow, who is as mysterious as she is shockingly beautiful…
Jessie Kelham’s looks have always been a
curse. Now alone with a young daughter and a perilous secret, she is in need of
protection. But dangerously attractive Daniel Herbert is not the kind of
husband she has in mind. If he recognizes her, the demons of her past will
surely erupt. Yet they cannot keep apart—and soon they are drawn into a union
that may bring joy—or shattering danger…
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About the Author
Mary Jo Putney was born in Upstate New
York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure.
After earning degrees in English Literature and Industrial Design at
Syracuse University, she did various forms of design work in California and
England before inertia took over in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has lived
very comfortably ever since.
While becoming a novelist was her
ultimate fantasy, it never occurred to her that writing was an achievable goal
until she acquired a computer for other purposes. When the realization
hit that a computer was the ultimate writing tool, she charged merrily into her
first book with an ignorance that illustrates the adage that fools rush in
where angels fear to tread.
Fortune sometimes favors the foolish and
her first book sold quickly, thereby changing her life forever, in most ways
for the better. (“But why didn’t anyone tell me that writing would change
the way one reads?”) Like a lemming over a cliff, she gave up her
freelance graphic design business to become a full-time writer as soon as possible.
Since 1987, Ms. Putney has published
over forty books and counting. Her stories are noted for psychological
depth and unusual subject matter such as alcoholism, death and dying, and
domestic abuse. She has made all of the national bestseller lists including
theNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, andPublishers
Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year’s top five
romances by The Library Journal, while three were listed in the
Top Ten Romances of the year by Booklist, published by the
American Library Association.
A ten-time finalist for the Romance
Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs forDancing on the Wind and The
Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling
authors. She has also been awarded two Romantic Times Career
Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career
achievement award for historical romance. In 2013 she was awarded the
Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award.
Though most of her books have been
historical romances, she has also published three contemporary romances,
several paranormal historicals with strong fantasy elements, a young adult
historical fantasy trilogy, and numerous novellas and short stories. She
is currently writing the New York Times list bestselling
Lost Lords historical romance series for Kensington.
Ms. Putney lives near Baltimore,
Maryland with her nearest and dearest, both two and four footed. She says
that not least among the blessings of a full-time writing career is that one
almost never has to wear pantyhose.
Mary Jo Putney is the recipient of the
2013 RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award
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