Mary Jo Putney Pdf Free Download
See a Problem?
Thanks for telling us about the problem.
Friend Reviews
Community Reviews
For longterm readers of MJP like myself, this historical regency will come across as a bit generic. Having just reread The Wild Child(1999) earlier this week, I couldnt help noticing how much shorter and choppier her sentences have gotten which is very on-trend, as well as the hackneyed "Mine. Mine.
I guess I am just relieved. Sadly relieved. This is much better than the ridiculous first book in the series (Loving A Lost Lord) but still not a romance I would ever recommend to readers new to MJP.For longterm readers of MJP like myself, this historical regency will come across as a bit generic. Having just reread The Wild Child(1999) earlier this week, I couldnt help noticing how much shorter and choppier her sentences have gotten which is very on-trend, as well as the hackneyed "Mine. Mine. Mine!" love scene that I am beginning to hate finding in every historical I read now. I can see that the pacing and plotting were uneven and some alternative POVs to their initial meetings in the first book would have enhanced the romance. I can see all that but it doesnt matter much since I find that I can still be entranced by MJP's writing voice and root for her very likable, decent, admirable characters.
Content warning: details of the heroine's first marriage are horrifying, some violence.
Grade: B-
...more
Lady Julia is in hiding from her late husband's family. After suffering an abusive marriage. Major Randall to the rescue when she is kidnapped.
Another audiobook I borrowed from the library, principally because Simon Prebble is one of my favourite narrators.
Julia, a widow, is a country midwife, who had captured the interest of Alex Randall in the previous book - although he was reluctant to show any interest and gave her to believe he disliked her. But Julia has a dark past and is hiding from her late husband's father, who believea that she murdered her late husband (who was Alex's cousin). In fact, he was an abusive bastard a
3.5 starsAnother audiobook I borrowed from the library, principally because Simon Prebble is one of my favourite narrators.
Julia, a widow, is a country midwife, who had captured the interest of Alex Randall in the previous book - although he was reluctant to show any interest and gave her to believe he disliked her. But Julia has a dark past and is hiding from her late husband's father, who believea that she murdered her late husband (who was Alex's cousin). In fact, he was an abusive bastard and she killed him in self-defence, but she knew she'd never have been believed and ran.
At the beginning of the story, she is discovered by two thugs (hired by her ex-father-in-law) and kidnapped; Alex rescues her and offers her marriage in order to protect her. She's reluctant, but sees the sense in it and eventually agrees.
Putney doesn't shy away from describing the horrors of Julia's first marriage, and her fears about intimacy and sex are well-grounded. I suspect her 'recovery' was probably quite fast, although I have absolutely no knowledge about how a woman who has been subjected to what Julia went through would have reacted or if she could ever have let another man touch her. But this is a romantic novel so one has to allow some degree of poetic license; and the author did a good job of giving the situation a degree of credibility and in showing Julia's struggles and both the forward and backwards steps that were taken in her relationship with Alex.
In fact, the part that felt least plausible to me came later in the book once Alex and Julia have discovered that she is, in fact, a great heiress and he begins to worry that she no longer needs him (a fact which rather wounds his masculine pride). But then, she had given him little reason to think otherwise, especially given her initial insistence on there being a way out of the marriage if she wanted it at the end of a year.
This isn't always an easy read, but it was an engaging story and I liked the characterisation of the two principals - Alex is kind and honourable, and Julia is no-nonsense.
Simon Prebble is an excellent narrator. He differentiates character voices clearly and although one or two of his accents were a bit wobbly, overall, I enjoyed his performance.
...more
I enjoy MJP's style. I always have. One can hear her writing voice in this book, her signature style, so to speak. The first book in the series was very disappointing with 2 un-memorable characters. The heroine of the first book Mariah, featured prominently in this book too and I was bored out of my mind whenever Mariah popped up. She was a boring character then and a nuisance now.
Alexander and Julia met briefly
A slightly better read than the first book in the series but still, disappointing.I enjoy MJP's style. I always have. One can hear her writing voice in this book, her signature style, so to speak. The first book in the series was very disappointing with 2 un-memorable characters. The heroine of the first book Mariah, featured prominently in this book too and I was bored out of my mind whenever Mariah popped up. She was a boring character then and a nuisance now.
Alexander and Julia met briefly in book one, and caught my attention right away. I was looking forward to reading their story and the beginning of the book (about 30%) was rather engaging. Things were looking good for Alexander and Julia. Having suffered abuse in her first marriage Julia was reluctant to accept Alexander. But somehow they agreed to get married, which was just as well. The plot was thin since Alexander and Julia pretty much had no conflicts between them at all. The threat was external and there was no difficult decisions to make. Julia overcame her "tragic past" quickly and settled into the role of Alexander's wife with ease. Theirs was not a great love story, no coming to terms with oneself or each other. I lost interests at around 60% when the story became about Julia's re-introduction into society and family reunions.
I wish I could recommend this book. If it wasn't MJP's work, I'd have abandoned ship in the middle of it. So far this series is unremarkable. I have the feeling that MJP is trying to re-create her Fallen Angels series with a new group of men, but these men are a lot less interesting than their predecessors and the relationships are a lot less meaningful. I just cannot feel that they cared for each other. But Alexander and Julia's story is better than Adam and Mariah's (book 1). I rolled my eyes every time when Adam and Mariah showed up in this book and appeared to be all lovey dovey. If you have read book 1 you'd know that they had absolutely zero chemistry and all that "my beloved" is just a load of baloney (excuse my language but this is just my personal honest opinion).
The first 30% - 40% of the book gets 3 stars from me and the rest a very lame 2 stars rating. Out of respect for MJP, I am settling on 3.
...more
This one did not have the great historical details of the Fallen Angels series or the Silk Trilogy. This seemed like a plain old regency anyone could have written by throwing in a carriage, a long dress and a trip to Gretna Green. The characters seemed static not growing or changing realistically. Alexander was a grump in the las
Something seemed missing here. I've read all of Ms. Putney's books except the few dealing with magic. Almost all are on my keeper shelf. I don't think this one will be.This one did not have the great historical details of the Fallen Angels series or the Silk Trilogy. This seemed like a plain old regency anyone could have written by throwing in a carriage, a long dress and a trip to Gretna Green. The characters seemed static not growing or changing realistically. Alexander was a grump in the last book, but here that was dealt with by a few sentences saying "That was just because I didn't want you to know I liked you." I would have liked to see him change before my eyes.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Julia has a fear of men from having an abusive first husband bad enough that she demands the ability to divorce Alexander after a year. Yet she is over it almost the first time they get together. Whoops non issue. It seemed there were too many irons in the fire. Was it the story of woman learning to trust again? The story of him saving her from bad guys? No real sense of danger was ever developed. Introducing her to society? We skipped most of the only ball/social outing. None of these issues was developed fully, leaving them all feeling underdone.
It was really only when they went to find her first husband's bastard son that I got interested. I liked that kid. I could have used a lot more of the three of them learning to be a family. And it would have been a stronger story if Julia had indeed been barren, making this part of the story more important.
Most of the book was formulaic and predictable. Of course Julia is really the daughter of a duke. Of course the boy was decent. Of course her brother didn't hate her. Of course the Earl of Daventry had a daughter and of course Julia, who thought she was barren, ended up pregnant.
This was just missing the depth of emotion that I have become accustomed to in Ms. Putney's works. Most of her works get 4 or 5 glowing stars from me. Sadly not this one. I will read the next one though because everyone is entitled to a not so good book now and then and Ms. Putney has long been one of my favorite authors.
.
...more
I mean it was obvious, the way they instantly hated each other.
These two were meant to be .
The book starts with Randall being summoned home by his not-so-doting uncle, the Earl of Daventry. This is the earl who tried to starve Randall to death some years ago. Seems the last of Daventry's sons are now d
If you read Loving A Lost Lord, you probably knew that it was inevitable there'd be a romance between Julia Bancroft, Mariah's friend, who is a midwife in Hartley, and Major Alexander Randall.I mean it was obvious, the way they instantly hated each other.
These two were meant to be .
The book starts with Randall being summoned home by his not-so-doting uncle, the Earl of Daventry. This is the earl who tried to starve Randall to death some years ago. Seems the last of Daventry's sons are now dead, so it's up to Randall to come home, marry, and carry on the earldom.
Randall is hardly keen to do anything his uncle asks of him, but he's fed up with soldiering, so what the hey. Once he reaches British soil, though, he's not so sold on the idea of presenting himself to Daventry—let the old b**d wait. Randall decides to head north to visit his pal Kirkland. Maybe he'll drop by Hartley on the way, so he can scowl some more at Julia.
Unfortunately, he's not the only guy who wants to scowl at her. Three thugs arrive at her home first and drag her off in chains. Randall rushes after them, determined to save the day.
Backstory: Julia has been hiding for the past few years after killing her husband. Well, sorta killing him, if pushing him away when he was trying to kill her counts. Seems the sick rapey b*st*rd was drunk and he clunked his head and died. Aww shucks.
To pile coincidence on top of coincidences, the creepy, rapey, liked-to-use-a-knife dead hubby just happens to be Branford the heir to the Daventry earldom, until he croaked. In other words, he's Randall's cousin.
Randall's solution to Julia's problem is genius.
...because evidently if she's his wife and thus necessary if the earldom is to continue, Daventry will call off the hounds.
After being raped, beaten and carved on by her last hubby, Julia's not so keen on marriage. It takes a bit of persuasion for her to agree to a chaste union, and a LOT more persuasion for her to agree to an UNchaste one.
The periodic attempts to kill Julia kept me from being too bored with the will-she-won't-she angst. Lots of logic flaws in this (view spoiler)[like the fact that we're told several times that Daventry isn't a killer, even though he did try to kill Randall, and even though, when Daventry's men came for Julia, she was so sure she wouldn't survive being taken to him that she wrote her will. I still wonder why this marriage would stop Daventry if he were determined that Julia should die… (hide spoiler)]. Even despite the logic issues, this is a fair read. 3.5 stars.
...more
Julia had a late, abusive spouse who left emotional
and other scars.
Regency. Alex, former military man & midwife Julia met
again. They had common friends in Adam & Mariah (bk
#1). Julia distrusted all men & did not like to be touched
by or in close proximity to men. Someone tried to harm
Julia. Alex suggested he wed Julia to protect her. She
agreed, with several conditions.
They wed. It seemed Julia needed more time than the
story allotted to feel comfortable with Alex. It felt rush
Julia had a late, abusive spouse who left emotional
and other scars.
Regency. Alex, former military man & midwife Julia met
again. They had common friends in Adam & Mariah (bk
#1). Julia distrusted all men & did not like to be touched
by or in close proximity to men. Someone tried to harm
Julia. Alex suggested he wed Julia to protect her. She
agreed, with several conditions.
They wed. It seemed Julia needed more time than the
story allotted to feel comfortable with Alex. It felt rushed.
Then Alex learned she was an heiress & pondered: would
she need and want him once out of danger? She could have
any man.
Too many lose ends were tied up too perfectly in the end.
The antagonists needed to calm down or go away. Ben
nearly stole the story.
I had not read the previous instalment in the series in which Randall met Julia and not having insights on the future couple's first meeting is always an intense disappointment to me. Several times I almost felt like the author was trying to rub in that number 1 in the series should have been read before.
The heroine had been through very difficult experience, with physical and mental abuse from her first husband, an accident perceived as murder, reject It was just ok, and frankly slightly boring.
I had not read the previous instalment in the series in which Randall met Julia and not having insights on the future couple's first meeting is always an intense disappointment to me. Several times I almost felt like the author was trying to rub in that number 1 in the series should have been read before.
The heroine had been through very difficult experience, with physical and mental abuse from her first husband, an accident perceived as murder, reject from her father, an escape masqueraded as a suicide and then 10 years (more or less) working as a midwife in a small village. She should have been interesting and touching. But at the same time and once again, she was so ladylike all the time never slipping from her pedestal of supreme perfection that she did not interest me that much.
The hero also did not have much personality. He's supposed to always have been opposed to marriage before the starting of the book, I'm not really sure I understood why he changed his mind so quickly.
The plot could have been ok, except there are 2 huge coincidences in the story which rang absolutely fake and destroyed the credibility of the story in my eyes.
And the last part turned too cheesy.
If I could, I'd put 2.5 but did not manage to settle at 3. ...more
Mature hero and heroine both with a lot of sense. Solid reasons for getting married. Beliveable and multilayered romantic conflicts. Audiobook with Simon Prebble doing fantastic narration. Great way to pass a few hours.
So after the mild antagonism between these two in the first book of course they were going to be the subjects of the second. I did just adore Randall as the knight in shinning armor though. He's such a gen
Yep it's official I'm hooked on this series. So far I'm just loving these Lost Lords. Randall was a great character in the first novel as was Julia, I really enjoyed getting to read their story. Learning about Julia's secretive past was of course greatly anticipated and this didn't disappoint.So after the mild antagonism between these two in the first book of course they were going to be the subjects of the second. I did just adore Randall as the knight in shinning armor though. He's such a gentleman and yet his military life has shaped him into a man of honor and integrity with a backbone of steel. He has such a wonderful need to help the damsel in distress. For all that she's a damsel, and in distress, Julia to slightly mis-quote Disney's Hercules "She can handle it."
Julia has had a ton of strength to get herself out of the awful situation she was in, abused by her first husband, to escape and fake her own death while finding a career for herself. She's learned plenty to become the competent midwife she is now thought to be. I love that Randall respects that about her and doesn't try to curtail the natural power she's found for herself.
I liked how the relationship between these two developed. The marriage was conceived under harsh circumstances and the questionable nature of that came back up later. Things weren't too easy for them. They had to learn about each other and work past their issues to get to a point where trust was eternal and each could be comfortable that the other wanted the same things from them. Sure some things were undoubtedly going to go the way neither of them suspected (view spoiler)[Was there really ever any doubt that Julia's fears about being barren were going to be unfounded? (hide spoiler)] but I liked that both of them faced their fears and moved forward.
I loved reading this story and will definitely be moving on to see what Ms. Putney has in hand for the next of her Lost Lords!
...more
Randall discovers that Julia has been kidnapped by men who accuse her of murder. He follows, rescues her, proposes marriage, and they elope to Scotland. Only as they travel does he learn Julia's secrets and how their lives are linked. Sensible people who work their way past life's traumas, find romance and friendship, solve the mysteries of Julia's life, and challenge abominable relatives with strength and wit, make for an entertaining and satisfying read. Highly recommended for most historical romance readers.
Readalikes:
Novels by Mary Balogh; Lorraine Heath's Lost lords of Pembrook trilogy; Isabel Cooper's Englefield novels; Johanna Lindsey – Make Me Love You; Julia Quinn - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever; Stephanie Laurens – The Perfect Lover; Sylvia Day – Pride and Pleasure; Eileen Dreyer – Barely a Lady; Eloisa James – Desperate Duchesses; Jane Ashford – Heir to the Duke.
Pace: Fast
Characters: Well-developed, likeable, strong women
Story: Character-driven
Writing style: Engaging
Tone: Dramatic; Steamy
Frame: Spain, Cumberland, Scotland; 1812
Theme: Love in disguise
3-Stars
So begins the second in Ms Putney's Lost Lords series, this one following Major Alexandar Randall and Julia Bancroft (ney Lady Julia Raines). Oh my how wonderfully did these two fit!
"Half the military campaigns of the last fifteen years are engraved on my hide."
Both Julia and Alex bear both physical and mental scars from the abusive and neglectful familial relationships they endured. Both were able to overcome them through their individual
"You're the answer to prayers I didn't know I'd made."So begins the second in Ms Putney's Lost Lords series, this one following Major Alexandar Randall and Julia Bancroft (ney Lady Julia Raines). Oh my how wonderfully did these two fit!
"Half the military campaigns of the last fifteen years are engraved on my hide."
Both Julia and Alex bear both physical and mental scars from the abusive and neglectful familial relationships they endured. Both were able to overcome them through their individual strengths of character, their stubborn desire to survive and the people they met after their initial tragedies who helped shape them into the adults they became (Julia's Mrs. Bancroft and Alex's fellow lost lords as well as Lady Agnes and Westerfield Academy.)
The way Putney paralleled Alex's chivalry and desire to save Julia as a knight to a lady was, I thought, incredibly sweet and romantic. That he fell in love with Julia made it all the better! And Julia. She may have wanted to run and hide many times, but my goodness this girl has the backbone of granite! To face up to not only her a-hole of a father-in-law, but her truly nasty real father showed such strength. And then to not only seek out and rescue - but then accept and adopt her terrifyingly horrid first husband's bastard child. This woman has guts. And Alex recognized it repeatedly.
"You have a woman's strength, which equals that of any warrior."
I really liked how the characters blended together in this story, better so than the first book, Loving a Lost Lord, which I felt was just too... too. Too sweet. Too many conveniences. Too - too! So I came into this one hesitant and worried it might ruin the rest of the series for me since I actually enjoyed Randall and Julia's characters in Lost Lord. But this one did not disappoint! I'm eager to read Mac's story with Kiri and to follow up on the previous characters, Adam and Mariah and Alex and Julia, as well as follow along with the other Lost Lords.
...more
I found it sadly lacking. Julia and Randall's characters were not at all engaging. Randall remained very flat throughout the entire story; I couldn't seem to mentally inject any emotion into any of his dialogue. I felt like yawning every time a paragraph started in his mind, which is unfortunate because Rand
3 stars seems a bit of a stretch for this notch in Putney's regency romance series. Let's just say that if I read this one first, I would not be motivated to ever pick up another Putney book.I found it sadly lacking. Julia and Randall's characters were not at all engaging. Randall remained very flat throughout the entire story; I couldn't seem to mentally inject any emotion into any of his dialogue. I felt like yawning every time a paragraph started in his mind, which is unfortunate because Randall was a very admirable, attractive character. There was just nothing to bind me to him.
As for Julia, although she showed a range of emotions, I believe her character's development was very unrealistic. She suffered severe sexual, physical, and mental abuse for a good portion of her life at the hands of someone she once loved. It seemed that those scars were healed far too quickly upon meeting and marrying Randall. It left me wondering halfway through the book what exactly was the conflict that drove the story. It seemed non-existent.
That was the major flaw of this story, in my opinion. Putney seemed to lack any real conflict to keep these characters apart and the ones she used (very weakly, I might add) really left me bereft- not in a good way- as a reader. I expected they knew all along they loved one another and by the end, I was basically relieved they announced it so the book could be done because it seemed so drawn out.
As a side note, the ending was done poorly as well. The climax had pretty much nothing to do with the main characters and Putney leaves you with Julia and Randall, resolving their miscommunication but without any hint of their future. I hate that; add an epilogue!
If you are anything like me, you may feel you need to read every book of a series which is why I persevered through this book. However, I don't find myself obliged to recommend it otherwise. I doubt this is Putney's caliber because I've read others by her and have been delighted so bookworms- persevere if you must or bypass it entirely to find something much more satisfying.
...more
There are hints of Cinderella in this plot, but I won't spoil it for anyone. I like that the hero's insecurities are revealed and addressed along with the heroine's. The only thing that kept this book from a top rating is that while the heroine experiences emotional growth, the author didn't construct a hero who does.
The subplots and the main plot are interwoven to the point where some incidents have bearing on each. It was
I do enjoy a skillfully written tale, and this one does not disappoint.There are hints of Cinderella in this plot, but I won't spoil it for anyone. I like that the hero's insecurities are revealed and addressed along with the heroine's. The only thing that kept this book from a top rating is that while the heroine experiences emotional growth, the author didn't construct a hero who does.
The subplots and the main plot are interwoven to the point where some incidents have bearing on each. It was nice to see so many of the characters from Loving A Lost Lord but they really didn't have much of an impact on the story line, I have the feeling that their presence serves mainly to promote sales of the next book in the series.
Another minor weakness of this book is that the villains are not very well-drawn, they seem kind of like cardboard cutouts. This didn't mean they were any less evil, just less breathably believable. That won't stop me from buying book three.
...more
The book revolves around solving the mystery of her kidnapping while watching Alex and Julia fall in love. I enjoyed these two flawed individuals. They each had their share of insecurities to work through. But they developed a wonderful relationship. They opened themselves up to love and disappointment while being willing to risk their hearts in the process. A sub-plot involves another bastard son, this time of Julia's late husband. Without spoiling too much, I feel like we may see more of him sometime in the future. Hope so, anyway.
I enjoyed this one.
...more
Also, all the conflicts in the book were wrapped up in the last 2 chapters. Disappoint.
This is yet another romance where all the ~tension~ would have been solved if character A would have just asked character B what was wrong. THEY BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THE TENSION: JUST TALK ABOUT IT!! COMMUNICATION, IT'S KEY!! I've read the Cosmo articles; I know the drill.Also, all the conflicts in the book were wrapped up in the last 2 chapters. Disappoint.
...more
Alexander Randall is very wonderful tormented character.
Reread in 2015. The attitudes of Alex and Julia are anachronistic and Julia's recovery not really believable but it was still a wonderful story.
Part of the Lost Lords series troubled boys who attended the Academy.Alexander Randall is very wonderful tormented character.
Reread in 2015. The attitudes of Alex and Julia are anachronistic and Julia's recovery not really believable but it was still a wonderful story.
...more
Major Alexander Randall has long avoided his family. But after receiving news that he is now air presumptive of his uncles earldom, Alex has to do the unthinkable… Get married. But as a man who has experienced the war and all of its horrors, a naïve schoolgirl miss doesn't appeal to him. No, the only woman who tickles his fancy is one midwife extraordinaire, Mrs. Julia Bancroft.
Julia Bancroft has a secret. The past that she must keep hi
Difficult subjects meets daring fun equals a delightful readMajor Alexander Randall has long avoided his family. But after receiving news that he is now air presumptive of his uncles earldom, Alex has to do the unthinkable… Get married. But as a man who has experienced the war and all of its horrors, a naïve schoolgirl miss doesn't appeal to him. No, the only woman who tickles his fancy is one midwife extraordinaire, Mrs. Julia Bancroft.
Julia Bancroft has a secret. The past that she must keep hidden in order to stay alive. Serving as the midwife and all around Hilo for a small coastal town has been idyllic… Until now. Now spectrums of the past have resurfaced, and they're out for Julia. But miraculously, Julia is provided a knight in shining armor in the form of Alexander Randall.
But what happens when the damsel in distress no longer needs saving? And what happens when the knight in shining armor needs saving himself?
—
This book needs a lot of trigger warnings. Covers a bunch of difficult subjects and doesn't shy away from the horrors of them. It's pure Putney, but it's something that readers need to be aware of going in. The triggers that I pinpointed include: rape, domestic abuse, miscarriage, infertility, pregnancy, death and childbirth, bullying, child abuse, Child neglect, parental abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and more that I'm likely forgetting. Please make sure that you're in a good place before reading this book.
Well, that was fun. And I do actually mean that. This book was a fun run. Just also covered some really difficult subjects, and it did it well. Having a heroine who has suffered from domestic abuse me a hero who understands the importance of patience and allowing the heroine to have the power to decide the relationship and the speed of the relationship is honestly refreshing. As somebody who has been abused it's incredibly important to encounter a person who respects Your boundaries. You can make the difference between someone who is constantly cowering away from any form of human contact to somebody who is fully whole and able to engage with the world.
In addition to the difficult subjects of domestic abuse and all that in a child's book also delves into a bunch of other difficult subjects including figuring out who you are when life throws curve sent you that destroy your sense of self. Honestly, I enjoyed this book and all of the characters within it.
The book is not perfect, that said. There's some sex scenes that are pretty literary and unsatisfying. And there's a whole heap ton of coincidences that are just sort of thrown in willy-nilly. And I do have to warn of this book really does require some suspension of disbelief. And it looks like this book and a bunch of others in the series are very much "babies ever after" so if you don't like that kind of thing are you recommend you avoid this book.
But in all, This book was a light fun read…
Five Stars
...more
I just can't get into this book, it's boring me, so I'm giving up (for now). Maybe I'll revisit it at some other time but for now I'm moving on.
DNF at 34%I just can't get into this book, it's boring me, so I'm giving up (for now). Maybe I'll revisit it at some other time but for now I'm moving on.
...more
Prickly Major Lord Randal is the last remaining of the Daventry family. Forced to come home and take the title and do his duty—meaning get a wife and begot an heir. Biddable wife is what he believes he should attain but the beautiful and charismatic widow Julia Bancrofts haunts him day and night
Intoxicating, intriguing, provocative and thrilling are only a few words to describe, "NEVER LESS THAN A LADY", second book in "THE LOST LORDS"series by New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney.Prickly Major Lord Randal is the last remaining of the Daventry family. Forced to come home and take the title and do his duty—meaning get a wife and begot an heir. Biddable wife is what he believes he should attain but the beautiful and charismatic widow Julia Bancrofts haunts him day and night from their very first meeting those long months ago.
Julia Bancroft is anything but meek or docile-but she plays the part so well, at first-- and not only hiding secrets but herself from the demons that try to take her in the night. Everything goes awry when she is found and kidnapped and on her way to the one person that knows all of Julia's secrets and will make her pay dearly for them—with her very life.
Unbeknownst to Randall of the going-ons of this quaint little village he is on his way to Scotland to ask for the hand of the docile sister of his best friend wife, Mariah, Lady Ashton of "LOVING A LOST LORD" first of The Lost Lords. Upon his arrival Randal is thrust into pursuit of the carriage filled with bandits that have absconded with the one woman who stirs his blood back to life. He will save and marry, the widow at any cost. And if that means bring these miscreants down at any cost, well by God he will do it.
You would think that after rescuing the fair maiden that everything would go smoothly, but no. Secrets are revealed, titles are lost and found, trickery is a foot, and old lies that destroyed a young woman reputation and the hearing of brutality are a small part that plays in the hero winning the woman of his heart. For Julia fears touch just as much as she fears men and their lies. Can Randall climb over the insurmountable wall that Julia has built around her heart? Is Julia willing to take down her guard to see that all mean where never created equal but that there are still good men deserving of the love she has to share.
"NEVER LESS THAN A LADY" is pure magic at its best. Created by the incomparable New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney. She has woven a magical story of heart break, disillusionment and sorrow and strung the prose with compassionate compensation to love triumphing over insurmountable evils. The characters leapt off the page with Ms. Putney's masterfully creative lush eye-popping scenes. Ever the one to thrust her hero and heroines into a thrilling ride that leaves readers at the edge of their seats with their hearts palpitating in worry that true love might not survive only to have her rip us right back into a euphoric world of happily ever after. A classic in the making with memorable characters, plush and exotic setting and a love story that will delight romance readers the world over. Bravo, Ms. Putney for another job well done!
...more
More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/
I purchased the Audible book after a great sale recently. I had read and liked Mary Jo Putney's works in the past (though not in the last decade) and decided to find a good Summer read.
What I really liked about this book is that it managed to avoid nearly every cliche that are so rampant in the romance field right now. Despite there being many chances, there were no "great misunderstanding" and the characters reacted
More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/
I purchased the Audible book after a great sale recently. I had read and liked Mary Jo Putney's works in the past (though not in the last decade) and decided to find a good Summer read.
What I really liked about this book is that it managed to avoid nearly every cliche that are so rampant in the romance field right now. Despite there being many chances, there were no "great misunderstanding" and the characters reacted logically, calmly, and intelligently to situations. There was no evil 'big baddie' forcing deus et machina situations. The female character isn't an annoying 'spitfire' who gets into situations just so she can be rescued by the alpha male. The male isn't even alpha - he's respectful of the heroine but not so much that it is anachronistic. The Heroine doesn't suddenly develop the ability to shoot a gun, ride a horse, or any other implausible ability just to get out of a situation. Nor is modern knowledge of medicine used to make fun of the doctoring of that era.
What we have is a very gentle, well written, emotionally resonating story of two people getting to know each other and learning to trust. It is skillfully plotted novel that doesn't rely on action so much as communication to build the relationship over time. It's what I would characterize as a mature novel - for those who are tired of the cliches and overwrought plots and just want a novel of two decent people, with hard pasts, who learn to overcome their own fears of intimacy to create a love match.
The audible narrator, though male, did an excellent job of both the female and male voices as well as the plot.
...moreMary Jo Putney was born on 1946 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 com
She writes young adult fiction as M.J. Putney.Mary Jo Putney was born on 1946 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 twenty-nine 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 the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year's top five romances by The Library Journal. The Spiral Path and Stolen Magic were chosen as one of Top Ten romances of their years by Booklist, published by the American Library Association.
A nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career achievement award for historical romance. Though most of her books have been historical, she has also published three contemporary romances. The Marriage Spell will be out in June 2006 in hardcover, and Stolen Magic (written as M. J. Putney) will be released in July 2006.
Ms. Putney says that not least among the blessings of a full-time writing career is that one almost never has to wear pantyhose.
...moreOther books in the series
News & Interviews
Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
Posted by: hunghungmearfilea0251837.blogspot.com
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6953634-never-less-than-a-lady
Post a Comment for "Mary Jo Putney Pdf Free Download"