Mary Jo Putney

Mary Jo Putney is a New York based bestselling American author who has written more than 25 novels based on contemporary and historical romance genres. Most of the novels written by her feature the subject matter of domestic abuse, alcoholism and death. Mary has also published a few other fantasy, romance and adult fiction novels under the pen name M.J.

The best place to start is the Regency series, the earliest of Mary Jo Putney's multi-book series: it opens with The Would-be Widow / The Bargain (1988) and runs to 4 books across 1988–2013, ending with The Christmas Cuckoo (2013). Mary Jo Putney's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Mary Jo Putney has 91 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2026. 54 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Fallen Angels series with 7 books — and 37 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mary Jo Putney's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Davenport Family (1987–1989, 2 books), Regency (1988–2013, 4 books) and Silk Trilogy (1991–2024, 4 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits Mary Jo Putney's 91 books into 13 named series and 37 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fallen Angels (7 books, 1993–1997); Lost Lords (7 books, 2009–2015); Rogues Redeemed (6 books, 2016–2021); Duke Dynasty (6 books, 2019–2021); Regency (4 books, 1988–2013), plus 8 further series.