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Summary: This was just an awesome book!
Review: I've only recently discovered Mary Jo Putney and what a wonderful discovery she is! I've read all but one of the "Fallen Angel" series, and where each installment has characters that become near and dear, I have to say this was absolutely my favorite. The emotional rapport and sexual tension between Robin and Maxi is as intense as anything I've read by more steamy authors. And I love the way Ms. Putney interweves the other "Fallen Angels and their wives" into each new story. Just awesome!
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Summary: Magnificent read. I adore the hero!
Review: I've read every book MJP has ever written, and I haven't read one yet I didn't love, but I have to say, if picking a favorite, this is it. What a hero! Wow! And the heroine is a good match for him, too. It's a "road story," with humor and pathos and tons of exciting passion. The tenderness between them will just melt your heart. Bravo, Ms. Putney! An incredible treasure like this is something we jaded romance readers are always looking for but rarely find!
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Summary: Delightfully unbalanced!
Review: Take one world-weary spy named Robin and toss with the charming determination of one half-breed American named Maxima, and you have a delightful recipe for a road trip. Complete with adventure, desire, and surprising secrets. Ms. Putney even weaves a golden-oldies subplot around her two protagonists as they make their way, sometimes eager, sometimes reluctant, toward the singular goal of the City of London. The mood is light but Putney's People are real. You want them to succeed, in spite of their quirks and failings.
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Summary: Must add to your collection
Review: The third in the Fallen Angel Series, we finally see Robin enjoy happiness. Robin was such a sweetheart to Margot in Petals on the Wind, you really did feel bad that Rafe ended up with her. However, while Maxima is strong like Margot, she has the determination needed to help Robin deal with his demons over what he has done in the name of loyalty for his country. Together as the two of them travel by foot to London while avoiding hitmen and their own families, they become more passionate and the healing of both their wounded hearts enhanced by their growing love for one another. This book again is not as good as the first in the series, but has an emotional quality that the others don't have in that we see many character reuniting and healing over past hurts than we saw in others. This books is the turning point in which Lucien (one of the actual Fallen Angels) begin to understand the torture his soul has endured by his part in the spy ring. Robin while not part of the Fallen Angels (Nick, Rafe, Lucien and Michael), is a worthy character and one that I liked immensely. It's really his character that pulls this book into the level of romance reading that I enjoy.
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Summary: Must add to your collection
Review: The third in the Fallen Angel Series, we finally see Robin enjoy happiness. Robin was such a sweetheart to Margot in Petals on the Wind, you really did feel bad that Rafe ended up with her. However, while Maxima is strong like Margot, she has the determination needed to help Robin deal with his demons over what he has done in the name of loyalty for his country. Together as the two of them travel by foot to London while avoiding hitmen and their own families, they become more passionate and the healing of both their wounded hearts enhanced by their growing love for one another. This book again is not as good as the first in the series, but has an emotional quality that the others don't have in that we see many character reuniting and healing over past hurts than we saw in others. This books is the turning point in which Lucien (one of the actual Fallen Angels) begin to understand the torture his soul has endured by his part in the spy ring. Robin while not part of the Fallen Angels (Nick, Rafe, Lucien and Michael), is a worthy character and one that I liked immensely. It's really his character that pulls this book into the level of romance reading that I enjoy.
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Summary: Place This One In the Real Stinker Pile
Review: This author has a small problem with writing in English, i.e. basic grammar and syntax (and I mean real basic). Obviously, this means little to her multitude of fans, but if you agree this sort of unskilled writing defeats the purpose of reading as surely as wrong notes defeat the purpose of a symphony, be warned! Whether one likes a story and its characters is subjective, but there are rules governing the construction of sentences, and I think an author's failing in this area is akin to a bricklayer not being able to use a trowel. I've read the first 50 pages of this book, and I want my money back. I'm not upset over a few sloppy sentences or a bit of confusing syntax here and there. I'm not referring to one or two paragraphs containing disparate or extraneous sentences. I'm talking about almost every sentence and almost every paragraph. May I share a few random examples? "Expression unconvinced, Giles changed..." [Have you ever tried to convince an expression of anything? But then the expressions in this book do a lot of things. Read on.] "Voice dangerously soft, Maxie said...." [Since it takes Ms. Putney two paragraphs to describe a walk down the hall, and another for raising a hand to knock on a door, and yet another while the hero contemplates standing vice sitting, I can't figure out why she tosses out necessary pronouns and adjectives.] "She shoved all but one of the arrows point-first into the earth near her right hand, then nocked the remaining shaft." [The imagery here is priceless. Is she trying to tell us poor Maxie's right arm is closer to the ground than the left? Also, this made me wonder what would happen if Maxie tried to put the arrows in the other way around. Point first! Clever girl, Maxie. But then, what can you expect from a heroine named after a feminine hygene product?] "Her expression, however, had returned to its normal determination after two months of drifting." [Where did it drift to? The Himalayas? Are drifting expressions painful?] You get my drift? Every page is filled to overflowing with this sort of writing. I wish publishers would take note and stamp these books with a disclaimer, "Warning! Published Before Editing!"
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Summary: The Indian and the Spy
Review: This is a great story, Maxie and Robert are two of the best characters Ms. Putney has ever created! A story of east meets west and the differences that make each other fall in love with the other. This is also a very humorous story, a chase a crossed the length of England and two lovers who don't want to be found. This story has all the makings of a good merry romp! Curl up in you favorite blanket, and let Ms. Putney sweep you away!! Definately worth the reading time!
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Summary: Mary Jo Putney's best
Review: This is my favorite book of Mary Jo Putney's. And that is saying a lot, because she is one of the few authors whose heroes are not 90% spoiled brats. (Well, Rafe is rather spoiled and selfish, but he is only in a few pages) Yes, Robin is a tormented hero, but his pain is not self-inflicted. And he does not use his pain as an excuse to hurt others like so many other "heroes". At the end of "Petals" (the prequel), I was a little mad at Margot for choosing Rafe (who WAS a "tormented hero" who brought his own pain on himself, and inflicted it on the entire world) but I am glad she did, because Maxie deserves Robin. And Robin deserves Maxie. How wonderful to see a romance where Hero/Heroine do not spend 225 pages of 250 spewing their bile at each other, when they are not engaging in back-breaking sex. And how wonderful to have a hero who is not a rapist/abuser/male slut who spends 225 pages treating the heroine as a punching bag, then magically reforming in the last chapter. These two people are wary but treat each other with respect.
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Summary: Couldn't put this one down
Review: This is the first book I've read by Mary Jo Putney and was delighted. Two strong likable characters and alot of humor make for one fantastic story!
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Summary: Five +
Review: This was a wonderful story that has some very touching moments. I agree with the other reviews. It is very nice to read about a tormented hero who does not inflict his misery on others, or wallow in his own self pity. It is such a refreshing change to read about two people who help each other overcome their dark past. The hero needs to come to terms with his dark memories of spying for England during the war with France. The heroine is mourning the loss of her father. Mary Jo Putney has created a very touching story, that has a combination of humor and some serious emotional scenes. This is the first book i've ever read by this author. I am now starting on Shattered Rainbows which i've heard is just as good.
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