A New York Times bestselling novel Can a woman with a past and a man with no future find lasting love?Stephen Kenyon, Duke of Ashburton, has always taken the duties of his rank seriously–until a doctor’s grim diagnosis sends him running from his world of privilege. Traveling incognito, he yearns to experience life to the fullest in what time he has left. When Stephen rescues a drowning child, … time he has left. When Stephen rescues a drowning child, he is drawn into the warm embrace of the Fitzgeralds, a family theatrical troupe brimming with laughter and affection. And their enchanting, compassionate daughter, Rosalind Jordan, stirs emotions he’s never known before.
Widowed young, Rosalind is happy organizing her exuberant, close-knit family. She doesn’t expect to fall in love with a quiet stranger whose wit and kindness speak to her heart. When Stephen tells Rosalind the truth of his condition and proposes marriage, she accepts despite the shadow of inevitable loss.
Together they find profound passion and companionship. Yet neither dares speak of love for only a miracle will give them the future they desperately desire…
“One Perfect Rose is Mary Jo Putney in top form.”
—Romantic Times
“In her superb, inimitable style, Putney takes a pair of magnetic, beautifully match protagonists, places them in a dark, impossible situation, and makes it work.”
—Library Journal
The Fallen Angels series:
Book 1: Thunder & Roses
Book 2: Dancing on the Wind
Book 3: Petals in the Storm
Book 4: Angel Rogue
Book 5: Shattered Rainbows
Book 6: River of Fire
Book 7: One Perfect Rose
About the Author
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney’s novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal’s and Booklist’s top romances of the year.
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Mary Jo Putney always writes great dialogue and she is really good at creating tense and difficult situations that love triumphs over. This was one of the first romances that I ever read and I still love it just as much today as I did then. Not as steamy as some more modern romances in the same genre, this book is a good fit for general readers …
This was the first of this author’s novels I read, and I became addicted to the author’s writing. The characters the author created are not only detailed and well-crafted; they are very human in their certainties and uncertainties, in their choices and their apparently unthinking reactions, in their loyalties and commitments and the reasons for …
Excellent audiobook narration of a wonderful historical romance
All of his blameless life, Stephen Kenyon, Duke of Ashburton, has lived an upright, responsible, and somewhat stodgy existence, caring for his estates and his numerous dependents. But at 36 years of age, his personal physician hands him a death sentence. He has only six months to …
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I like Mary Jo Putney’s novels but usually I can put them down occasionally and do other stuff–like eating, taking the garbage out, moving the wash from the washer into the dryer–. Basically, I read One Perfect Rose straight through. I’ll clean house some other day.