Hie thee to a bookstore

There haven’t been many times when I’ve come out on these pages encouraging a specific book.  I believe the last time was The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley and not a one of you who read it was sorry at my suggestion.

I have another one for you.  One Perfect Roseby MaryJo Putney. 

Typically, I came up with his story by deciding what was the worst, the very worst, thing I could do to the poor guy. A sober sort, Stephen had always subordinated his own desires to the heavy responsibilities he carried. Now on the brink of a new life, he comes face to face with his own mortality and bolts from the gilded, aristocratic cage in which he has spent his life. In the course of his anonymous journey across England, he falls in with lovely, compassionate Rosalind Jordan and her family of exuberant traveling players. Needless to say, happiness doesn’t come easily, but in the end Stephen and Rosalind find what they so richly deserve.

People, I was up until 3:28am on Friday night/Saturday morning reading this book.  Many of you know that I’m a crier – but usually that limits itself to damp eyes and a stuffy nose or, worse case scenario, a tear rolling down my cheek.  This book had me in the throes of shoulder shaking sobbing.  It is so well written, so emotionally powerful that I was riveted to my spot on the couch.

The above snippet from Ms. Putney’s site doesn’t allude to the event that sends our hero careening off into the world and neither will I.  However, I will say the troubles our lovers encounter are not your standard romance fare.

Follow my link – get yourself a copy and fall in love with MaryJo Putney.  Also know that she is one of the stupendous writers gracing the romance tent and the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books.