The Spiral Path

The second contemporary novel by New York Times bestselling author, The Spiral Path sweeps from the distant mountains of New Mexico to the rolling hills of the English countryside in a story of love, loss, reconciliation—and the hard work of making movies.

For years, Kenzie Scott was everything to Raine Marlowe—the friend she turned to for courage and comfort, the lover who touched the hidden depths of her heart, the husband she adored but never really knew. Even as their marriage disintegrates into a civilized divorce, he helps her achieve her dream of becoming a director by agreeing to play the lead in The Centurion, the movie she has dreamed of making for years.

Rainey knows the role of the mysterious, tortured hero is perfect for Kenzie—but he fears that the character’s dark secrets may be dangerously close to his own. When filming begins, he realizes that he must make peace with the tragic past he has buried for years—or lose the one woman he will love for all time…

“The Spiral Path is one of the most gripping and darkly emotional books to come along in a long while…(Putney’s) books hold out such promise of hope, redemption and triumph that you will be unable to put them down.”
* Jill M. Smith in Romantic Times, 4+ rating, and a Top Pick

“Putney handles her potentially melodramatic material with emotional honesty and insight while maintaining the taut romantic tension between her richly developed, complicated protagonists.”
* Publishers Weekly

“(A)s always, Putney can be relied on to deliver something different. The result is a book that will take your breath away from the first page to the last…. there is only one word for unforgettable. Ultimately, it's a keeper of a story that only an author like Putney can tell - and tell very, very well.”
* AllAboutRomance.com, reviewed by Noelle Leslie de la

“Mary Jo Putney is writing from her heart and soul, and the writing is divine in The Spiral Path. It takes you down some harrowing rabbit holes from hell but then it spits you out into the sparkling rays of the sun and surrounds you with the glorious glow of love. Ms. Putney is first class all the way!"
* Suzanne Coleburn, The Belles and Beaux of Romance

ABOUT THE

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney was born in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. Her entire romance writing career is an accidental byproduct of buying a computer for other purposes.

Her 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 and two Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, she has six times had books listed among the Library Journal’s top five romances of the year, and three times had books among the top ten romances of Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association.

Her favorite reading is great stories, but in a pinch she’ll settle for the backs of cereal boxes. She’s delighted that e-publishing can now make available books that have been out of print.