Circle of Friends Series - Mary Jo Putney Audiobook

Written by Mary Jo Putney
Read by Jack Garrett, Barbara Rosenblat, James Jenner
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Mary Jo Putney’s only contemporary series…written 2000-2003

The Burning Point (aka Stirring the Embers)

· Narrated by: Jack Garrett
Series: Circle of Friends, Book 1
Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 07-05-12
Publisher: 2000 Recorded Books

In her first contemporary novel, she tells a searing story of family, love, and desire.

Kate Corsi’s lifelong dream has been to work for her family’s world-famous explosive demolition business. Her stubborn father denied her this dream until he died. Now, his will has promised Kate a fortune - but only if she can live for a year in the same house with her ex-husband, Donovan. As Kate and Donovan form an uneasy alliance to learn the truth about her father’s mysterious death, they must confront the wrenching secrets of a past that nearly destroyed them. And they must face the perils of moving too close to the burning point, where their passion could once again catch fire.

Filled with compelling characters, The Burning Point solidifies Mary Jo Putney’s position as one of today’s great romantic writers. Jack Garrett’s inflamed narration will leave listeners smoldering.

Note—the author got criticism from women’s groups for abused women because Kate went back to he ex-husband.

Spiral Path (Phoenix Falling)

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 07-05-12

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, Kenzie 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…

Twist of Fate (An Imperfect Process)

Narrated by: James Jenner
Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
Release date: 07-05-12
Publisher: 2004 Recorded Books

An emotionally charged story of a man and a woman brought together by a passion for justice, a hunger for change, and an imperfect process.

Corporate law has given Val Covington high profile success, Armani suits—and no time for a life. Recklessly she walks away from her uptown job and starts her own practice, determined to do work that matters.

Renting a remodeled church for her new office gives her an unexpected bonus in the form of her landlord. Rob Smith is the kind of guy Val is always attracted to: mysterious, handsome, and haunted. Which means, based on her track record, that he is also a loser, but this time she’s smart enough to avoid involvement with the wrong man.

Then Val’s assistant makes a desperate plea for help in saving her one-time lover from being executed for a crime he didn’t commit. Val agrees to try, though success seems impossible. Rob, who has private reasons for wanting to work with Val, offers his formidable investigative skills in the quest for justice.

Working against the clock, Rob and Val discover irresistible mutual passion as well long hidden secrets. But will their new evidence be enough to save a life? And can two very different people change enough to build a life together?

Perhaps they can, when fate takes a hand….

A quote about the series…
“Many intelligent, successful adults have some, or a lot of, emotional baggage. Growth and maturity means finding successful ways to cope with old hurts and disappointments. Putney doesn’t write Pollyanna kind of stories, but of real ways that smart people learn to rise above troubles in their past.”