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Assigned the task of ensuring that those of the Lineage do not misuse their powers, Simon Malmain, Earl of Falconer, confronts a rogue Guardian, Lord Drayton, who uses a spell to transform Malmain into a unicorn.Tags
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Putney was on the Romance recommendation list I read through for One Perfect Rose. Among romance novelists, I found her one of the better ones, but placed against fantasy novels, I didn't have high expectations when I also found her on a fantasy recommendation list. There was certainly nothing particularly original in the magical system or plot or the way she used the setting in Georgian England. The prose style is decent with just a tinge of purple. I did like the hero, Simon, who first meets Meg, the heroine, when he's trapped in a unicorn's body. I liked Meg too, even if she's a bit Mary Sue. I did fast get tired of the harping on how precious her virginity was, and Simon losing it whenever he "took advantage" by heavy petting and show more reverting to a unicorn. It was one such transformation on page 251, where something so eye-rolling happened, I just gave up. Definitely not an author I'll be trying again. show less
Starts off with a bang. The unicorn angle seemed a bit cheezy at times, but I enjoyed it anyway. I liked the magical element, and read the rest of the Guardian books after this.
The hero is a unicorn! Well, sometimes he's a unicorn. Meg is one of MJP's sensible heroines. She suits Simon well.
Desde que fue recogida en el bosque por Lord Drayton, Meg ha creído que era una chica corriente, poco agraciada y sin muchas luces. Su auténtica personalidad, su belleza, su inteligencia y sus extraordinarios poderes mágicos han sido ocultos a los ojos de todos mediante un hechizo de Drayton, decidido a usarla para sus propios e increíbles planes. Cuando el destino cruza su camino con el de Simon de Malmain, al que salva de una muerte cierta, Meg descubre que, como él, pertenece a la estirpe de los Guardianes, seres legendarios que luchan desde hace siglos por mantener la paz y el orden en Inglaterra. Juntos, Simon y Meg intentarán detener a Drayton, y mientras tanto descubrirán que incluso ellos son vulnerables a la magia más show more poderosa que existe: la pasión. Mary Jo Putney retoma los personajes de los Guardianes en esta deliciosa aventura que combina romance, aventura, magia e historia. show less
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Romance writer Mary Jo Putney was born in New York and graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in English literature and Industrial design. She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design show more business Her first novel was a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract. In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published. Since then, she has published more than twenty-nine books. Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Most of her books have been historical romance. She has also begun writing fantasy romance and romantic fantasy. Putney has won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award twice, for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and has been a RITA finalist nine times. She is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for bestselling authors, and has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and four Golden Leaf Awards. Her titles include: Dark Mirror, Dark Passage, No Longer a Gentleman, Never Less than a Lady, and Nowhere Near Respectable. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Stolen Magic
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Simon Malman, Earl of Falconer; Meg; Lord Drayton
- Dedication
- In memory of Cheryl Anne Porter, with her grace, intelligence, and killer punch lines, and to Carol Morrison, my role model for selflessness and generosity
- First words
- As the Earl of Falconer, Simon Malmain traveled with an entourage of carriages and coachmen and most certainly his valet.
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- Haydon, Elizabeth; Asaro, Catherine; Resnick, Laura
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