Typical romantic suspense...

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	• Shadow Dance: A Novel Julie Garwood Ballantine Books, 2007 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 114 reviews view larger image
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Typical romantic suspense...

Jordan Buchanan has always lived her life on the safe side. A successful software designer and computer programmer, her laptop and cell phone are her lifeline, and every aspect of her existence has always centered on technology. That is until the day Noah Claybourne, FBI agent and long-time friend of her brother, points this out to her. Maybe he's right. After all, the last of her friends is getting married. She's still single and hasn't taken risks that hadn't been calculated to death. And that is why she takes on the challenge to research a feud between the MacKennas and the Buchanans that began back during Medieval Scotland. An eccentric and somewhat creepy professor insists that the Buchanans had always antagonized the MacKennas and Jordan wants to prove him wrong. Well... that and she'd like to find a treasure the professor spoke about. Jordan travels from Boston to the small town of Serenity, Texas to retrieve the research papers. Serenity isn't so serene anymore when the professor's body is found inside Jordan's rented cark trunk. Things get all the worse when another body is found days later in her trunk? Who's trying to frame her for murder? Noah and Jordan's brother Nick take over the case. It seems someone wants to cover his tracks, and would do just about anything to keep his identity a secret.

This is obviously part of a series. I don't think I'll bother looking into the other books. You've read one romantic suspense novel starring a tough and gorgeous FBI agent and a damsel in distress and you've read them all. I only read this because I want to read Shadow Music, which is the prequel to this story, set in Medieval Scotland. I read The Bride and thought it was a fun and romantic read and have wanted to read more medieval-set romances by Julie Garwood ever since. This novel is okay, nothing special or innovative for this genre. The few times the heroine focuses on her family history are entertaining, but the rest is pretty straightforward. The suspense isn't quite so suspenseful. I kind of figured out who the killer was long before the author revealed it. All in all, Shadow Dance is an average read. I hope Shadow Music is better.

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Jordan Buchanan is thrilled that her brother and best friend are tying the knot. The wedding is a lavish affair?for the marriage of Dylan Buchanan and Kate MacKenna is no ordinary occasion. It represents the joining of two family dynasties. The ceremony and reception proceed without a hitch?until a crasher appears claiming to be a MacKenna guest. The disheveled and eccentric professor of medieval history warns that there?s ?bad blood? between the couple?s clans, stemming from an ancient feud that originated in Scotland, and involving the Buchanan theft of a coveted MacKenna treasure.

Jordan has always led a cautious life and has used her intelligence and reason to become a successful businesswoman. So she is intrigued but skeptical of the professor?s claims that the feud has been kept alive by the grave injustices the Buchanans have perpetrated over the centuries. But when Noah Clayborne, a close family friend and a man who has never let a good time or a pretty girl pass him by, accuses Jordan of being trapped in her comfort zone, she determines to prove him wrong and sets out on a spontaneous adventure to the small, dusty town of Serenity, Texas, to judge the professor?s research for herself.

Maneuvering through a close-knit community in which everyone knows everyone else?s business, Jordan never anticipates the danger and intrigue that lie in her path, nor the threat that will shadow her back to Boston, where even in familiar surroundings, her life is at risk.

A powerful thug who rules by fear, a man who harbors a simmering secret, and an unexpected romance that pierces all defenses?beloved author Julie Garwood weaves these dazzling elements into a brilliant novel of romantic suspense. Shadow Dance is a searing tango of passion and peril.

From the Hardcover edition.

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