Let's Talk About Julie Garwood discussion

Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooter's face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation.

Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no-nonsense lawman, he's definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet she's attracted to him in a way she can't explain.

Ellie heads home to Winston Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sister's wedding. Shortly after she arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The Landrys have been captured, and she'll be called to testify. But they've been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into silence-or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be Ellie's shadow until the trial, and it isn't long before sparks fly.

Do I need to read these books in order? I just downloaded the ebook for this one and my library website didn't tell me that its the middle of a series. I did a quick scan of the other books, it doesn't look like it has the same characters in each one.

Thanks!! :)

This book isn't listed as part of a series and I remember it being a stand-alone.

Great! Thanks!

This book wasn't as great as JG prior works, but overall Ellie story was captivating. Wish the story hadn't seemed so rushed.

I agree! It wasn't as great as her previous ones.

So, my favorite part about this entire book is Annie and Lucas story. It was such a short subplot, but I loved it. I still think he could have told her he was shipping out without details. That seemed a little cruel. And was he gone over a year?

Has anyone ever wondered why classify The Ideal Man as Buchanan-Renard series? Although the hero, Max Daniels, is also a FBI agent, neither him nor Dr. Ellie Sullivan has connection with The Buchanans'. (The only mention of The Buchanans' was Michael Buchanans, but it occurred only once in the end of the story.)

I looked on her website but all I saw was they have connecting characters. Unfortunately, it didn't say how they were connected and I have a horrible memory and can't remember.

Thanks, actually I had the same doubt in , too.

Yes, that book was listed as connected characters too.

But who?

I honestly don't remember. Sorry. I guess I could do a reread but it won't be this month. ☺

Thanks!

In Hot Shot, Finn has the last name of MacBain which is the same as the hero in Garwood's historical romance, Saving Grace. Not sure if that is a link since I have not read the book yet, but it caught my eye since Saving Grace was one of my favorites.

Hmmm, interesting!

**shrugs** Yes, it would be nice if there was something on her website. I did a Google search and found nothing.

I bet Becca is right. JG really likes to tie her contemporary characters to her historical, which I just love, except there are so many and I have trouble keeping them straight. I have found that Wikipedia is a good resource to track authors-books-characters too.

I tried Wiki and didn't get anywhere.

I didn't read her historical, but I just found I could ask JG question in Goodreads'"Ask the Author," hoped she would answer me this question.

Let's hope.