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| Shadow Dance | 
 enlarge | Author: Julie Garwood
Creator: Joyce Bean
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 506736
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1590862600
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781590862605
ASIN: 1590862600
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
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Product Description
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.
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 A great comeback from Slow Burn November 13, 2008
I am a huge fan of the Julie Garwood Buchanan series, and Shadow Dance did not disappoint! I have loved Noah Clayborne's character since he was introduced.(For those Julie Garwood fanatics like me he is a descendant of the Clayborne's in the historical books For the Roses and Come the Spring) Reading all the books and always getting a hint of Jordan I had hoped she would eventually merge the families with Noah and Jordan, and she did not disappoint.
The book starts off where Slow Burn ends which is with Kate and Dylan getting married. I really enjoyed Jordan and Noah's interaction at the wedding, which included her laughing off him being late and her realizing how attractive he his when he turns the charm on her. Trying to overcome his opinion that she is not "adventurous" she sets out to prove him wrong by going to Texas to study a family feud between Kate's family and hers. Needless to say the trip is more than she bargains for when she starts stumbling over dead bodies. Riding to the rescue is Nick and Noah, with Nick having to return and Noah being told to stay behind with Jordan. Sparks and sexual chemistry fly oh my!! I don't won't to give away too much more so if you are looking for a great book to read, I would reccommend the whole series, including her latest Shadow Music, which goes back in time to tell the historical romance story of the feud Jordan is researching. Can't wait for the next one!!
Great Read October 27, 2008
This book was a pleasure to read and kept me interested. Couldn't put the book down and finished it in a couple of days. It definitely kept my interest. Loved it.
 Shadow Dance September 28, 2008
In this sequel to slow burn, Jordan Buchannan is thrust into the middle of a mystery. Apparently the McKenna's and Buchannan's have had a feud for generations, and a history professor from Texas stated how Dylan and Kate should never have married. Intrigued by the unknown, she traveled to Serenity to do some research. She was beginning to like this small Texas town until the professor turned up dead in her trunk. Not knowing what to do, she tried to contact her brother Nick for help, but ended up talking to his partner Noah Clayborne. Both Noah and Nick arrived in record time to get Jordan released, but not before she was battered by the local sheriff's brother in the next county. Nick was called away, but Noah stayed with her, so she could get all her things packed, and ready to go. The night before their departure, the mechanic that had worked on her car turned up dead in the trunk of Noah's rental car. She could not wait to get out of this small friendly town that turned out not to be so friendly after all. She really wanted to go because she was afraid she was falling for a man that didn't know what commitment was. She didn't want to be just one in a long line of women for Noah Clayborne.
Noah and Jordan were stranded in Texas because with all of all the mayhem around them they couldn't leave. The next victim to turn up was the man that attacked Jordan. Noah was dumbfounded that he hadn't been able to figure what was going on. He couldn't let anything happen to her, but it seemed out of his control. Both of those things bothered him on levels he didn't want to think about. Jordan and Noah were getting very close so quickly it frightened them both. When the heat between them burned out of control they gave into their passion. When Jordan and Noah felt the trouble had passed they headed back to Boston, where they thought that they were away from danger, but little did they know that it followed them. After Jordan is critically injured in a shooting, Noah is afraid he may never get the chance to tell her he loves her.
I liked Jordan because while she is a very strong woman, she also has a vulnerable side. Noah is tough as nails, and it humbles him to care so deeply for Jordan. He is in unfamiliar territory, and unsure what to do. For once, he doesn't have all the answers. I also like Jordan's big interfering family because they are involved in her life yet remain deeply intertwined. Interesting characters with a good story.
 What is this book about? August 14, 2008
I think this book is a romantic thriller; or maybe it's just a love story; or then again, maybe it is supposed to be a mystery? I'm confused!
The story line is that a brilliant woman computer scientist who likes her life ordered and organized, is challenged by an FBI agent who is a friend of her brother's to step outside of her comfort zone. So, she goes off on a wild goose chase to a godforsaken little town in Texas to talk to some nutty professor about an ancient feud that might affect her brother's life with his newly married wife. While in this town she ends up getting involved in three murders and is stalked by a maniacal killing machine who is assisted by all kinds of seedy characters. To the rescue comes the FBI agent who becomes the love of her life, etc. etc. etc.
The plot of this novel is as preposterous as anything I've seen. This rich and brilliant woman ends up renting a car that is a wreck? Hello! In real life she would have been an Avis/Hertz kind of person with Club memberships and would have gotten an expensive and very well maintained vehicle to drive! Also, she is out to meet with this goofy professor who researches historical Scottish clans in the middle of Texas? Since she knows computers, how come she does not know how to research people and their backgrounds on the internet?
Let's look at the FBI agent: here is a guy who never spends more than a week with any woman. So, all of a sudden he is turned on by her horn rimmed reading glasses to the point where he proposes marriage? huh? How about this plot line: the woman becomes a suspect in a murder so she calls her brother, and immediately, without any paperwork, permissions, or turf issues, both her brother and Noah (her paramour) fly off to Texas, the nearest FBI office drops everything that they are doing to help - even though the local police do NOT ask for help - and they are all involved in a simple murder case? How is that related to the real FBI and their role?
It even gets weirder - when the two FBI dudes get into town they arrest the chief of police! They immediately find out that this little town where everyone knows everyone else has a prostitution ring that has everyone sleeping with people who are not their spouses. A local town bully is a surveillance and electronics wiz-kid who also operates a blackmailing operation, and in addition he is a stupid follower of orders that clearly are intended to harm him. The two sides of town are separated by a line and the "good" restaurant is next to the "good" hotel which is on the "good" side of town while the "bad" restaurant is next to the "bad" hotel which rents rooms by the hour.
While I am not a Texan, even I found the overly broad characterization of the town to be uncomfortable and disturbing in its stereotyping. Has the author ever visited Texas?
The final kicker for me was the final scene and the resolution of the whole plot line. The killer manages to find his way to Boston to waylay the heroine and wound her. This, after he completely ignores her in his own backyard of Serenity Texas and three other people are killed there. What nonsense. To top it all off, the whole point of the plot was this supposed feud between the clans and the treasure that was lost. So, what happened with that feud? It's alluded to but never really explored.
Basically a waste of time.
Typical romantic suspense... August 4, 2008
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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