Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Heartbreaker (Buchanan-Renard #1)

3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 · rating details · 9,489 ratings · 309 reviews

“Bless me father, for I will sin. . . .” In the still shadows of the confessional, a madman tauntingly reveals his plan for a murder he is going to commit, pulling Father Thomas Madden into a twisted game by disclosing his next intended victim: Tom’s sister, Laurant. In a frantic race to protect her, Tom calls upon his best friend, elite FBI agent Nick Buchanan, to track t...more

Paperback, 520 pages

Published December 1st 2004 by Pocket Books (first published July 1st 2000)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

Best Romantic Suspense

13th out of 844 books — 1,040 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books

288th out of 1,791 books — 4,030 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Dec 05, 2008 Tammy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008-reads, suspense

In this Julie Garwood thriller, a psychopath a/k/a "the Heartbreaker" confesses to the brutal murder of a young woman to a priest. Then he makes his intentions known to kidnap, torture and murder the priest's sister, Laurent, next. The priest contacts his best friend, local FBI super agent, Nick, and a full blown whodunit takes place as Nick fights to protect Laurent.

It is fair to say that the first chapter of this book scared the unholy crap out of me. I suspect this was because I listened to t...more

like 7 likes · see review

May 12, 2013 Lisa Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: setting-usa-iowa, setting-usa-kansas, setting-usa-missouri, genre-romance-suspense, authors-g, authors-j, m-audible-dot-com, re-read-via-audio, reviewed-by-me, zzcover-gold, zzcover-orange, xyzcover-sea-lake-water, xyzcover-sunrise-sunset, 2013-rlftci-group-challenge, challenge-nbrc-tower

Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1953 “I Confess.”

★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) I’ve heard Tanya Eby read before and thought she delivered nice performances; however, I wasn’t thrilled over her narration in this one. Especially her supposed subtle “French” accent for Laurant Madden, the heroine who grew up in a French convent. It did NOT sound remotely French to me. Ms. Eby’s diction is good, as is her pacing. Her differentiation of characters wasn’t terrible, but I’ve heard h...more

like 15 likes · see review

Mar 23, 2008 Isis FG rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance-suspense, reviewed, info-full, author-julie-garwood, stars-4

A true-blue romantic suspense. Some romantic suspense books are romances with suspenseful storylines, but this is one of those books that is a pure suspense books with a solid romance behind it. And overall it was a pretty good read. I enjoyed it.

Good plot...well planned, enough twists, plenty of suspicion cast about. Good characters...likeable, interesting, fairly well developed. And a decent romance...not great, but substantial enough.

If you like solid romantic suspenses, then give this one a...more

like 4 likes · see review

Jun 24, 2010 Shannon C. rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense-mystery

2.5 stars
I had a hard time getting into this book. While I usually like mystery/suspense books, this one felt too formulatic and predictable: girl is target of crazy killer, agent acts as bodyguard, girl and agent hook up. I found Laurant, the lead gal, to be an insipid pollyanna of a character. I didn't connect with her and found her annoying. Nick, the agent/bodyguard, was more a bit more believable. I didn't buy into their romantic relationship. It wasn't developed enough and then, boom, she...more

like 4 likes · see review

Jul 21, 2010 Amanda rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: EVERYone

Shelves: set-series, law-inforcement-romance, reviewed

I have never really been a big fan of Suspense, then I found Romantic Suspense, and then I found Julie Garwood!!! I first found her when I read Sizzle (I know out of order, and it killed me when I found out because I hate reading out of order). I fell in love with her style almost instantly, so I knew I was going to love this book.
Nick Buchanan is the best of the best, but even the best of best needs a mental break from a job like his. He felt like there was no place in his life for love or a f...more I have never really been a big fan of Suspense, then I found Romantic Suspense, and then I found Julie Garwood!!! I first found her when I read Sizzle (I know out of order, and it killed me when I found out because I hate reading out of order). I fell in love with her style almost instantly, so I knew I was going to love this book.
Nick Buchanan is the best of the best, but even the best of best needs a mental break from a job like his. He felt like there was no place in his life for love or a family and resigned himself to that. Then he gets a phone from his best friend Father Tommy, who got a creepy threat from some psycho with a grudge that confessed to a murder and advised of his attentions on his sister Laurent. Despite the fact that he was suppose to be on Vacation he immediately ran to Kansas and Holy Oaks to protect her.
Laurent Madden is a very sweet, loving, and generous person, she never meets and stranger. She self reliant and after spending so much time away from brother she frets over him since he is in recovery from cancer. She doesn't complain but she also doesn't like to put herself out there. However she finds out that her brother was visited by some crazy man that confessed to a murder set his sights on her. She puts her neck out because she wants it to stop with her, so that no other women get hurt.
This book has it all for me, the high suspense had me chewing off my fingernails and, the creepy factor had me hiding under the covers, the sweet romantic and outwardly funny moments had me smiling like an idiot. I loved How Father Tommy never acknowledge the women that fawned over him, and how Noah was the most upfront and in your face, say whatever came to mind guy. I liked, no loved how Nick was terrified to fly. I thought that Laurent was a strong and brave woman but not so much that it wasn't believable. She was kind and perfect for Nick. I also loved the fact that author wasn't afraid to hurt the heroine that she allowed for trauma. This is a Definite Must read for everybody.
(less)

like 2 likes · see review

Feb 23, 2009 Gina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, action, mystery, mystery-detective, romantic-suspense, suspense, fbi

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. “Heart Pounding” beginning and great ending, but drags in the middle.

In the sweltering heat, Father Tom is in the confessional, doing his duty. But today will be a different sort of day, for a murderer will enter the confessional and ask for absolution for a sin he is going to commit. But what scares him the most: this murderer plans on killing his sister, Laurant.

When Laurant doesn’t hear from her brother, she becomes concerned, scared even, and heads to Kansas to see him, fearing that his late...more “Heart Pounding” beginning and great ending, but drags in the middle.

In the sweltering heat, Father Tom is in the confessional, doing his duty. But today will be a different sort of day, for a murderer will enter the confessional and ask for absolution for a sin he is going to commit. But what scares him the most: this murderer plans on killing his sister, Laurant.

When Laurant doesn’t hear from her brother, she becomes concerned, scared even, and heads to Kansas to see him, fearing that his latest test results confirmed that the cancer was back and he was having chemotherapy treatments. When she gets there, she’s happy that the cancer has not returned, but her world is still torn upside down, for a murderer wants her, and for the kindhearted woman she is, she doesn’t understand how she can be the target of a madman.

Nick Buchanan, an FBI agent and Father Tom’s best friend since they were kids, is supposed to be on vacation, but the second he hears from Tom, he heads straight to Kansas and vows to protect Tom’s sister. When Laurant suggests using herself as bait, Nick argues: he doesn’t want here anywhere near Holy Oaks. But the rest of the team, including Laurant, disagrees with him, for if Laurant was to run and hide, how long would she be constantly looking over her shoulder. She won’t allow it, and takes the decision out of his hands when the killer calls, taunting them all.

When a suspect is eventually caught, Nick can’t believe it. Are his instincts out of whack? Could it be that he really is tired and due for a vacation, to recharge, to get himself back in the game? For his instincts are screaming that it’s not right: that the whole thing was just too easy. And even while everyone is assuring him that the evidence is building against this suspect, that they have their man, Nick believes they’re wrong. Question is, if they are, will Nick still be able to save Laurant?

**I really liked the beginning. The killer, his whispers, his words, gave me the chills. I’m sure I’d have reacted the same as Father Tom had. And I liked Tom. A very down-to-earth priest, he’s kind, selfless, never shirking his duty no matter how much he wishes he could.

Nick, strong, selfless, he’s also very determined. Even when he tries to keep Laurant at arm’s length, she still managed to get under his skin.

Laurant, a strong female character. She cares, almost to a fault, about everyone around her. Strong, kind, she helps in anyway she can. Egging the murderer on might not be a very bright idea, but as unselfish as she is, she’s not thinking about herself - she’s thinking about the women out there that could end up substituting her until the murderer gets his hands on her, and she can’t accept that.

I liked the mystery, and what action there was, was terrific, especially the climax of the story. When the suspect is arrested, I believed as Nick did - it had been too easy. No mystery I’ve ever read had ever been that easy. What bugged me a little was that the middle of the story seemed to lag - it was almost like this could have been a 250 page Harlequin romantic-suspense novel - the center seemed like “filler”. Stuff that happens that really didn’t need to happen. And most of it was all talk. Had there been more attacks of some sort, more action, I think the story would have been a lot better. But for what there was, it was good. I think, LOL, my favourite part was, knowing how very much Nick hated to fly, he flew over an ocean to get Laurant back. Very sweet ending.(less)

like 3 likes · see review

Sep 21, 2007 LJ rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: iowa, contemporary_post_1945, romantic_suspense

Heartbreaker - Ok
Julie Garwood
Setting: Holy Oaks, Iowa, present day
Sensuality rating: 4
A psychopath confides his obsessions to a terrified priest, whose beloved sister is the star of the killer's homicidal fantasies: Garwood's first foray into contemporary romantic suspense.Father Tom Madden and younger sib Laurant are close, even though the untimely death of their parents meant a childhood spent thousands of miles apart. The lovely Laurant grew up in a posh Swiss boarding school run by kindly n...more

like 1 like · see review

Feb 27, 2008 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: rs-mystery-thriller, cops-fbi-dea-cia-etc, serial-killers, own, 1st-in-series, my-5-star-romances

The first book in Julie Garwood's Buchanan series and, really, all I can say is WOW. When compared to her historical romances, I would probably only give this 4 stars but compare to other romantic suspense, I think it holds up quite well. Well enough to deserve 5 stars from me. Father Thomas Madden waits in the confessional and a man comes in. He proceeds to tell the Father some pretty disturbing stuff. How he has killed and will kill again. In fact he has his next victim picked out. The Father'...more

like 1 like · see review

Mar 05, 2013 HÜLYA YILMAZ rated it 5 of 5 stars

FBI ajanı olan Nick Buchanan tatile çıkacaktır ama arkadasi rahip Tom Madden onu yardıma çagırır bu yardım bır cinayetle ilgilidır.Aradakı fark ıslenmıs olan bır cınayetle degıl islenmemıs bır cınayetle ılgılıdır. Katıl rahibın karsısına günah cıkarmaya degıl işleyecegı cınayetı haber vermek ıcın gelmistır. Öldürecegi kisı Rahip Tom'un kizkardeşi Laurant'i öldüreceginı haber vermistır. Bunun üzerine Nick tatılını Arkadası Tom'a ayırmaya kızkardesinin öldürülmesını engellemeye karar verır. Arkada...more

like · see review

Feb 14, 2013 Melissa McHugh rated it 4 of 5 stars

I've been rereading Julie Garwoods -- the old ones that caught my interest in the first place. From the first book she published, Gentle Warrior, until Shadow Music, Julie was a must-buy, no questions asked. Then she stopped writing historicals, and for some reason even her contemporary novels lost their luster. They became worse and worse until Sweet Talk was released this last August, and I barely managed to finish it, knowing I had read better fanfiction pieces written by 12-year-olds.

So, in...more I've been rereading Julie Garwoods -- the old ones that caught my interest in the first place. From the first book she published, Gentle Warrior, until Shadow Music, Julie was a must-buy, no questions asked. Then she stopped writing historicals, and for some reason even her contemporary novels lost their luster. They became worse and worse until Sweet Talk was released this last August, and I barely managed to finish it, knowing I had read better fanfiction pieces written by 12-year-olds.

So, in a fit of nostalgia, I searched my bookshelves for my favorite Julie history romances. Saving Grace, The Bride, The Secret, The Wedding, Ransom, The Lion's Lady, The Gift, Castles...and then I grabbed Heartbreaker because it was the third Garwood I'd read overall, and her first contemporary.

I wonder why her recent releases don't have the depth that Heartbreaker. Here, the characters are fleshed out with flaws and weaknesses. There's a supporting cast that's more than just wallpaper, but actually integral parts of the plot. Laurant is gorgeous, but she has a fear of commitment but also of being lonely. Nick is also gorgeous, but his fear of flying and need to control everything adds flavor. It's this depth to the characters that was missing from her last few books, this idea that the author knew these characters inside and out, that they were more than names on a page.

The plot itself is interesting and has great twists--not an ending you would necessarily see from a mile away. There are red herrings and fun, colorful characters like Tommy, the priest best friend/brother, Noah, the FBI agent, Michelle, Lorna--there's more to this story than the leads. A strong supporting cast seems to be missing in her recent novels.

I forgot how much I like Heartbreaker and my Julie Garwood experiment reminded me that I still love her, but I'm unsure if I'll ever be able to buy another book from her, unless it's a reprint I don't already have. I think Julie should read some of her older novels and remember how good she used to be, and maybe try to recapture that spirit. (less)

like · see review

Feb 10, 2013 Liv rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shadow Dance was my first "Julie Garwood" novel and that was a mistake because it was so amazing that I'm afraid all of the other Buchanan books will be just as disappointing as this one was. In Heartbreaker, the biggest issue was not the plot, suspense or action. All of those aspects were great and in line with what I look for in a good thriller.

My issue was with Laurent, the damsel in distress. I could not connect with Laurent, as the female lead and love interest of NIck Buchanan. Nick is a...more

like · see review

Aug 10, 2012 Suman rated it 5 of 5 stars

I LOVE this series soo much I'm practically obsessed. I have read these books atleast 4 times and there are 8 so far, I only first read them last year in March! I was first introduced to Julie Garwood & the Buchanan Series by my older sister, and do I love her for it or what! This is the first book in the series & Julie Garwood has begun with a bang!

I'm almost 20 and yes I love a good old romance book but this book doesn't just provide the romance part but also a mystery and thrill aspe...more

like · see review

Aug 26, 2011 Hope Frost rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was my first Garwood book, but it will not be my last. The first part of this book was pretty slow to me, a lot of back story was given, and in my opinion it would have been better to scatter it around the book, which was done, so it was some redundancy. That being said, once I got to the dialogue, it was great. Laurent and Nick were witty and she gave as much as she got. She was strong but not in the alpha sense. I loved reading the struggle Nick was having when it came to matters of the h...more

like 1 like · see review

Jun 15, 2010 Nina rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book has a lot going for it, but had a shaky start. Nick's voice at the beginning just wasn't there for me. When he was battling with himself over an old case and then hashing it out with his boss it just all felt sort of...forced. I didn't see or hear Nick yet there, and it wasn't until he got to Holy Oaks, where his friend Tom, a priest, called for his help because a serial killer sat in the confessional to declare that he was going to kill Laurant, Tom's sister. And so the stage is set w...more

like · see review

Apr 17, 2012 Michelle Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-read

My first Garwood contemp book!

http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspo...

Julie Garwood's books are my comfort reads. I have read and then re-read numerous historical romances of hers. However this is the first time that I have ventured out to her contemporary series. I was impressed. I liked Heartbreaker a lot. I have to say though after Heather from The Book Reading Gals told me that Nick Buchanan was a descendant from one of my all time favourite heroes, Brodick Buchanan from Ransom, I got especi...more My first Garwood contemp book!

http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspo...

Julie Garwood's books are my comfort reads. I have read and then re-read numerous historical romances of hers. However this is the first time that I have ventured out to her contemporary series. I was impressed. I liked Heartbreaker a lot. I have to say though after Heather from The Book Reading Gals told me that Nick Buchanan was a descendant from one of my all time favourite heroes, Brodick Buchanan from Ransom, I got especially excited.
Nick was a wonderfully well rounded hero in Heartbreaker. I liked him right away. Nick is not an over the top alpha hunky male and instead he is a confident realistic man who works for the FBI. He is a part of the missing children's unit of the FBI so that says a lot about his character. He has seen some disturbing things that would burn out the normal citizen or send them to rounds of treatments in a psych ward.

Laurant was awesome. Firstly what a cool name Laurant is. I've never heard it before and it really suited this lovely character. Laurant is a long legged French beauty that really has no idea how pretty she is. My biggest attraction to Laurant's character was how smart and sensible she was. She knows that a crazy killer is after her and she is just plain logical about it. She recognizes that Nick is a true professional and she trusts every single call he makes. She may not like it but she gets it. Laurant makes no stupid moves and even though she get thoroughly frustrated with the barriers Nick throws her way, she goes with it. Oh how I loved that! It was so refreshing to read that an intelligent woman recognized that she was in peril and made no stupid or careless moves. That is the beauty of Julie Garwood's writing style. The reader is treated to a solid plot and the story does not get clouded by frivolous climatic moments forced to move the novel forward. The strength is all in the well crafted writing.

For the majority of the story, the reader is treated to a bit of a mystery trying to figure out who the "Heartbreaker" killer is and then a suspenseful build up as the story draws to climax. Laurant and Nick's feelings slowly escalate forward and they become a well developed pair. Part of the FBI cover was to appear like a newly engaged couple. It was great to read how they were trying to fool everyone that they were in love and all the while, they were actually falling in love. I smiled frequently.

Heartbreaker was a great story and I am getting ready to start the next book in the Buchanan series. I'm not normally a romantic suspense reader but I really enjoyed the change.

Teasers: Father "What a Waste", donut boy runner, creepy hidden camera, cute matching fishing shirts
(less)

like · see review

Jan 26, 2012 Jasmine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned-ebooks, very-much-addicted, i-will-buy-the-actual-book

Wow! This novel is really something! I was actually planning to read this for a little while, instead I got so hooked up in the story that I've forgotten all those important things that I should have been prioritizing. For I've spent most of my time reading this novel and finishing it to the very end earlier than I thought. Yes, that's how truly addictive this novel really is. I don't know why but romantic suspense novel truly intrigues me. The main characters the beautiful Laurant and the hands...more

like 1 like · see review

Feb 03, 2013 Sabrina (Soter) Sally rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

3 1/2

La Garwood ha esordito come autrice di romance storici ed è in questa veste che l'ho conosciuta e amata. Dopo più di un decennio comprensibilmente ha deciso di tentare un nuovo genere e "La confessione" è il suo primo romance contemporaneo con un pizzico di giallo (inserito più che altro come pretesto per far incontrare i due visto che Nick è un agente dell'FBI oltre che essere il migliore amico di Tom!), che inaugura la saga della famiglia Buchanan (8 fratelli). Per quanto riguarda la part...more

like · see review

Apr 16, 2010 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, romantic-suspense

LOVED IT!!! I thought it was the perfect mix of romantic elements and suspense. I really enjoyed the mystery of it, and that some of the chapters were from the killers POV. His parts were a little chilling to read, and just plain creepy.

The book begins with a rather disturbing chapter. A priest is sitting in the confessional booth waiting for people to show up. He's about to leave when someone steps in, and asks for forgiveness for a sin he has yet to commit. Turns out this man is planning on ki...more

like · see review

Aug 04, 2010 Sariah rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a great little mystery/suspense. A man confesses to a priest (Father Tom) a murder he is going to commit, and the victim is Father Tom's sister, Laurant. Tom brings in his best friend, Nick, who is an FBI agent to help protect Laurant and find this killer.

Most of the story moved well, but the writing was just okay to me. Nothing spectacular, but good enough to keep me interested. There seemed to be a lot of predictable aspects (Nick and Laurant falling in love...) and I figured out who t...more

like · see review

Jun 17, 2011 Manuela rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspence

Mi aspettavo molto, forse troppo da questo romanzo della Garwood, e ne sono rimasta molto delusa.
Non che non scriva bene, o che non sia un romanzo che si legge volentieri, però non nascondo di aver trovato molte cose che non mi hanno convinta.
Fin dall’inizio lo stile della Garwood è molto verboso: troppe spiegazioni, troppi pensieri, troppe divagazioni, anche se poi nella seconda parte si risolleva, il ritmo diventa più incalzante e scorre più fluidamente.
Il vero problema di questo romanzo è per...more

like · see review

Sep 11, 2011 Eryn Lockhart rated it 4 of 5 stars

Heartbreaker is one of Julie Garwood's 1st contemporary romances that I've read, and it looks like she's made a successful transition between sub-genres. The heroine is still charming and sweet, the hero is still gruff and something of a loner, and both characters are engaging and well-crafted---I wanted them to reach their happily ever after, I cared about what happened to them, and I was relieved when their story came to a happy conclusion. Despite that...I felt there was something missing.

Th...more

like · see review

May 18, 2011 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Girl orphaned and sent off to Switzerland and someday returns to the States to be reunited with her Catholic priest brother. As we join the story, she is investing her trust fund into saving a small midwest town's historic square one storefront at a time while simultaneously volunteering with her brother's church's 100th anniversary, running every morning with local high school boys and generally being perfect, So, of course someone wants to kill her and confesses this to her brother, who then g...more

like · see review

Jul 07, 2012 Gay rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read a lot of books each year, and I have discovered that while I may read a book and promptly forget what it was about, I usually do remember whether or not I liked it. This was the first book by Garwood that I have ever read... it may be her first novel, I don't know, but it was quite entertaining. Good story line, very original I thought. I think they call this style of book a psycho thriller. I would definitely consider reading more of her books. I don't care for the current trend that is...more

like · see review

Jul 21, 2012 Mary added it

Shelves: favorites

I read almost half of Garwood's books and I find this book refreshing. It's the same from her previous books yet different. I like the way she made the story interesting. I love it actually, very cool, I just can't stop reading it. It's a little predictable but it's okay. The guy, Nick, has the same characteristics as the other heroes in Garwood's books but at least he's not that perfect. I mean he's more real than the previous heroes.

This book is more of a thriller and suspense than a romance b...more

like · see review

Jan 25, 2011 Eva Nickelson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I enjoyed this story. There was little romance, but Garwood created characters in a stressful situation that simply know they are in love without having to go through an entire soul-searching, gut-wrenching time to figure it out. Garwood does a good job of building up the villain(s) in the story, and not blurring the personalities of the villains even when the main characters are not around.

Laurant and Nick are a cute couple, and while they are pretending to be engaged, both wish it was real, bu...more

like · see review

Jan 28, 2012 Rebecca Minto rated it 5 of 5 stars

I know a number of traditional Garwood fans objected once she started on her contemporary series, but I loved this book. Let me correct that - I LOVED this story! The the humor was a bit more subtle than with her historicals, but the characters were well-developed and there were moments of humor, if not outright hilarity. I could see personality traits in some of the characters we were led to believe that were descendants from well-loved historical characters. I loved Laurent and Nick from the f...more

like 1 like · see review

Nov 19, 2012 Loudn'clear rated it 5 of 5 stars

"forgive me Father, for i will sin..."

THIS IS SOMETHING TO READ!

This was my 2nd julie Garwood book. I read mercy first and loved it, then i came to know thats mercy is a part of series. so i Picked the first one of the series and how i loved it.

I love romance and suspense and it was a mixture of those, although the plot was pridictable but still i just couldn't put it down. THe male protogonist Nick Buchanan is the best hero ever, he is strond, responsible, a little insecure but in a cute way,...more

like · see review

Aug 04, 2012 Darcia Cowart rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just re read there book. Love love love it! This is like 500 pages long. But I could have stood another 500, I loved the story that much. Laurant, Tommy and Nick are the main characters. Tommy is a priest who hears a confession from an unknown sub who is going to kill his sister. He calls his best friend Nick an FBI agent he grew up with and the story begins. This book has a lot of twists and turns and you dont see the ending coming. It is well thought out, but the hook is the relationships in...more

like · see review

Mar 26, 2013 Nancy Zorn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed

After reading Unbroken, I needed some fiction to lighten things up. This book came to me in a bag of hand-me-downs. I'd never read this author before and did a quick check on goodreads. I immediately noticed the book was on several "romance" book lists. eeekkkk. Me no likey, but I gave it a go.

I enjoyed this book more than I had initially expected. Perhaps it was because I had low expectations going in. The set up was good and kept me reading. The romance aspects of the book didn't go too far o...more

like · see review

Apr 19, 2011 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance

Whew, it was certainly stressful and scary! But I do really like these suspense novels with the alpha male FBI agents and cops. I have only read this book and the fourth (maybe fifth?) in the series, and they both seemed to follow the same exact timeline. So, I have the second book from the library, and if the timeline is the same in that one, I'll probably stop reading the series there.

It was still an enjoyable read and I really liked Laurent, the main female character. Her brother, Tommy, wasn...more

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
Let's Talk About ...: Heartbreaker May Group Read (Spoilers)	35	12	24 minutes ago
Let's Talk About ...: Heartbreaker (Buchanan-Renard #1)	1	6	Apr 08, 2013 03:10pm

combine
Other Editions (43)

More editions...

Genres

Romance

288 users

Romance > Romantic Suspense

177 users

Suspense

97 users

Contemporary

89 users

Mystery

79 users

Romance > Contemporary Romance

64 users

Thriller

34 users

Thriller > Mystery Thriller

18 users

Adult

17 users

Womens Fiction > Chick Lit

10 users

See top shelves...

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Julie Garwood

Julie Murphy was born in 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri to a large Irish family. At the age of six, Julie had her tonsils removed and complications from the surgery resulted in a long period of recuperation. She fell hopelessly behind in school and never caught up. "I was a slow, slow reader," Julie says. "I hated it." At the age of 11, her mother discovered her daughter's secret and promptly enrol...more

More about Julie Garwood...

Books by Julie Garwood

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Heartbreaker

No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »

Quotes from Heartbreaker

“-"Nick?"
"I'm still here, Laurant."
-"Did you tell Tommy we slept together?"
"No, but you just did. He's standing right here."
She fell asleep. But this time she didn't have any dreams or nightmare.” — 29 people liked it

“Going for it and changing what you could change-that's what success was all about.” — 18 people liked it

More quotes…

title link	preview: Heartbreaker
avg rating	preview: Heartbreaker Goodreads rating: 3.95 (9489 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107789.Heartbreaker?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344390055l/107789.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107789.Heartbreaker?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood[/url]

Heartbreaker (Buchanan-Renard #1)

Friend Reviews

Community Reviews

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website