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Shadow Dance (Buchanan-Renard #6)
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 eccentr...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
December 26th 2006
by Ballantine Books
(first published December 1st 2006)
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This book obviously has a cliffhanger at the end of it . . . GRRR! However, I'm not certain which book is the next to read!?! I suppose I'll have to read it now just to satisfy my curiosity.
One element I was pleased with on listening to this book is Jordan Buchanan appeared to be a nice match for Noah Clayborne, whom I first met in "Mercy." Unfortunately, Noah's "fall" into love was somewhat uneventful/anticlimatic and, truthfully, a bit boring! Not Garwood's best offering I'm afraid. Like most...more
One element I was pleased with on listening to this book is Jordan Buchanan appeared to be a nice match for Noah Clayborne, whom I first met in "Mercy." Unfortunately, Noah's "fall" into love was somewhat uneventful/anticlimatic and, truthfully, a bit boring! Not Garwood's best offering I'm afraid. Like most...more
Jordan Buchanan, the ultimate computer nerd, attends yet another brother's wedding and is charged to keep an eye on her sister-in-law's nineteen-year-old sister who's practically doing back flips to gain the attention of Noah Clayborne, an FBI agent with a score list longer than the Good Book. Not that he's interested, he knows the girl is too young for him, but still, it's better to be safe than sorry.
An uninvited guest crashed the party, a nutty professor that's been communicating with Isabel,...more
An uninvited guest crashed the party, a nutty professor that's been communicating with Isabel,...more
This is Buchanan#6, which follows Slow Burn (Buchanan #5)
I have labeled this book romance thriller but the mystery is why this book is so disjointed.
Jordan Buchanan is attending the wedding of her brother Dylan Buchanan to Kate McKenna. She meets a wedding crasher claiming a relationship to the McKenna family claiming to have important documents relating to the McKenna estate that Kate and her sisters have just inherited from a great-uncle from whom her family had been estranged. Professor McKe...more
I have labeled this book romance thriller but the mystery is why this book is so disjointed.
Jordan Buchanan is attending the wedding of her brother Dylan Buchanan to Kate McKenna. She meets a wedding crasher claiming a relationship to the McKenna family claiming to have important documents relating to the McKenna estate that Kate and her sisters have just inherited from a great-uncle from whom her family had been estranged. Professor McKe...more
I can't believe I haven't reviewed this book before, I am definitely missing some of these in my attempt to keep up with every book I've ever read. Anyway, this is one of my favorites in the Buchanan series, Jordan's story. The book opens with Jordan attending the wedding of her best friend to her brother. A slightly crazed looking man, Professor McKenna, breaks in and tells Jordan that her friend is making a mistake because their two families (he's a distant relative of the bride) have been feu...more
Finally! Garwood writes a Buchanan story that was on par with Mercy. It still doesn't eclipse that one for me, but it definitely held its own, and it marched past the last few stories that couldn't hit much more than flat notes.
Here, we get Noah Clayborne's story, and if you've been reading the entire series than you already know you love Noah. And who would be a better match for Noah than the Buchanan sister, Jordan. This one starts out with Kate and Dylan's wedding, the couple from the last b...more
Here, we get Noah Clayborne's story, and if you've been reading the entire series than you already know you love Noah. And who would be a better match for Noah than the Buchanan sister, Jordan. This one starts out with Kate and Dylan's wedding, the couple from the last b...more
Shadow Dance was an intriguing but fun read, full of characters that you want to get to know - and already do. At least, we get to know Jordan Buchanan and Noah Clayborne better.
Jordan comes from a family full of strong, courageous men who are mostly a part of law enforcement in one way of another. In other words, she is loved as much as she is protected. Noah is an FBI agent, and to add to that appeal, he is funny and witty making him a perfect fit with the Buchanans. Jordan and Noah do not rea...more
Jordan comes from a family full of strong, courageous men who are mostly a part of law enforcement in one way of another. In other words, she is loved as much as she is protected. Noah is an FBI agent, and to add to that appeal, he is funny and witty making him a perfect fit with the Buchanans. Jordan and Noah do not rea...more
Wow. So, here's the thing, Jordan Buchanan is a total geek/technology expert whose life is utterly boring. And if it weren't for Noah Clayborne, she never would've even found out.
In a desperate attempt to save her life (or lack of one), Jordan takes a short trip to Texas. Of course, like all spontaneousless people, she has a plan and a reason for being there. Jordan heard some rumors from an irritating old man about her ancestors that don't exactly keep her family name on a good record.
In the m...more
In a desperate attempt to save her life (or lack of one), Jordan takes a short trip to Texas. Of course, like all spontaneousless people, she has a plan and a reason for being there. Jordan heard some rumors from an irritating old man about her ancestors that don't exactly keep her family name on a good record.
In the m...more
This book was so southern, my inner "reading voice" read with an accent. Most of the time, I didn't mind this - it was a change of pace for me - but I did get confused when a good chunk of book was supposed to take place in Boston and everyone was still... so... Southern. And characters who were supposed to have grown up in Boston just... didn't. Maybe I wasn't reading carefully, but that kinda irked me. If you're going to be Southern, write "Charleston" instead of "Boston."
The other complaint I...more
The other complaint I...more
I knew I was skipping the fourth book because it was unavailable in the library so I put a hold on it. I didn't however mean to skip the 5th. I actually took it out today, but for some reason I thought that Shadow Dance was number 5. It didn't really affect the story at all, now I know that the characters in 5 end up together. Not a big shocker overall lol.
Okay so this book featured Noah! Noah has been a recurring figure throughout the other books. He's the man that gets called in to help the Bu...more
Okay so this book featured Noah! Noah has been a recurring figure throughout the other books. He's the man that gets called in to help the Bu...more
This is the best of the three Julie Garwoods I've read to date, but it too suffers from that same gaggy style of romance writing when it comes to love scenes. The story here, however, isn't bad. The concept is that computer software giant Jordan Buchanan crosses paths with an eccentric professor whose research implicates her Scottish ancestors in improbably negative ways. After meeting him at a family wedding, Jordan travels to a nowhereseville town where she is caught up in a series of murders,...more
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** "Shadow Dance" by Julie Garwood refers perhaps to murderous mysteries moving behind the obvious romance. Most of the story contrasts the rednecks and neighborliness in a small town, with humor. A chapter introducing the manipulative kingpin villain jumps in jarringly out of place. Plot threads of a royal treasure lost in a centuries long Highland blood feud are a disappointing Loch Ness sized red herring. Starting at a McKenna-Buchanan Boston wedding, a rude eccentric McKenna professor provok...more
Love all of Garwood's books, be they CR or historical...But I got to admit, I was expecting a little something more from Noah Clayborne:-) He had so much promise in all the other Buchanan books! I loved him in Shadow Dance, don't get me wrong, but it could have been a little better:-) 4 1/2 stars, just for that teeny missing element:-) Otherwise, a great read:-)
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Jordan Buchanan's brother, Dylan, and her best friend, Kate MacKenna are getting married. An uninvited guest, the rather odd Professor MacKenna shows up at the wedding and tells Jordan about his research into the Buchanan/MacKenna families in Scotland. When Jordan decides to go to the small Texas town of Serenity where Professor MacKenna lives and has all his research papers, all hell breaks loose. When Jordan finds a man's body in the trunk of her rental vehicle, she calls her brother, who is w...more
Loved it! Noah is so hot! Read this book and fall in love again. The character of Noah Clayborn is included in a couple other Garwood books, and you laugh at him there, but fall for him in this one. Jordan is a strong woman and a great example of todays woman. Give this one a try.
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I did really like the story. The suspense, the romance. I do wish that she would have explained the treasure a little more. I felt she missed a golden opportunity there. Also I would have liked a little more interaction between Noah and Jordan before they became so closely involved. I just didn't see the jump as quickly as it happened.
I was disappointed to come here and realize this was a series of books. Nothing on the cover of the book or inside the book indicates there are other books concer...more
I was disappointed to come here and realize this was a series of books. Nothing on the cover of the book or inside the book indicates there are other books concer...more
First, I have to say and I can't say it enough. I love listening to Joyce Beane's narratives. I find that I like Julie Garwood's romance/mystery books, but usually the plots are lacking slighly.
This is a case with this one, but I found that I really liked the FBI agent team of Nick (Jordan's brother) and Noah (Nick's longtime partner and family friend). While Jordan seemed a bit stiff, she was still likeable. I loved the kinship that she shared with her 6 brothers and 1 sister.
Like I said, the...more
This is a case with this one, but I found that I really liked the FBI agent team of Nick (Jordan's brother) and Noah (Nick's longtime partner and family friend). While Jordan seemed a bit stiff, she was still likeable. I loved the kinship that she shared with her 6 brothers and 1 sister.
Like I said, the...more
Sounded interesting when I read the description and I enjoyed my first Garwood book. This is much in the same vane - wonderfully beautiful, talented people, in peril, falling in love. Not earth shattering, insightful or thought provoking, but definitely enjoyable.
I truly liked this book though it was a bit formulaic. It is nice to have easy "good reads", that you know will end well and as you want and at times, expect.
I do like romances with mystery and intrigue. I find I have less patience wit...more
I truly liked this book though it was a bit formulaic. It is nice to have easy "good reads", that you know will end well and as you want and at times, expect.
I do like romances with mystery and intrigue. I find I have less patience wit...more
kitap şu saniyelerde bitmiştir..Buchanan erkelerini zaten severdim ama Noah'da fena değilmiş...yani bende bir "NGC" olmaya adayım:)
kitaabı bitirmem biraz uzun sürdü..malum ödevler:)
ama bu hikayeyi beğendim...oldukça akıcı ve hızlı ilerleyen..okuyucuyu
yormayan bir kitaptı.aynı zamanda da eğlenceli...
Noah ve Jordan'ının çekişmeleri yer yer güldürse de yer yer saç-baş
yoldurtacak cinstendi...
cinayetlerle..bazı iskoç klanlarına dair -gerçekliği tartışılır- bilgilerle harmanlanmış ve aşkla süslenmiş...more
I was a tad disappointed with this book. I had been looking forward to Noah's story every since first book. I dont know why but i expected more humour.. of maybe him fighting against all the feelings that Jordan brought to him. It seemed one minute he was her adopted big brother . next were in bed having amazing sex!
And her family seemed to accept it like it was nothing.. no concern re his past endeavours were expressed by even Nick who I would have thought would have had a lot more to say!
Anywa...more
And her family seemed to accept it like it was nothing.. no concern re his past endeavours were expressed by even Nick who I would have thought would have had a lot more to say!
Anywa...more
Feb 04, 2010
KJ Luepke
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3 of 5 stars
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Following the series... I loved the girl character in this. She was normal, nerdy, and just more likeable. Most of Garwood's main female leads are so unrealistic (so good looking gaggles of teenage boys follow them around and other stupid ideas like that) but Jordan was just "good looking"; no gushing unrealistic details. As much as I liked nerdy Jordan I was a bit bummed with Noah. He's been in the previous books and you really wanted to get to know Noah more as he was such an interesting possi...more
I had been waiting for Noah's story since I read Heartbreaker and was ridiculously happy when I learned his story was intertwined with Jordan. This is by far my favorite of Julie's contemporary novels. Her sense of humor is not often grasped by some, but the inner workings of this small Texas town is quite comical.
But more than that, is how much I love that Garwood emulated Noah after Cole in Come The Spring. Very much a man that doesn't want to get married yet loves all women and there he is, f...more
But more than that, is how much I love that Garwood emulated Noah after Cole in Come The Spring. Very much a man that doesn't want to get married yet loves all women and there he is, f...more
Mar 26, 2010
Carrie Hinkel-Gill
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves a good intrigue and crime story (NCIS, CSI, Numb3rs, etc.)
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Jack's Bar
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This book is pretty good so far! A murder/crime story!
It's not that I can't appreciate a good romance story, but I do like other genres, and I really like when many elements can come together for a good story. That's what happened here. This is a nice blend of romance, crime, intrigue and suspense elements that combine for a gripping page-turner that is very humorous at times.
Garwood has a way with banter and character interaction that I can truly appreciate. But it isn't just the banter that...more
It's not that I can't appreciate a good romance story, but I do like other genres, and I really like when many elements can come together for a good story. That's what happened here. This is a nice blend of romance, crime, intrigue and suspense elements that combine for a gripping page-turner that is very humorous at times.
Garwood has a way with banter and character interaction that I can truly appreciate. But it isn't just the banter that...more
I am a huge Julie Garwood fan! I have almost every book that she has written. In "Shadow Dance," I really liked both Jordan and Noah and I really, really liked the two of them together. However, there just didn't seem to be that heart-melting, tummy-fluttering zing that usually accompanies the romantic parts in Julie's stories. In "Heartbreaker" and "Mercy," Noah exuded some serious heat!! That's why I was very interested to see Jordan Buchannan take him on a merry chase. But there really was no...more
Typically Julie Garwood's book follow one member of the Buchanan family telling the story of how they met the love of their life while simultaneously taking on some kind of murder investigation. This book is about one of the Buchanan sisters - Jordan. She is challenged by her brother Nick's friend, Noah, to step out of her comfort zone after selling her computer business. But when she does, all hell breaks loose in Serenity, Texas of all places.
She goes to Serenity to meet with a professor who...more
She goes to Serenity to meet with a professor who...more
Ok, I am a HUGE Julie Garwood fan! I have read most of her books I think and always devour them. This time was different, however. It almost didn't make my 100 page rule. I have to be interested by the first 100 pages or I'm not going to continue on. I really like the two main characters. But I didn't think there was enough about just them. There were so many characters, each with their own life dynamic going on. That I think the main relationship was under-developed. I still have a good spot fo...more
I love LOVE LOVE Julie Garwoods books. You get such a 90's bad ass rug'd sexy cop feel from the males. And each charachers is so different and the same and different.
I'm a sucker for happy ending stories. These books might be found is clichies to people because they all have the same story setting out:
girl and boy meet
they fall for each other
struggle to see it and accept it
Flirting the house down and other things
Action ending where guy saves girl with the help of the girl
Guy confesses love for...more
I'm a sucker for happy ending stories. These books might be found is clichies to people because they all have the same story setting out:
girl and boy meet
they fall for each other
struggle to see it and accept it
Flirting the house down and other things
Action ending where guy saves girl with the help of the girl
Guy confesses love for...more
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...more
Jan 29, 2013
Nonieღserenity2bliss
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Not enough Noah Clayborne, so for that I'm a little disappointed. I've been looking forward to his story from the start because he's a bit of thorn on the Buchanan brothers' side. And he appears in every books in the series so I thought he'd be more prominent in Shadow Dance because it is his story after all. But it doesn't feel like it his story mainly because his heroine is Jordan Buchanan. So when finally a Buchanan is the star in the series, I ended up not caring so much about the Buchanan....more
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Oh mon duie!the hotness level between Jordan and Noah made my eyes burn. But dude this wad aweome! Though got Noah's booky expectations had been high,maybe a little too high, for I fell for him when he came into Heartbreaker and have lobed him dunce.anyways it ws a great read,enough to make me pull an all nighter on it after a long day.and I love how Doctor knew about them too and even the murder mystery was great,and god when she gets shot and when Noah saved her-just awesome.Noah cudnt have ha...more
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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
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