Sharing My Favorite Book Hop

 

   

Sharing My Favorite Read Giveaway Hop is being hosted by Reading Romances!

What is your all time favorite book?  Hands down its Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood. 

Julie Garwood is the rare novelist that when I ask around to my friends, have you ever read Julie Garwood, it starts a whole conversation on how Julie was their first historical writer that they ever read and loved. And this is coming from other authors and friends that typically don't read historical novels. She is the beloved author of twenty romance books, writing in the sub genres of Contemporary, Medieval Scotland Historical, Regency Historical and Western Historical. I will admit though that I read her Buchanan contemporaries before I read her Buchanan Medieval Scotland Historicals. Those two book series are tied together but you do not have to read them to understand the modern day Buchanan's or the Medieval Buchanan's.

Julie's first novel, Gentle Warrior, was published in 1985, and there has been a steady parade of bestsellers ever since. Today more than 35 million copies of her books are in print, and they are translated in dozens of languages around the world. One of her most popular novels, For the Roses, was adapted for a Hallmark Hall of Fame production on CBS.

Whether the setting be medieval Scotland, Regency England, frontier Montana, or modern-day Louisiana, her themes are consistent: family, loyalty and honor. Julie described her goals this way: "I want my readers to laugh and cry and fall in love." And she would be right.

My favorite novel of Julie's is Shadow Dance. It's a contemporary that features Jordan Buchanan, the oldest daughter and Noah Clayborne, Nick Buchanan's best friend and partner in the FBI. I immediately fell in love with both the plot and the characters. Jordan is a business savvy, smart and at times vulnerable woman. She doesn't see herself as desirable and hasn't really thought about dating or having any kind of a social life. After a dare from Noah at her brother's wedding, she sets off for Texas to find some answers and gets caught up in a web of deceit, murder and romance. Noah is my favorite romance hero ever written. He's a FBI agent that is as tough, sexy, smart and tender as a man can be. Jordan and Noah work well together on so many levels. They are smart, loyal to a fault and the compliment each other. If you want to read more about Noah Clayborne's back story, please read the following: For The Roses, The Clayborne Brides and Come The Spring.

For more information on Julie and her books, please visit her website at www.juliegarwood.com.

**Bio and book information was found on Julie's website.

What you can win here:  $15 GC from either B&N or Amazon

Number of winners: 3

Open to (INT, US or US/CAN): INT

How to enter:  Just leave me a comment on your favorite book ever. 

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