

Killjoy
Author: Julie Garwood
Series: Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna #3
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/16/2017
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Romance
Author: Julie Garwood
Series: Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna #3
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/16/2017
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Romance
I do not remember learning that an author had not learned how to read herself until the age of 11. But that was the case with author, Julie Garwood. She missed so much school with having a tonsillectomy at age six, the nobody realized that she did not complete her education in reading, and was not discovered until age 11. Amazing that the same child would grow up as Julie Garwood, a very successful American author. Her Irish heritage was an important force in her growing, as well as adult years. She also contributes her success to being the sixth of seven children. She says that relatively early she discovered that to be noticed in such a large family, her self-expression had to be "forceful, imaginative, and quick"!!!
Garwood's loyal readers seem to enjoy her poignant sense of humor, just as well as her ability to steer her readers toward crying and falling in love. Her mission with each book is to transport her readers to another world, after which they will feel like they have been in a great adventure.
Through local writer's conferences, Garwood met her future agent, even though she had never intended to become a professional writer. She lives in Leawood Kansas, and is currently writing tell notes for her next novel.
Very good book but after I got it and started reading , I had already read it!!
This was my first Julie Garwood romantic/suspense. Kept my attention and had a few twists. Well written.......more
Avery Delaney had a tough childhood. As an infant, her mother abandoned her. Then when the grandmother who took care of her died violently, Avery was shot and nearly died. Now an adult, Avery has planned to meet up with her aunt in Colorado for a spa vacation. But when she arrives, she learns that h......more
Mediocre romantic suspense. I'm getting real tired of heroes and heroines falling in love within a couple of days just because they have good sex. It's called lust people, not love. Also, I had a hard time buying the whole story line of the hit man falling for Jilly and doing some of the stupid stuf......more
This is an elaborate mess. The setup for the story took up 25% of the beginning of the book, and contained so many superfluous details I got bored. Then something finally happened, but the focus immediately shifted to something boring again. Even the exciting stuff—the chase over the mountains by th......more
Pardon me while I stifle a slight yawn. The blurb billed this as a gripping novel of unrelenting suspense... hmm, perhaps I slept thru those scenes. Few surprises with predictable plot. Main character Avery seldom demonstrated usage of her so-called razor-sharp mind, but scored an A+ in the PITA dep......more