The Ideal Man (Buchanan / Renard / MacKenna)

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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I am a huge Julie Garwood fan and have read every one of her novels. Saving Grace is my absolute favorite and I have read it multiple times. I was really disappointed in this book. It took me a long time to get into it and put it down several times. Normally I can't put down a Garwood novel and read it cover to cover forgoing sleep when necessary.

The conversations were choppy and the amount of detail detracted from the story because it just didn't flow. It read like an amateur novelist during the conversations. I did like the characters a lot and wish that I could have enjoyed their dialogue more because they had merit. It was also such a contrived and convoluted plot that had elements that were not essential to the story and should have been left out.

Some of the relationships were poorly developed and not resolved, especially the relationship between Ellie and her evil sister, Ava. I kept waiting for Ava to "get it" or at least get what she deserved but then it just kind of fizzled out. I wasn't able to really lose myself in the book and then it wrapped up with a few quick lines.

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All of this being said, I would still rather read a bad Julie Garwood book than a good book by many other authors. I loved this whole book. I was hooked from page one. Ellie is so smart and sweet and kind. Her life has not been her own since she was To have to always look over your shoulder and never feel free has got to be so rough.


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Then to have your fiance stolen from you by your sister. Then to witness a shooting of an FBI agent. Max is the sexy FBI agent who falls hard for her. He is determined to protect her with everything he has. I loved how this book ended.

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Fantastic story from a fantastic author. One person found this helpful. Women who are emotionally scarred in some way by someone in particular. This story takes the reader through the terrifying memories and eventful return to the place where it all happened. Meeting someone paid to protect her but gets more involved than he planned.

Also in the mix is a family member who keeps things stirred up.

All-in-all a great read. Ellie Sullivan happens to witness that a FBI agent is shot during an operation. Max Daniels, one of the agents in charge of the operation is mesmerized by the young doctor and as long as she operates on his colleague he digs into her past. Amongst other things he finds out that she paid dearly for being stalked when she was a very young child. His protective instincts come alive and he is determined to avoid that she is placed on the witness list of the FBI. Ellie, on the other hand is instantly attracted to this grumpy and moody agent and soon they can't escape their mutual attraction.

Ellie and Max were likeable main characters; however, I would've appreciated a bit more character development.

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In any case, Ellie and Max had a difficult and problematic childhood that should've been further elaborated. The secondary characters were nicely depicted, but again I thought that the descriptions were a bit sketchy. Especially Ava "deserved" further elaboration on the causes for what she did and how she felt about it. To have to always look over your shoulder and never feel free has got to be so rough.

Then to have your fiance stolen from you by your sister. Then to witness a shooting of an FBI agent. Max is the sexy FBI agent who falls hard for her. He is determined to protect her with everything he has. I loved how this book ended. Fantastic story from a fantastic author.

Women who are emotionally scarred in some way by someone in particular. This story takes the reader through the terrifying memories and eventful return to the place where it all happened. Meeting someone paid to protect her but gets more involved than he planned.

Also in the mix is a family member who keeps things stirred up. All-in-all a great read. Ellie Sullivan happens to witness that a FBI agent is shot during an operation. Max Daniels, one of the agents in charge of the operation is mesmerized by the young doctor and as long as she operates on his colleague he digs into her past. Amongst other things he finds out that she paid dearly for being stalked when she was a very young child. His protective instincts come alive and he is determined to avoid that she is placed on the witness list of the FBI.

Ellie, on the other hand is instantly attracted to this grumpy and moody agent and soon they can't escape their mutual attraction. Ellie and Max were likeable main characters; however, I would've appreciated a bit more character development. In any case, Ellie and Max had a difficult and problematic childhood that should've been further elaborated. The secondary characters were nicely depicted, but again I thought that the descriptions were a bit sketchy. Especially Ava "deserved" further elaboration on the causes for what she did and how she felt about it.

Unfortunately, the plot was completely predictable and not sufficiently elaborated, neither were twists or turns offered and the sub characters of the book were underdeveloped However, Garwood's potential is obvious when taking above into consideration and still not be able to completely dismiss this book as a failure.

In any case, it could be considered a nice and carefree "escape reading" - nothing more. I read other reviews for The Ideal Man and I put off my purchase of this book Those reviews were wrong!! This was a great book!! It had a great story line!! Julie Garwood had me hooked on this book to where I didn't want to put in down, even when I was still reading at 2: Related book awards New York Times bestseller.

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