I love her Buchanan-Renard loose series, and knowing that there is still another book coming out soon, makes the waiting for it not so tough. It became the Heartbreaker.Īfter the publication of her first contemporary book, Julie Garwood continued to write romantic suspense novels, which is how I came across her books as well. Her favorite historical period was always The Middle Ages, so that’s why her first books were historical romances.įor her romance novel The Bride, Julie Garwood was the winner of the Rita Awards for the Best Novel in 1990.Įventually, however, after over 15 years of writing historical romances, Julie Garwood switched gears because there was a story she wanted to tell and it was not sent in a past time. It all started when she met an agent at a conference reception, who was curious about the woman sitting on her own not far away. It took a while for Julie to seriously consider writing as a career, right until her third child started school, but eventually, she began channeling her love of the written word by focusing on historical romance novels, which became highly popular and made her a successful author. Until then, Julie Garwood considered writing a passion, or a hobby. She wrote her first book, A Girl Named Summer, a children’s book, soon after. Her essays in school were so good that a teacher convinced Julie to start writing in earnest.

Julie Garwood began her studies to be a nurse, however, after taking some Russian history classes, her interest changed halfway course and eventually double majored in R.N and history. A late starter (due to having a tonsillectomy at the age of 6, following which her being unable to learn to read), Julie Garwood was already aged 10 when she got a personal tutor, Sister Elizabeth, a math teacher, who devoted all her time to get her up to speed not only in reading but also making the most of what she reads.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Julie Garwood is the 6th child of a large family of Irish descent. Heartbreaker, (#1), 2000 (feat. Nick Buchanan/Laurant Madden).Romantic Suspense Series Buchanan-Renard Series Here are the Julie Garwood books in order of reading for her romantic suspense series listed by publication order, with the chronological reading order in brackets for each book.

Julie Garwood is the American author of several romantic suspense novels and historical romances.

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