Heartbreaker (U) - SKU 144107

new York Times Bestselling Author Julie Garwood Breaks New Ground In Her First Contemporary Suspense Novel. Long-time Fans Of Garwood Will Be Amazed At The Way The Queen Of Historical Romance Weaves This Tale Of Love As It Blossoms In The Face Of Extreme Danger. Fbi Agent Nick Buchanan Is About To Take His First Vacation In Three Years When He Receives A Phone Call From His Best Friend And Former College Roommate, Father Tom Madden. Tom Relates The Horrifying Tale Of A Confession That He Heard From A Killer Seeking Absolution For A Gruesome Crime He Has Yet To Commit. Worse Yet, The Madman, Who Calls Himself The Heartbreaker, Confesses That His Intended Victim Is Laurant Madden, Tom s Gorgeous Younger Sister. The Heartbreaker Is Crazy About Laurant--really, Really Crazy. When Tom And Nick Break The News To Laurant, She Is Furious At The Disruption The Psycho Is Causing In Her Very Busy Life. With Her Best Friend s Wedding Rapidly Approaching And Laurant s Own Business Set To Open In Two Weeks, There Couldn t Be A Worse Time To Be Stalked. But When She Learns That The Heartbreaker Has Already Broken Into Her Home And Watched Her Sleep, She Reluctantly Agrees To Nick s Protection, Even If It Means That She s Thrown Together With Her Brother s All-too-sexy Friend All Day--and All Night. Nick, Posing As Laurant s Fiancé, Heads Back With Her To Holy Oaks. There He Encounters A Strange Cast Of Characters, The Likes Of Which Are Grown Only In Small Towns Where Everybody Knows Everybody s Business--except Whether One Of Them Might Be A Serial Killer. Along The Way, Nick And Laurant Also Discover Their Own Hunger For Each Other. Readers Will Love The Change Of Pace For Perennial Favorite Garwood. She Creates A Sensational Story With A Truly Explosive Conclusion.romantic Times - Jill M. Smithmega-selling Historical Author Julie Garwood Takes Her Unique Voice And Taent And Moves Into The Contemporary Genre. heartbreaker Establishes That Ms. Garwood Has Quite A Flair For Intrigue And Suspense.