Julie Garwood is among the most critically acclaimed - and popular - romance authors around, with 36 million copies of her books in print. And now, with The Ideal Man, Garwood is poised to expand that already huge audience.
Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooterâs face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation.
Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no-nonsense lawman, heâs definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet sheâs attracted to him in a way she canât explain.
Ellie heads home to Winston Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sisterâs wedding. Shortly after she arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The Landrys have been captured, and sheâll be called to testify. But theyâve been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into silence - or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be Ellieâs shadow until the trial, and it isnât long before sparks fly....
Julie Garwood is among the most critically acclaimed - and popular - romance authors around, with 36 million copies of her books in print. And now, with The Ideal Man, Garwood is poised to expand that already huge audience.
Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooterâs face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation.
Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no-nonsense lawman, heâs definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet sheâs attracted to him in a way she canât explain.
Ellie heads home to Winston Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sisterâs wedding. Shortly after she arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The Landrys have been captured, and sheâll be called to testify. But theyâve been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into silence - or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be Ellieâs shadow until the trial, and it isnât long before sparks fly....