Slow Burn
A Novel
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 26, 2006
Every fire begins with a little heat–and in Slow Burn, bestselling author Julie Garwood provides the spark, skillfully blending pulse-pounding action, intense emotion, and characters with grit and heart.
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- Who it’s for
- Romantic suspense pairs explosive danger with charged emotion and characters who have grit and heart.
- Themes
- romantic suspense, attempted murder, protection from a killer
- Pacing
- Fast
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Every fire begins with a little heat–and in Slow Burn, bestselling author Julie Garwood provides the spark, skillfully blending pulse-pounding action, intense emotion, and characters with grit and heart. The result is an electrifying novel of romantic suspense that will have readers burning through the pages. An unpretentious beauty who radiates kindness, Kate MacKenna doesn’t have a bad bone in her body–or an enemy in the world. So why are bombs igniting everywhere she goes?
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The first explosion brings her face-to-face with a handsome Charleston police detective. The second sends her into the arms of her best friend’s brother–a Boston cop who’s a little too reckless and way too charming for comfort. But Dylan Buchanan won’t let emotion prevent him from doing his job: Someone is trying to kill Kate, and Dylan is the only one standing between her and the monster who wants her dead.
Heat and Heart
Romantic suspense pairs explosive danger with charged emotion and characters who have grit and heart.
Come here for
- Bomb-driven suspense with a romantic spark
- A reckless, charming cop facing a dangerous job
Expect
- Pulse-pounding action alongside intense emotion
- A sustained mix of danger and romance
Where it sits
| Romantic Suspense | 90% |
|---|---|
| Police & Law-Enforcement Romance | 58% |
| Suspense | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Police Procedurals
- Romantic Suspense
- Suspense
- Authors
- Julie Garwood
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- December 26, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- romantic suspense · attempted murder · protection from a killer
- Reading lane
- Police Procedurals