Julie Garwood is among the most critically acclaimed -- and popular --
romance authors around, with thirty-six 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 shooter's
face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation. Agent
Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no-nonsense lawman, he's
definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet she's
attracted to him in a way she can't explain. Ellie heads home to Winston
Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sister's wedding. Shortly after she
arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The
Landrys have been captured, and she'll be called to testify. But they've
been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into
silence--or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be
Ellie's shadow until the trial, and it isn't long before sparks fly. . .
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