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Shadow Dance

A Novel

  • 2006 first published
  • 400 pages
  • 13 editions

Published in 2006, Shadow Dance is a romantic suspense novel by Julie Garwood. Much of the action takes place in Scotland and Texas. It deals with irish Americans, Vendetta, clans and weddings.

31 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions.

It runs to roughly 400 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Shadow Dance

Jordan Buchanan is thrilled that her brother and best friend are tying the knot. The wedding is a lavish affair—for the marriage of Dylan Buchanan and Kate MacKenna is no ordinary occasion. It represents the joining of two family dynasties. The ceremony and reception proceed without a hitch—until a crasher appears claiming to be a MacKenna guest. The disheveled and eccentric professor of medieval history warns that there's "bad blood" between the couple's clans, stemming from an ancient feud that originated in Scotland and involving the Buchanan theft of a coveted MacKenna treasure. Jordan has always led a cautious life and has used her intelligence and reason to become a successful businesswoman. So she is intrigued but skeptical of the professor's claims that the feud has been kept alive by the grave injustices the Buchanans have perpetrated over the centuries. But when Noah Clayborne, a close family friend and a man who has never let a good time or a pretty woman pass him by, accuses Jordan of being trapped in her comfort zone, she determines to prove him wrong and sets out on a spontaneous adventure to the small, dusty town of Serenity, Texas, to judge the professor's research for herself. Maneuvering through a close-knit community in which everyone knows everyone else's business, Jordan never anticipates the danger and intrigue that lie in her path, nor the threat that will shadow her back to Boston, where even in familiar surroundings her life is at risk.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Irish Americans
  • Vendetta
  • Romantic suspense fiction
  • Suspense
  • Clans
  • Thriller
  • Weddings
  • Suspense romance

Quick answers

Who wrote Shadow Dance?

Shadow Dance was written by Julie Garwood and first published in 2006.

What genre is Shadow Dance?

It is usually shelved as Romantic Suspense.

How long is Shadow Dance?

The median edition has 400 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Shadow Dance?

Readers who like it often enjoy Don't Close Your Eyes, The Waiting Sands and Outlander.

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