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Julie Elizabeth Garwood (née Murphy; December 26, 1944 – June 8, 2023) was an American writer of over twenty-seven romance novels in both the historical and suspense subgenres. Over thirty-five million copies of her books are in print, and she had at least 24 New York Times Bestsellers. She also wrote a novel for young adults called A Girl Named Summer. Garwood's novel For the Roses was adapted for the television feature Rose Hill. Biography Julie Garwood born Julia Elizabeth Murphy and was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the sixth of seven children in a large Irish family. She was the daughter of Felicita “Flip” Murphy, née Kennedy and Thomas Murphy and had five sisters: Sharon, Kathleen, Marilyn, Mary Colette "Cookie", and Joanne, and one brother: Tom. After having a tonsillectomy at age six, because she missed so much school, she did not learn to read as the other children her age did. She was eleven before her mother realized Garwood was unable to read. A math teacher, Sister Elizabeth, devoted the entire summer that year to teaching Garwood how to read, and how to enjoy the stories she was reading. This teacher had such an impact on Garwood's life that she named her daughter Elizabeth. While studying to be a registered nurse, Garwood took a Russian history course and became intrigued by history, choosing to pursue a double major in history and nursing. A professor, impressed by the quality of her essays, convinced Garwood to write. The result was a children's book, A Girl Named Summer, and her first historical novel, Gentle Warrior. Garwood married young and had three children: Gerry, Bryan, and Elizabeth. The family resided in Leawood, Kansas. Although Garwood enjoyed her writing, she was not intending to pursue a career as an author. As a young wife and mother she took several freelance writing jobs, and wrote longer stories to amuse herself. After her youngest child started school, Garwood began attending local writers' conferences, where she soon met an agent. The agent sold both her children's book and her historical novel, and soon the publisher requested more historical romances. Garwood's novels are particularly known for the quirkiness of her heroines, who tend to have an ability to get lost anywhere, clumsiness, and a "charming ability to obfuscate and change the direction of conversations to the consternation, frustration, but eventual acceptance of the other party." She was not afraid to tackle difficult issues, and one of her books deals with spousal abuse. Despite her success in the historical romance genre, Garwood ventured into a new genre and began writing contemporary romantic suspense novels. Like her historicals, these contemporaries still focus on family relationships, whether between blood relatives or groups of friends who have styled themselves as a family. Her first contemporary offering, Heartbreaker, was optioned for film and was serialized in Cosmopolitan. Garwood died at her home in Kansas on June 8, 2023, at the age of 78. Bibliography As Emily Chase The Girls of Canby Hall series 14.What's a Girl to Do? 1985 (Under the pseudonym Emily Chase, Julie Garwood wrote one Young Adult novel). As Julie Garwood Young Adult A Girl Named Summer 03/1986 Single Novels Gentle Warrior (Elizabeth Montwright - Geoffrey Berkley) 10/1985 Rebellious Desire (Caroline Richmond - Jered Marcus Benton) 06/1986 Honor's Splendour (Madelyne - Baron Duncan) 12/1987 The Prize 08/1991 Saving Grace 12/1993 Prince Charming 06/1994 Crown's Spies Series The Lion's Lady 12/1988 Guardian Angel 05/1990 The Gift 01/1991 Castles 07/1993 Lairds' Brides Series The Bride 07/1989 The Wedding 04/1996 Highlands' Lairds Series The Secret 05/1992 Ransom 09/1999 Shadow Music 12/2007 Clayborne of Rosehill Series For The Roses 02/1995 One Pink Rose 06/1997 (and in "The Clayborne Brides") One White Rose 07/1997 (and in "The Clayborne Brides") One Red Rose 08/1997 (and in "The Clayborne Brides") Come The Spring 12/1997 Buchanan/FBI Series Heartbreaker 08/2000 (Nick Buchanan/Laurant Madden) Mercy 09/2001 (Theo Buchanan/Dr. Michelle Renard) Killjoy 09/2002 (John Paul Renard/Avery Delaney) Murder List 08/2004 (Alec Buchanan/Regan Hamilton Madison) Slow Burn 08/2005 (Dylan Buchanan/Kate MacKenna) Shadow Dance 12/2006 (Noah Clayborne/Jordan Buchanan) Fire and Ice 12/2008 (Jack MacAlister/Sophie Summerfield Rose) Sizzle 12/2009 (Samuel Kincaid/Lyra Prescott) The Ideal Man 08/2011 (Max Daniels/Dr. Ellie Sullivan) Sweet Talk 08/2012 (Grayson Kincaid/Olivia Mackenzie) Hotshot 06/2013 (Finn MacBain/Peyton Lockhart) Fast Track 02/2014 (Aiden Madison/Cordelia Kane) Wired 05/2017 (Liam Scott/Alison Trent Grace Under Fire 07/2022 (Michael Buchanan/ Grace Isabel MacKenna) References External links Official Site Rose Hill at IMDb . Discover the Julie Garwood popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Julie Garwood books.
Best Seller Julie Garwood Books of 2024
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Mr. Perfect
Linda HowardWritten in her “trademark darkly sensual style” (Booklist), New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us an electrifying pageturner of passion and suspense with a capti...
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Almost Heaven
Judith McNaughtThis sweeping historical romance will take you from London’s drawing rooms to the Scottish Highlands as a young countess embarks on a twisting relationship with a handsome roguefro...
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The Secret
Julie GarwoodA beautiful English lady falls for a Scottish highlander in this delightful historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Judith Hampton was as beautif...
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Something Wonderful
Judith McNaughtLet New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught who “is in a class by herself” (USA TODAY) sweep you off your feet and into another time with her sensual, passionate, and spe...
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Hotshot
Julie GarwoodWhen a woman’s dream for the future turns into a nightmare, a handsome FBI agent makes her vulnerable to more than she ever imagined in this novel from #1 New York Times bestsellin...
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Castles
Julie GarwoodPassion and danger abound in this classic historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knows that only a has...
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The Invitation
Jude DeverauxNew York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux touches our hearts with three charming novellas that showcase her special brand of romantically imaginative storytelling.The Invitat...
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Wired
Julie GarwoodA beautiful computer hacker and a badboy FBI agent must collaboratein more ways than onein this sexy, suspenseful novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Alli...
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Guardian Angel
Julie Garwood#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood takes breathless sensuality to thrilling heights in this unforgettable adventure of passion and intrigue.The Emerald flew across ...
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Whitney, My Love
Judith McNaughtLet New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught who “is in a class by herself” (USA TODAY) sweep you off your feet and into another time with her sensual, passionate, and spe...
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The Wedding
Julie Garwood#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood brings the soaring adventure, love and rivalry of medieval Scotland to glorious life in this classic historical romance. J...
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Velvet Song
Jude DeverauxTwo outcasts in medieval England are brought together and share a destiny of passion in the third of the Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy from the New York Times bestselling aut...
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The Gift
Julie GarwoodAn engrossing tale of love on the high seas from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Sara Winchester has joyfully anticipated the day when her husband Nathan, Marque...
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Julie Garwood Box Set
Julie GarwoodFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Ideal Man comes an eBook box set of passion, seduction, and revenge featuring three of Julie Garwood’s classic titl...
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A Girl Named Summer
Julie GarwoodA timeless romance from New York Times bestseller Julie Garwood, a tale for mothers to share with their daughters, and for women to remember what it feels like to fall in love for ...
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Until You
Judith McNaughtLet New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught who “is in a class by herself” (USA TODAY) sweep you off your feet and into another time with her sensual, passionate, and spe...
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After The Night
Linda HowardThe New York Times bestselling author of Open Season weaves a sizzling novel of love and hate between the girl from the wrong side of the tracks and the town’s wealthy and powerful...
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Slow Burn
Julie GarwoodEvery fire begins with a little heat–and in Slow Burn, bestselling author Julie Garwood provides the spark, skillfully blending pulsepounding action, intense emotion, and character...
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Highland Velvet
Jude DeverauxJude Deveraux steps back to a time and place where revenge and rivalry rule men's heartsand love conquers allin this wonderful Montgomery novel.Bronwyn MacArran was a proud Scot. S...
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Rebellious Desire
Julie GarwoodBefore there was Downton Abbey, there was Rebellious Desire...in this classic Regency romance from bestselling author Julie Garwood, an American heiress must land a titled lord.Of ...
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Shadow Music
Julie Garwood“Action, drama, desire, revenge: Shadow Music includes all the necessary ingredients for romantics to plunge into the moors, mountains and magical myth of medieval Scotland.”The Ro...
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Open Season
Linda HowardSeamlessly blending heartpounding romance and breathless intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard writes a masterful, stylish, and provocative suspense novel that a...
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One Red Rose
Julie GarwoodJulie Garwood’s beloved Clayborne Brides series concludes in the steamy Western romance One Red Rose, available for the first time digitally!New York Times bestselling author Julie...
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Saving Grace
Julie GarwoodIn this splendid New York Times bestseller, Julie Garwood brilliantly crafts the majestic story of a young Englishwoman determined to fight for her freedom...a woman whose life wou...
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A Kingdom of Dreams
Judith McNaughtThe #1 New York Times bestselling author continues her evocative Westmoreland Dynasty Saga with this romance following two defiant hearts clashing over a furious battle of wills in...
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Grace Under Fire
Julie GarwoodMichael Buchanan will need every bit of his extensive skill set when he appoints himself as bodyguard to a woman determined not to need one in this thrilling new novel from #1 New ...
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The Prize
Julie GarwoodA warrior and a Saxon woman find an unexpected love in this riveting historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.In the resplendence of William the C...
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For the Roses
Julie Garwood#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood introduces the beloved Clayborne family in this passionate novel.The four Clayborne brothers were a rough gang of street urchinsu...
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Shadow Dance
Julie GarwoodJordan 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 ...
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The Devil Who Tamed Her
Johanna LindseyJohanna Lindsey presents a sparkling, passionate Regency era novel in which a beautiful but ruthless gossip meets her match in a dashing rake who sets out to change her wicked ways...
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Flash
Jayne Ann KrentzA selfmade millionaire. A sassy entrepreneur. Their corporate merger might just set the night on fire in this electrifying thriller from perennial bestseller Jayne Ann Krentz. Oliv...
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Sweet Talk
Julie GarwoodAn FBI agent and a lawyer are falling in loveand making a federal case out of it in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood’s hot romantic thriller.When Special Agent Gr...
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Captive of My Desires
Johanna LindseyThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of “firstrate romance” (Daily News, New York) returns with this dazzling Malory novel following a pirate’s daughter as she plots vengeance ...
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Once and Always
Judith McNaughtLet New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught who “is in a class by herself” (USA TODAY) sweep you off your feet and into another time with her sensual, passionate, and spe...
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Prince Charming
Julie GarwoodBestselling author Julie Garwood's classic love story is filled with "the humor, the sweetness, and the sensuality" (Publishers Weekly) that have made her "a trusted brand name in ...
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Miracles
Judith McNaughtNow available for the first time ever as an enovella, New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught’s short historical romance Miracleswhich ties up ends left open in the Westm...
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The Bride
Julie GarwoodAn arranged marriage leads to passionate love in this classic Scottish historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood. By edict of the king, the ...
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Sizzle
Julie Garwood#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood’s trademark mix of dazzling love stories, unforgettable characters, and riveting suspense never fails to keep readers turning the...
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The Darkest Corner
Liliana HartNew York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Liliana Hart’s first book in her suspenseful Gravediggers series, featuring an elite group of mysterious men who might be dead to th...
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A Willing Murder
Jude DeverauxA story of old secrets, deadly grudges and an improbable group of friends who are determined to uncover the truth regardless of the consequences…Sara Medlar is a household name in ...
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Murder List
Julie GarwoodThere are few authors who can weave nailbiting thrills, edgeofyourseat drama, and romantic suspense as masterfully as Julie Garwood. Now she ratchets up the tension with Murder Lis...
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A Knight in Shining Armor
Jude DeverauxNew York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux will capture your heart with signature classic novel, a time travel romance featuring a presentday heroine and a dashing hero from t...
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The Ideal Man
Julie GarwoodA woman’s life and love are compromised in this pulsepounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Dr. Ellie Sullivan has witnessed the shooting of an F...
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Untraceable
Laura GriffinWith a “fast pace, tight plotting, terrific mystery, sharp dialogue, [and] fabulous characters” (Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author), this whiteknuckled thrill ride...
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Fast Track
Julie GarwoodA woman’s search to uncover the truth about her mother ignites danger and passion in this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.Daddy’s girl Cordelia Kane i...
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Paradise
Judith McNaughtNew York Times bestselling author “Judith McNaught comes close to an Edith Wharton edge” (Chicago Tribune) in this sensual and sweeping romance of two former lovers who mix busines...
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Killjoy
Julie GarwoodIn this breathless new novel, Julie Garwood has written her most electrifying thriller to date. Avery Delaney has always tried to put the past far behind her. Abandoned by her ...
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Fire and Ice
Julie GarwoodSophie Rose is a crime reporter at a major Chicago newspaper and the daughter of Bobby Rose, a charming gentleman and bigtime thief. When asked to write an exposé about her no...