I’m a Julie Garwood Fan.  One of the first three romance books I ever read was a paperback edition of The Bride.  To be honest, it was the 1996 edition and I read it long after it was released.  Yeah, if you do the math you’ll discover I came a bit late to the romance genre.  You’ll be happy to know I did actually read before the age of 25 but not romance.  But, that’s a story for another blog entry.  I’ll wait to share since it’s not particularly flattering and there will be plenty of time for me to alienate everyone later.

So…. contemporaries are my preference and I love romantic suspense, but there’s just something special about Garwood’s Scottish historicals.  Read every one.  Twice.  Okay, more than twice for a few of them.  Then it happened.  Her slow slide away from Scotland in For The Roses and Prince Charming.  Not my favorites but still good.  Then the real "it" happened.  She switched to contemporary romantic suspense and my ties to the Highlands disappeared.  I haven’t seen a Scottish laird since.

I’m not saying Garwood’s new works are bad.  Actually, I’m not saying that at all so don’t write me and tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about.  Please, that’s clear or it will be after a few more blog entries.   But, for me her new stuff isn’t the same.  My connection to the characters and her style of writing is waning.  Sure, I still buy the new books but those books now sit on my TBR pile (which is threatening to fall over and crush the hubby as I write this) for months or even longer.

So, to Ms. Garwood - Please come back, lassie……yeah, sorry.  I never get to use "lassie" in a sentence and this seemed like my only opportunity.  I couldn’t resist.

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