Fast Track is a romantic suspense ... okay ... it's a romance with a little bit of suspense thrown in... and there's never any question about who did what and why.

BUT ... I love Julie Garwood's books. Her characters are funny and quirky and it's seldom that I giggle at anything ... but I do here. The women in her books are smart and sassy and hilariously funny. The guys are tall, dark and handsome and will take that bullet for the lady he falls for. They, too, are funny in the way they react to their ladies' sassiness.

The plot is very formulaic .... Cordelia has had a major crush on Aiden since she was 4 years old. When her father dies and reveals that her mother had not died when she was a baby she takes a good look at her life. She decides 1) to quit mooning over Aiden and get on with her life and 2) find her mother and give her a piece of her mind.

I recommend the book if you really like romance ... or you need a break from the deep, dark mysteries you normally read.

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Cordelia Kane's father suffered a heart attack. Before he died, Mr. Kane admitted to Cordie that her mother was alive. She abandoned Cordelia and her father when Cordie was a baby, so he brought her up on his own. After reading the letter that her mother wrote over thirty years ago, Cordie searches for her mother and learns that she is rich and living in Australia.

Cordie's friends talk Aiden Madison into taking Cordie to Australia. Cordie has loved Aiden since she was six years old, but he is oblivious to her feelings. As Cordie and Aiden spend time together, their feelings grow. And when Cordie's life is put in jeopardy, Aiden will do anything to protect her.

Aiden and Cordie were introduced in this series way back in book five. I was hoping that they'd have their own book, but this one turned out to be disappointing. The romance had no spark. Cordie was the beautiful heroine who doesn't know that she is beautiful. She believes that Aiden could never love her, so she tries to distance herself. Aiden's character felt like a historical character in a business suit. He was domineering...telling (ordering) Cordie to do what he says instead of discussing it. I was hoping for much more with this pair.

The suspense was nearly non-existent. The revelation early in the book that Cordie's mother was alive was interesting. Her search was quick, but her plan when she found her was flawed. It wasn't hard to figure out who was behind the threats to Cordie. I felt like the author phoned this one in. My rating: 3 Stars.

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I have lots of Julie Garwood books on my keeper shelf, but sadly this won't be one of them. There's really no suspense because you know who the threat is throughout the book. I also just couldn't understand the heroine's naivety/lack of self-respect. Does she really not think she's having a relationship with the guy she's having sex with regularly? There is a fun Pretty Woman feel with fabulous hotels and a ball gown, but I would have preferred reading one Garwood's historical novels to this.

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