Fast Track Hardcover – July 29, 2014

I enjoyed reading this book. Cordelia (Cordie) is a great MC. She’s smart, funny and direct. She’s also confident and has good self esteem. I was a bit hesitant to read this book as I don’t like unrequited love. Cordie has been in love with Aiden since she was a kid and he’s clueless. I didn’t want to read about her pining for him. Luckily, this was not the case. She decided to move on and not line for him anymore right from the beginning of the book and is a confident woman when interacting with him, giving him attitude when needed. Aiden is such a strong alpha male. I like their chemistry. My only minor gripe would be that there’s not that much of his POV. Mainly hers.The plot is interesting. Not a ton of action but enough to keep me interested. The chemistry between them is hot, sprinkled in with some tender moments.

Fast Track has lots to love about it. I liked the heroine Cordelia and her relationship with her father was sweet. She was a good teacher in a rough school situation and she had her act together until after her father's death revealed a devastating secret. The reasons for 4 stars were that the first 1/3 of the book was setting the foundation for the story and was a little slow. And I did not warm up to the male lead Aiden. I thought he came across as cold and domineering and I did not "feel the love". The book did have suspense and drama in the last 2/3 and some nice villains. It was maybe a little hard to believe everything that happened but it was exciting. The love scenes were steamy. Overall I enjoyed the story but it wasn't her best book.

Wonderful love story. It was funny, exciting, tender, with all of the emotions I like when reading Julie Garwood's books.

I love these characters! Garwood does a fantastic job in drawing the reader into the story! If you like mystery, romance, and humor this book is for you.

This was a great read. The suspense, the romance, and the friendships, kept the story moving. You will not be disappointed.

Corie was raised by her loving, kind Father.She will find out the secret of her Mother!Corie was best fri

Julie Garwood writes a great story!

This was an entertaining tale that gave scant attention to legal requirements, especially as to some of the conduct of the two FBI agents and Liam. Spoiler Alert. (1) The author was too quick to conclude that Cordelia was illegitimate, presumably concluding that her parents' marriage was invalid due to her mother's use of an alias. I am not so sure this was a correct legal conclusion. Generally you are not required to legally change your name so long as you are not using an alias to defraud creditors. However, Simone did seek to defraud her husband and child and I am not so sure that either an American or an Australian court (whose legal system is also presumably based on English common law) would permit her to benefit from her deception, especially with the submission of her validly-obtained DNA results. In addition, Cordelia's paternity was never in dispute. (2) A Chicago attorney could have complicated the settling of Simone's ex-husband's estate by claiming that if the marriage was held to be valid, Simone was entitled to a share in the estate because her ex obtained only an in rem divorce due to lack of personal service on her. The court lacked jurisdiction to determine questions of custody and marital property. Here again she probably would not be able to benefit from the lack of personal service caused by her fake identity and she probably would not be entitled to a share in her husband's property obtained after the divorce, but her attorneys could probably have persuaded a probate court to consider these issues. Although Cordelia was prevented by her grandfather's will from selling or gifting her stock in the family corporation, was she prevented from disclaiming her share in her grandfather's estate? Couldn't a threat from Simone to delay the settling of her ex-husband's estate be used to attempt to persuade Cordie to disclaim her interest in her grandfather's estate? (3) What authority did the two FBI agents have to make plea agreements with the two Australian citizens for crimes committed in the US? The author assumes the agents coordinated with the relevant FBI department as well as the Cook County DA, and possibly the Australian ambassador to the US. (4) How valid were the Australians' confessions since there was no mention of their being Mirandized, and at least one of the confessions was obtained after a request for an attorney was not complied with? (5) Aiden's appearance with his attorneys to rescue the juvenile Sophia from her interrogators was preposterous. Recall his attorneys contacted him to let him know of her detention. How would 10-year-old Sophia have (a) thought to call his attorneys and (b) known who they were and (c) known she had a right to a phone call? On the other hand, in a city the size of Chicago, it strains credulity to believe that the two particular officers who detained Sophia knew she was a family friend of Aiden's, knew his family's law firm and would have called to inform them of her questionable detention. What about her juvenile Miranda rights? Since her father's whereabouts were unknown, had she been Mirandized, it is more likely she would have called Reagan for help, and that Reagan would have sought her parents' help. (6) Curiously, Cordelia is concerned about the legality of taping persons in the public areas of the hotel, and no one informed her this was permitted due to the absence of a reasonable expectation of privacy in these circumstances. (7) Could the American taping without his permission of the grandfather's conversation with his daughter's employee be used against him to obtain a criminal conviction in Australia? (8) The first Australian thug was staying in a first class hotel so it is highly unlikely the hotel manager would have allowed his room to have been searched without a warrant. (9) Were the restrictions on Cordelia's shares in the family-held corporation valid under Australian law? If they were, did she have a right to her share of the dividends along with the voting rights? (10) The obtaining of Australian phone records was obviously problematic.The author made an effort to address the legal issues presented by her story, but the underlying laissez-faire attitude was distracting to this reader.

This is the first of the series I have read, but it stands alone well. Mentions of connections made in earlier books are to clarify the story, but don't linger, which I liked.The story itself is about Cordie, who discovers a secret in her past that puts her in danger and the childhood friend who feels moved to protect her.I don't want to give to much away with spoilers and I did read this book happily enough, but despite the fact that a happy ending is almost inevitable, there was very little sense of danger or threat and the twist was obvious from almost the beginning. Opportunities to use supporting characters to muddy the waters were missed, in no small part because very little effort was put in to developing them. The book could have been longer and done more with the most interesting elements like the troubled kids and the purse.All in all, I'd say this is a readable enough romance, but the characters are two dimensional and the mystery element lacks polish.

This book is a really great read the story line is brilliant and the characters are so good 👍 I really recommend reading this.

I have long waited for Cordie and Aidens story and wasn't disappointed any Madison and Buchanan story had to be good .Cordie finds out that her mother didn't die all those years ago and she turn out to be a right bitch. I was hooked on the story right from the start and it is always nice to catch up with previous book characters I will leave you to read the story and just say great book you must read it . Well done Julie Garwood.

Absolutely loved this book- loads of action and romance. I loved Cordelia's story of her childhood, her dad and about her horrible family in Australia. Although Aidan is highhanded and bossy, his wising up to the fact that he's in love with Cordelia makes for entertaining reading. A well deserving HEA for these two characters.

Like all her books this has intrigue and romance and characters.are well- known all with their own story to tell.