FBI Yummy

Hotshot is the latest book in Julie Garwood's Buchanan-Renard series.

Finn MacBain saved Peyton Lockhart's life when she was seven years old and fell into her family's swimming pool.  Since then, Finn has go on to earn a couple of Olympic Gold medals for swimming, a law degree from Stanford, and become a top notch FBI agent.  Imagine he shock when he sees Peyton again at his brother's wedding and finds that she is all grow up in all the right ways.

On her birthday every year, Peyton Lockhart sends an email to Finn MacBain, her Hotshot, thanking him for saving her life.  This year she thanks him, and heads off to start her dream job, too bad the job turns into a nightmare with the boss from hell.  After recording her boss' blatant sexual harassment, she head backs home to Texas, where she runs into Finn.

When he notices the bullet holes in her car, he is concerned for her safety, and not to mention he is hot for her body.  After a steamy night together, he heads back to the FBI, and she takes off for Florida with her sister to take over their uncles hotel.  Too bad her troubles follow her there, and Finn comes down to help her sort things out, and along the way just might fall in love with her.

So here is the thing to know about Julie Garwood's Buchanan Renard series, the books are very formulated: hot law enforcement guy rescues cute damsel in distress.  He wants her, protectors her, but denies his feelings for her and wanting to settle down.  While these books will never win the Nobel prize for literature, I still enjoy reading them.  They have just enough suspense in them to keep you intrigued, and some hot romance scenes.  They are a nice break when you have been studying hard for, say like your veterinary boards exams.  Plus, who doesn't love a hottie with a badge.

In this book, I liked the main characters well enough.  After all, I am a former swim team competitor and Olympic junkie, so there is no reason I wouldn't like Finn.  And Peyton being a chef appeals to the foodie in me.  I did feel like a couple of the supporting characters were not entirely necessary, like Lars, Peyton's former co-worker and friend.  I really didn't feel that he added anything to the book.

Then there was Debi, Peyton's self-absorbed cousin who makes trouble for them at the resort.  While she did lead to some funny scenes with Peyton, I felt that the book would have been just fine without her.  Didn't Peyton have enough troubles on her own without tossing in the crazy cousin?

Like I said before, if you want a deep, meaningful book full of social commentary, this is not the book for you.  But if you want a quick suspense-romance read, try this one out.

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