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Start with Heartbreaker and continue through all 14 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Julie Garwood
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Buchanan Renard Mackenna reading order
Ends with Grace Under Fire
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Book 1:Heartbreaker
Julie Garwood
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Book 2:Mercy
Julie Garwood • 2001
Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan nearly collapses at a New Orleans gala and wakes to find his life saved by small-town surgeon Michelle Renard. When her Louisiana clinic is vandalized, Theo investigates, expo...
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Book 3:Killjoy
Julie Garwood • 2002
FBI analyst Avery Delaney reluctantly agrees to meet her beloved aunt at an exclusive Colorado spa, only to find the woman has vanished. Tracking the clues with enigmatic ex-operative John Paul Renard, Avery uncovers...
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Book 4:Murder List
Julie Garwood • 2004
Hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison thinks a self-help seminar exercise is harmless fun—until people from her tongue-in-cheek “murder list” start turning up dead. Detective Alec Buchanan’s last Chicago assignment is...
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Book 5:Slow Burn
Julie Garwood • 2005
Charleston entrepreneur Kate MacKenna seems to be having a run of terrible luck—explosions, financial disaster, and an angry ex all hit at once. Her best friend’s brother, FBI agent Dylan Buchanan, suspects it’s not c...
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Book 6:Shadow Dance
Julie Garwood • 2006
Practical, numbers-driven businesswoman Jordan Buchanan agrees to investigate a centuries-old feud between her family and the MacKennas. A quick research trip to tiny Serenity, Texas, turns deadly, leaving her depende...
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Book 7:Fire and Ice
Julie Garwood • 2008
Chicago reporter Sophie Rose just wants a real story, not another puff piece on a local celebrity runner. When that runner vanishes and a body turns up in Alaska, she’s pulled into a dangerous investigation with under...
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Book 8:Sizzle
Julie Garwood • 2009
Film student Lyra Prescott accidentally records a brutal crime while shooting her documentary project. As accidents pile up around her, she realizes someone wants the footage destroyed. FBI agent Sam Kincaid steps in,...
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Book 9:The Ideal Man
Julie Garwood • 2011
Trauma surgeon Ellie Sullivan witnesses a gunman ambush a federal agent in the park and suddenly becomes the only person who can identify a pair of dangerous fugitives. Assigned to protect her, FBI agent Max Daniels u...
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Book 10:Sweet Talk
Julie Garwood • 2012
IRS attorney Olivia MacKenzie crashes an FBI sting while tracking a massive Ponzi scheme tied to her own family. Agent Grayson Kincaid should be furious, yet he becomes her fiercest ally when someone decides Olivia kn...
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Book 11:Hotshot
Julie Garwood • 2013
Food critic Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have one year to turn an oceanfront resort around or lose it forever. As sabotage and threats escalate, she turns to childhood protector Finn MacBain—now an FBI agent—for he...
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Book 12:Fast Track
Julie Garwood • 2014
Daddy’s girl Cordelia Kane reels when her ailing father reveals the truth about the mother she thought was dead. Chasing answers to Sydney with hotel magnate Aiden Madison, she’s swept into family secrets, political g...
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Book 13:Wired
Julie Garwood • 2017 • 1 recommendation
Brilliant programmer Allison Trent would rather write code than walk a runway, but both worlds collide when FBI agent Liam Scott asks her to secretly hack his own agency. As she hunts a mole, long-buried dangers from...
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Book 14:Grace Under Fire
Julie Garwood • 2022
When Grace Isabel MacKenna stumbles into a shooting and kills the attacker in self-defense, her quiet visit to Boston explodes into a media storm. Former Navy SEAL turned attorney Michael Buchanan steps in to protect...
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What is the best order to read the Buchanan Renard Mackenna series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Heartbreaker.
How many books are in the Buchanan Renard Mackenna series?
There are 14 books currently listed in the Buchanan Renard Mackenna series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Buchanan Renard Mackenna series?
New readers should start with Heartbreaker, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Buchanan Renard Mackenna series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2001 to 2022.