Romantic Suspense

Romantic Suspense

A great tale of love just isn't enough for you, is it you adrenaline junkie? You need love AND suspense.  You need two people on the verge of falling in love---while clinging to the side of a cliff.  Well, that what we and our eBookHounds' promoting authors are here to give you.  Heart wrenching romance and gut wrenching suspense, all wrapped up in a pretty little ebook.  And, always free or discounted for you.  Read away!

 

Definition of the "Romantic Suspense Genre": The Romantic Suspense genre is oftentimes the bestselling subgenre of Romance, though that can vascillate with historical romance.  The elements of a romance need to be there--a budding relationship between two people that overcomes obstacles and succeeds in the end.  But, the critical elements of suspense in that romance setting also need to be interwoven expertly.  Those include action, adventure, and oftentimes, a heroine that has been wronged and a hero who attempts to help right that wrong.  Through their work to right the wrong, they are brought closer together and what would you know?  They fall in love.  Honestly, you can think of many, many Disney movie scripts for this storyline (start with Frozen).

 

Some examples of the top ebooks in the Romantic Suspense genre are Mary Stewart (Nine Coaches Waiting), Tiffany Snow (No Turning Back), Colleen Hoover (Never, Never), and Melinda Leigh (She Can Run).

A Hand for the Duke (The Ladies' Wagering Whist Society Book 1)

by Meredith Bond


Can the Ladies of the Wagering Whist Society help an impoverished modiste win the hand of a sought-after Duke?


Tina Rowan is beautiful, talented—and wants nothing more than to be free of her past.
The illegitimate daughter of a baroness, she is being blackmailed by her own foster father. She must rely on her flair for designing dresses to earn enough to pay him off. Starting a business dressing the ladies of Regency society isn’t easy for a nobody. But Tina has three aces up her sleeve—her own amazing talent, her well-connected biological mother, and the helpful (if meddlesome) support of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society.

The handsome, arrogant Duke of Warwick has grown up schooled in the “proper” way for a nobleman to behave. Rule number one: do not fraternize with people of the lower classes. But when he has to introduce his beloved sister to society, he finds himself completely reliant on the beguiling woman he’s hired as his sister’s modiste. To his astonishment, he finds himself opening up to her and enjoying her company far, far too much.

When Tina discovers the true man behind the ducal title, her heart might very well be lost. But can the duke set aside his façade and allow himself to love the only woman who could possibly make him happy?


It will take the combined efforts of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society to see this difficult hand well played.

If you love a Cinderella story complete with a noble hero who will do anything to win the heart of the woman he loves, this book is for you!

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Home Game (Vegas Aces Book 1)

by Lisa Suzanne


NOW AN AMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLER!


Getting fired and dumped in the same thirty seconds makes for a pretty bad Tuesday. But by Thursday, I'll be in Vegas celebrating my brother's wedding. Since I could use a fresh start, he offers me a place to stay with a buddy of his.

At the bachelorette party, a raunchy game results in a quest to find me a one-night stand. When a hunk with dark blue eyes and perfect bone structure hits me with a silly line at the bar, my mission is complete.

I vow to move on from our steamy night as I head to the rehearsal dinner, certain one of my brother's hot pro football player groomsmen will be my Prince Charming.

Then the best man turns around. Dark blue eyes. Perfect bone structure. A body I won't soon forget.

And apparently my new roommate.


HOME GAME is the first book in the VEGAS ACES series. This series must be read in order.

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G is for Gerry: A Secret Baby Mountain Man Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)

by Natasha L. Black


I was leaving the diner when
Trouble fell right into my arms.


I should stay away from her, but I’m drawn to her.
A bad accident cost her a leg and her college career.
She’s independent and fierce and doesn’t want my help

Our first kiss at the bonfire was incredible.
The connection between us proves this is no fling
This chemistry, this intimacy — irresistible.


A setback in her recovery
Makes me determined to protect her, to let her know
She’s the only woman I want.

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Crying Wolf: Black River Pack 1

by Rochelle Paige


“Hunter is hunky, protective and as alpha as they come.” - K Webster, 
USA Today bestselling author

Grace Shaw is on the run from her crazy ex-boyfriend who refuses to believe their relationship is over. He's a cop and is willing to use police resources to track her down. So Grace comes up with a plan and tricks his fellow brothers in blue into thinking he is crying wolf a couple of times when he reports her missing. Little does she know she'll go running into the arms of a real wolf when she finally makes her escape for real.

She just wants to be left alone, but then she meets Hunter Tate - the alpha of the Black River Pack. Grace tries to hold Hunter at arm's length, but there's just no reasoning with an alpha male werewolf who insists she's his mate.

This is book one in the Black River Pack series. Each novella will feature a different couple.

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Jake (Must Love Danger Book 3)

by Emily Jane Trent


LOVING THE ENEMY CAN BE TREACHEROUS!

Navy SEAL Jake Holland retires from the military and joins a protection team of ex-military. He is more than a little surprised to find Amanda employed there. And even more so that she is still single. Yet her talent as a security specialist can’t be questioned.

Amanda hasn’t confronted Jake with their past. And he prefers it that way. Yet he bickers with her incessantly. Personal issues aside, Jake can’t bear to witness Amanda suffering. She keeps up the pretense of being strong, but that doesn’t fool him. Despite her tough attitude, Amanda had a kind heart; not that she would cut him any slack.

When Amanda receives the shocking news that her sister’s newborn is missing, she must discover if the baby is alive. Jake volunteers to go undercover with her, but the mission has trouble written all over it.

 

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Ruthless King: A Dark Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance (The Vitale Family Series Book 1)

by Kiara Morgan


As the Russian Mafia princess, I have lived my entire life locked away.

I have felt pain and cruelty at my own father's hands.
Now I'm forced into a marriage with the Italian Mafia's Capo Alessio to unite our two families.
From the very first night he showed me brutality I should be used to by now.
I'm haunted by the past and now the present.
If he thinks I will break so easily he's mistaken.
I have lived among monsters my entire life.
I will survive.

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Sweet Obsession: A Contemporary Romance Anthology

by Ava Quinn


Consumed by their sweet obsessions, these 14 intense and powerful men only bow to the women of their dreams.

Enemies become lovers, billionaires risk everything, and passion turns men into over-the-top protectors who will move heaven and earth to claim the women who've gripped their hearts and won't let go.

When it comes to claiming their Sweet Obsession, nothing else matters. The only thing these heroes can't do is fail.

If you crave swoon-worthy happily ever afters and men with mouths that will curl your toes, you’ve come to the right place.

This collection of fourteen brand new, steamy, stand-alone romances is only available for a limited time. Reserve your copy before it's gone.

Never before seen stories by: Sadie King, Mimi Kinley, Megan Wade, Lia Violet, Lana Love, Khloe Summers, Jane Fox, Haven Rose, Fern Fraser, Ember Flint, Brynn Paulin, Barbra Campbell, Ava Quinn, and Ashley Bostock.

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F is for Finn: A Secret Baby Mountain Man Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)

by Natasha L. Black


Wendy turned my quiet new life upside down.
Now I never want to let her go.


Settling in to small town life,
I wasn’t looking for a relationship
Wendy is different,
A single mom determined to prove herself

An accident at work,
Now’s my chance to take care of her
A kiss turns into staying the night,
Every night.
A month goes by, perfect,
Then she acts distant.
We can’t seem to talk it out.


She tells me the truth.

We’re having a baby.
She’s scared—her son’s dad left them.
I’ve got to prove to her
We can be a family.
Wendy and me, with
Her son and our baby.

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The Way You Love Me: Includes a bonus novella (Angel Falls Book 2)

by Miranda Liasson


Sparks fly between a grumpy single father and a compassionate lawyer in "a sweet, homespun romance that tugs at the heartstrings in all the right ways" (Entertainment Weekly) -- perfect for fans of New York Times bestselling authors Jill Shalvis and Lori Foster and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck.

Gabby Langdon has always tried to make people happy. She even went to law school to please her father, and now she's a highly successful-albeit bored-attorney. But Gabby secretly dreams of being a writer, so for once she does something for herself-she signs up for a writing class taught by best-selling novelist Caden Marshall. There's only one problem: her brooding, sexy professor is a distraction she can't afford if she's finally going to get the life she truly wants.


Recently divorced and suffering from the world's worst case of writer's block, Caden is in Angel Falls to get his life back on track. He's focused on teaching and providing a stable and loving home for his young daughter, Ava. The last thing he needs is to jeopardize his new job, which means keeping plenty of distance between himself and his talented new student-no matter how tempted he is by Gabby's beauty, kind heart, or the sparks that fly whenever they're together.


Includes the bonus novella Meant to Be by Alison Bliss!

What readers are saying about The Way You Love Me:"People who love small town romances and fun families will enjoy this."
"A delightful read."
"Liasson continues to lead with her heart and turn reading into an emotionally fulfilling experience."
"[A] wonderful, heartwarming story of struggle, hope, and love."
Angel Falls series:Then There Was YouThe Way You Love Me

 
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Collided: A Steamy Friends To Lovers Romance

by Portia Moore


Alex

I want Madison the moment I lay eyes on her. But I’ve got my work cut out for me because someone before me broke her heart and destroyed her trust. She's my friend, that's all she wants but I'll do everything I can to convince her that we should be more. I need her to be.

I’ve got to prove that not only am I different, but I know we belong together. I feel it in the marrow of my bones. She’s my soulmate and I’ll do whatever it takes until she believes it too.

Madison

I thought I’d found “the one.”

Rich, handsome and amazing in bed. Everything a girl could want right? Well, if only he didn't have a wife.

So now I’m done. I'm supposed to be. But then I meet Alex, the scorching hot bar tender who becomes not just my friend but my friend. Did I mention he's hot, has a body to die for and is my biggest fan. He's everything a girl can want, but this girl is done with love. If only I could convince my heart to stop beating so fast when he smiles at me, and my body from craving his touch.

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Bought (A New Adult Billionaire Romance) (His For A Week Book 1)

by Em Brown


She messed with the wrong billionaire.

Ben:
I saw her. I wanted her. I bought her. BIG MISTAKE.

She was just supposed to be a plaything for a week. But I can’t keep my hands off of her, can’t stop thinking of all the things that I want to do to her. I want to devastate her.

She tries not to want it, and she’s hiding why. But it doesn’t matter. She can try and resist me. She won’t prevail.


An undercover journalist sells herself for a week to expose the darker elements of the Scarlet Auction, but when billionaire Benjamin Lee shows up, it’s not just her scoop that’s on the line…


For a sizzling hot romance with a smart, defiant heroine and a billionaire who can dominate her in all the right ways, download HIS FOR A WEEK: BOUGHT to fire up your fantasies today!

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Kissing My Old Life Au Revoir

by Eliza Watson


FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELIZA WATSON!

"The ending has left me longing to visit Paris and I live in hope I may meet a Luc!" -The Love of a Good Book

"She had us at sexy puppeteer! A fun read." -Chick Lit Is Not Dead


Before Caity Shaw, there was Samantha Hunter...

Event planner Samantha Hunter is prepared for a few challenges when escorting a group of good ole boy beer distributors to Paris, the city of haute cuisine and fine wines. However, she doesn’t foresee being passed up for a promotion because she is too professional and doesn’t knock back beers with her clients.

Her focus soon switches from landing the well-deserved promotion to finding her free-spirited sister, who lives in Paris and has disappeared, leaving behind family secrets to be uncovered. A sexy puppeteer helps Samantha search for clues to her sister’s whereabouts and teaches her to embrace her inner child. And a funeral-crashing psychic demonstrates the importance of living life to the fullest. It takes Samantha’s life spiraling out of control for her to finally get a life.

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The Pawn & The Knight

by Skye Warren


A ruthless billionaire determined to get revenge.


A woman with more to lose than her virginity.

And a sensual game that will break them both.

Gabriel Miller has thirty days to do anything he wants with her body. He can enjoy every inch of her, but he can never let himself fall for her. No matter how sweetly she surrenders.

Author’s Note: THE PAWN AND THE KNIGHT is an exclusive duet including two USA Today bestsellers in the scorching hot Endgame series.

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Broken Bride

by Stella Gray


I was sold to him to settle a debt... but Dante Bellanti never settles.


My father was always a gambling man.
Unfortunately, he never could pick winners.
When the wolves closed in, he chose himself, like always.

He traded his freedom... for mine.

He forced me to marry.
Now Dante Bellanti owns my body.
I'm just another possession for a man who already has too much.
So I won't let him have my heart.

But you know what they say about gambling.

The house always wins.

And I'm at the mercy of the Bellantis...


Book One of Three in the all-new angsty, sizzling Broken Series.

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Rescued: A Collection of Contemporary Romances with Heart, Heat, and Dog Treats

by Tamlyn Black


What happens when 10 dog-loving romance authors get together and brainstorm? Why, books with rescue dogs, sexy heroes, dirty talking, and lots of dog treats, of course.

From Cynthia D'Alba – Hot AssetsA CPA must team up with a cop to save her rescued dog from a determined dognapper
From Donna Alward - Doggie on her Doorstep When Emily's flighty cousin leaves her dog on Em's doorstep, she enlists the help of the sexy grouch next door.

From Jenna Bayley-Burke – 
The Guy Next Door - Fourth grade teacher has the naughtiest dog, the punniest jokes, and perfect washboard abs...and now an angry neighbor with a busted fence thanks to his dog.

From Mandy Harbin
Rescuing Orion - When undercover FBI agents foster a dog to investigate a money launderer, ignoring their attraction becomes difficult with playing house with a cute pooch.

From Parker Kincade
 - Rescued Cowboy - A spirited foster dog is determined to make his lovable animal rescuer and a transient cowboy into his new permanent family.

From Melissa Schroeder 
Last Love - A single mom tries to avoid her one-night stand, but her dog, Houdini, keeps leading her to his door.

From Lexxie Couper
 - Who's A Good Boy? - After meeting a feisty dog trainer and a 3-legged dog, the future PM of Australia questions his future and his life.

From Shana Gray
 – Dogs on A Plane- A heavy snow strands a bush pilot and socialite with a pack of love hungry pups. Who saves who?

From Laura Trentham
 -Nobody’s Hero - An ex-con tries to persuade an abandoned puppy and an innocent romance author he's nobody's hero.

From Tamlyn Black 
 Nobody But You - A grumpy cowboy has his world upended by his sister's new BFF and the stray dog she brings to his door

 
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Savage Royals (A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance) (Bloody Kingdom Book 1)

by Ana West


A mafia princess and a mafia prince walk into a bar…

It should be the beginning of a joke. To me, my father setting me up with Dante Scarano is a joke—just not a particularly funny one. But when the night ends with me up against a wall and Dante’s hands on my body, I know I’ve underestimated him—and the power he and his father wield.

I might be forced to marry him, but nothing about this relationship is real. Not our vows, our marriage, or the way my body responds to his. At least—that’s what I tell myself, every time Dante sets me on fire.

Dante isn’t my husband, he’s my enemy. A man who I plan to take down, just as soon as I get the chance. Isn’t that what the vows say, anyway? Til death do us part.

Here in this city, the Rosarias rule. But it’s about to get savage.

 
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Hot SEAL, Dirty Martini: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy (SEALs in Paradise)

by Paradise Authors


A Navy SEAL who wants seclusion. A diva who craves the spotlight. The deal they make could give them both what they need . . . if they don’t kill each other first! Reality TV has never been so hot!

Navy SEAL Clay "Dirtman" Hagan's retirement plans are simple. Buy the dilapidated beachfront cottage he found listed for a song, fix it up, and live out his days in solitude. Everything is set until an anonymous bidder drives up the price of his future paradise.


TV talk show host Tasha Jones is flying high, until one word—CANCELED—sends her crashing. Now she's looking to resurrect her career with a new home renovation show if they can get around the buyer standing in the way of the perfect property.

When the competition turns out to be the obnoxious a-hole from her embarrassing drunken one-night stand, the battle for the property really heats up as the insults—and the sparks—fly. The producer notices the chemistry between them and decides the viewers will too and "Hot House" is born.


If Clay agrees to have the self-centered star and her cameras in his house for the duration of the show, he walks away as the owner in the end. If Tasha can put up with living in the bungalow with the Neanderthal control-freak during the construction, she gets a hit show and her career back. Win-win.


It shouldn't be too hard since the director loves when they argue on camera, which is good since they agree on nothing. Well, almost nothing. They do both agree that they pretty much hate each other and neither one wants a repeat of their one night together . . . So why does it keep happening?

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Her Unexpected Engagement (Checkerberry Inn Book 2)

by Kyra Jacobs


Stephanie Fitzpatrick wanted out of the spotlight after her pro-golfer husband was caught on camera cheating. But when she returns to Michigan for a job interview and some much-needed R&R, a fib told by her well-meaning sister has her looking for a temporary fiancé, or she can kiss her new start good-bye. Desperate to hide the truth, she goes to the one man who can help--her former best friend.


Miles Masterson is relieved to see the Checkerberry Inn beginning to thrive once more. Not only does it ease his mind about his grandmother's financial future, but also about his decision to finally escape town. But then one all grown up and sexy as hell friend from the past shows up needing rescued. Now the temptation to change the "temporary" arrangement into something more is making it harder to think about leaving.

Each book in the Checkerberry Inn series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order:
Book #1 ~ Her Unexpected Detour
Book #2 ~ Her Unexpected Engagement
Book #3 ~ Her Unexpected Hero

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Ryker (Must Love Danger Book 2)

by Emily Jane Trent


FALLING IN LOVE CAN BE FATAL!

Navy SEAL Ryker Johnson is a widower filled with sadness and guilt. His VIP client is a prima donna, but he won’t refuse to protect her from a dangerous stalker. It doesn’t take long for her to steal his heart, and he struggles to embrace love again. When danger closes in, Ryker is willing to take a bullet for her - if he’s not too late.

Mia Scott owns a successful tech startup on the verge of gaining investor support. But her ex-husband stalks her and threatens her life, forcing her to accept protection. The sparks fly, but Mia is drawn to her bossy bodyguard and finds him irresistible. Tension escalates when her young nephew is pulled into the danger. Mia must make a choice that could save the boy's life, and she prays that Ryker can rescue her.

 

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Bayou Moon (A Novel of the Edge Book 2)

by Ilona Andrews


The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…

Cerise Mar and her unruly clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands between the state of Louisiana and the Weird. When her parents vanish, her clan’s long-time rivals are suspect number one.

But all is not as it seems. Two nations of the Weird are waging a cold war fought by feint and espionage, and their conflict is about to spill over into the Edge—and Cerise’s life . William, a changeling soldier who left behind the politics of the Weird, has been forced back into service to track down a rival nation’s spymaster.

When William’s and Cerise’s missions lead them to cross paths, sparks fly—but they’ll have to work together if they want to succeed…and survive.

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