Charlotte Sawyer’s life was up-ended when her fiancé left her stranded at the altar just five days before the nuptials with an unworn wedding gown, hefty catering bills and an emotional scar to boot. Her therapist urges her to embrace spontaneity, suggesting she take up a new hobby like kayaking, but risk-averse Charlotte opts for mindfulness classes instead. 

Cautious, rule-following Charlotte doesn't break out of her comfort zone until circumstances tug her into a spiral of adventure and intrigue. Unable to contact her half-sister, Jocelyn, Charlotte becomes concerned. When a padded envelope with a set of keys and a cryptic note arrives from one of Jocelyn’s friends, Charlotte goes to the woman’s apartment to investigate.

She learns that Jocelyn’s good friend, Louise Flint, is dead, supposedly of a drug overdose. Many questions are raised, and Charlotte becomes even more alarmed about Jocelyn’s disappearance. At Louise’s condo, Charlotte runs into a cool and reserved private investigator, Max Cutler.

Max is newly divorced and just establishing himself in Seattle. Like Charlotte, he carries a lot of baggage. Raised in a commune by his mother and a charismatic leader, he was traumatized as a child by a house fire and his mother’s subsequent death. Despite his tough background, his drive and passion to help others appeals to Charlotte. Although he won’t be paid for his work, Max agrees help Charlotte, and she manages to trust Max enough to join forces with him. As the mysteries of Jocelyn’s disappearance become more puzzling and the dangers mount, the two are drawn to find comfort with each other.

A number of intriguing storylines are cleverly intertwined to make Jayne Ann Krentz's When All the Girls Have Gone a compelling, suspenseful and satisfying read. 

New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden returns to her romantic suspense series LOST with Torn, which features a whip-smart forensic anthropologist and a hardened special agent. The two have a history together, and their most recent partnership may be more than platonic.

Forensic anthropologist Victoria Palmer is on the verge of cracking the case of a college student who went missing five years ago while on a jog. All she knows is that the girl was most likely murdered and that her killer is still out there. However, as the case takes Victoria closer to the killer, the dangerous individual begins to set his sights on the tenacious and beautiful doctor.

Agent Wade Monroe is a recent transfer to the Last Option Search Team (LOST), but he’s instantly attracted to his new partner, Victoria, a woman with whom he has a complicated history. Wade had to stand by when Victoria was abducted in the past, an unfortunate hazard of their dangerous job. But now that they’re reunited and are working together, Wade wants to do everything in his power to make sure it doesn't happen again—and to ease her job-induced anxiety.

What starts as a no-strings-attached arrangement to quell Victoria’s stress quickly leads to something more, but regardless of Wade and Victoria’s feelings for one another, there’s still a killer on the loose. One who wants to get his hands on Victoria. Wade and Victoria will both have to deal with the skeletons in their closet, as well as their feelings for one another, to close their investigation.

Torn balances the careful progression of two people going from friends to lovers with the eerie intensity of a cat-and-mouse thriller. Since the story begins right in the middle of Victoria’s investigation into the coed’s disappearance, the action starts at top speed and doesn’t stop. Sexy and dark, Torn is a great fit for readers who want complex, intelligent characters paired with a bone-chilling mystery.

When two people on opposite sides of the law are thrown together by unconventional circumstances in New York City’s Diamond District, it's revealed that all that glitters is not gold. Jewel thieves, an FBI agent and a bad girl gone good make Heather Graham’s Flawless a fun romantic suspense complemented by an action-packed heist.

Kieran Finnegan has righted her wrongs, left behind her family’s habit of getting into trouble and acquired a criminal psychology degree. But as much as she’s changed, she finds that she can’t just turn her back on her brothers, especially when one of them has stolen a rather expensive diamond. Kieran does what any sister would do: She plans to “unsteal” the gem and put it back where it belongs. 

FBI Agent Craig Frasier is in town investigating a string of jewelry robberies when he finds himself right in the middle of one, along with Kieran. While he’s trying to catch the individuals responsible, Kieran is trying to keep her brother’s name out of it. But when Frasier makes a connection between the robberies and the Finnegan’s family pub, Kieran’s involvement in Craig’s case gets a little more complicated than she planned.

Watching Kieran and Craig work together is really the highlight of Flawless. Though there is plenty of adventure, the romance is more of a slow burn as Kieran and Craig learn about one another, but when tensions run high as danger increases, the two find that they might be destined for more than just a working relationship. The cat-and-mouse game isn’t reserved for catching bad guys!

With plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing, the mystery at the heart of Flawless is sure to remind readers of Pink Panther-esque capers and whodunnits. As Craig grows closer to identifying the suspects stealing diamonds, Kieran worries that when her relation to the Finnegan family is revealed, he will see it as the ultimate betrayal. With a cast of memorable coworkers and family members, readers will most likely be crossing their fingers that the rest of the Finnegan clan will each get their own romances as full of action and suspense as this one. 

Once upon a time, Madeline and Daphne were inseparable friends and sisters of the heart. But when a kidnapper tries to take Madeline from her grandmother’s hotel on a remote Pacific Northwest island, it starts a relationship-ending chain of events.

Eighteen years later, in the wake of her grandmother’s death, Madeline is back in Washington’s coastal San Juan Islands to discuss the fate of the long-closed hotel with its caretaker. However, their meeting is derailed upon discovering an elderly man dying at the base of the hotel stairs. It soon becomes apparent that what Madeline thought was an accident is actually murder. Given the secrets she’s carried with her back to the island and her lack of trust in the local police, she calls Jack Rayner. Jack is the no-nonsense owner of the security company Madeline uses for her Arizona hotel, and she could really use Rayner’s professional assistance.

For Jack to fully understand her predicament, Madeline has to reveal to him the mysteries surrounding the man who tried to kidnap her 18 years ago. They agree that it’s too much of a coincidence that, of the four people who knew of the events of that night, two are now dead—one indisputably murdered. Because Daphne also knows about the attempted kidnapping, Madeline tracks her down to assure no harm has come to her. When she discovers that Daphne’s new home has just been burglarized, Jack arranges to have her escorted to the island.

And so begins a twisting ride on a bullet train of romantic suspense. New York Times bestseller Jayne Ann Krentz has crafted an adroit tale of old friends, new loves and edge-of-your-seat suspense. So buckle up and expect to lose sleep, because just when you think you’ve figured it out, Secret Sisters will throw you a new curve.

Susan Andersen is a New York Times best-selling author of 23 romance and romantic-suspense novels

Jen Frederick returns to her Kerr Chronicles series with Revealed to Him, an intense romance about a woman paralyzed with fear and the man who hopes to heal her.

Natalie Beck has been a prisoner in her own home for years. After writing the plot and dialogue for a successful video game three years ago, she’s been harassed both online and in real life, leading to a harrowing experience that could have ended her life. It took her over a year to step foot outside of her apartment after the incident, but with threatening messages and notes arriving at her home once again, all of Natalie’s progress evaporates.

Enter Jake Tanner, a veteran and security specialist hired by Natalie’s cousin to track down the person responsible for Natalie’s terror and to boost security in her surroundings. However, Jake is not without his own scars, though he wears his on the outside in the form of prosthetics on his right hand and foot.

Jake and Natalie communicate through texts and phone calls, as she’s unable to open the door and allow him into her home. It’s such a subtle and careful dance that they do, as business turns to casual conversation and then light flirting. Their relationship feels so natural that Natalie begins to forget the terror that keeps her trapped inside from morning till night. 

Natalie quickly becomes someone he doesn’t care to lose. 

With today's headlines, Natalie’s fear of Internet threats is easy to imagine. The panic attacks she suffers just answering her door are tense and heartrending. There are only a few people in Natalie’s life, all of whom are seemingly trying to help guide her to recovery. But as Jake and his team start to unravel the disturbing threats left for Natalie, it's revealed that her harasser may be closer than she realizes.

It is touching to see the way Jake cares for Natalie, and while he’s a man accustomed to loss, Natalie quickly becomes someone he doesn’t care to lose. The emotionally charged exchanges between the couple soften Natalie’s deep anxiety as she comes to realize that there’s so much outside of her home that she wants to experience.

Rife with passion and wonderfully paced romance, Revealed to Him asks how much a person is willing to overcome for a once-in-a-lifetime love.

Best-selling author Elizabeth Lowell opens The Perfect Touch with San Francisco art dealer and design studio owner Sara Medina heading to Jackson, Wyoming, in the shadow of the craggy Grand Tetons. Having grown up dirt-poor on a dairy farm, she’d be the first to tell you that cowboy country is the last place she’d choose to be. But she’s travelling to Wyoming to provide expert testimony for Captain Jay Vermilion in a legal battle for disputed ownership of a potentially priceless art collection—and she hopes to handle the collection’s sale should he win. It’s merely business that has her sitting outside the courtroom waiting to hear the final verdict and meet the man with whom she’s shared so many long telephone conversations. It has nothing to do with that deep voice on the other end of the line.

Since coming home, Afghanistan veteran Jay Vermilion has struggled to keep the family ranch afloat. However, given the financial hemorrhaging caused by his former stepmother’s legal wrangling, it hasn’t been easy. Not until the court rules in his favor does he at last have hope of restoring the ranch to its former profitability.

But nothing prepares Jay and Sara for the impact they have on each other. Or the less palatable fact that hot mutual attraction, genuine respect and increasingly deep feelings can’t guarantee a happily ever after. For even though they instantly connect,  Jay and Sara’s differing plans for the future place them worlds apart.

But will the double murder on the ranch that sends them alternately racing to unmask a cold-blooded killer and running for their lives shine a light on what’s truly important in this relationship?

The Perfect Touch serves up a classic romantic suspense with the trademark thrills, chills and passion Elizabeth Lowell’s many readers adore and have come to expect.