Books like Rendezvous

Rendezvous by Jayne Ann Krentz reads as witty, adventurous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

What Rendezvous is like to read

A lighthearted Regency-style romp where a headstrong heroine's scheme to sabotage her own betrothal spirals into genuine romantic entanglement with her wary fiancé. Best for: readers who enjoy spirited-heroine historical romance with a guaranteed happy ending.

Truth or Dare

Jayne Ann Krentz · 2003

A cozy paranormal-romantic-suspense read where marital intimacy and a stalker threat unfold side by side, blending domestic warmth with mounting dread.

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Double Take

Catherine Coulter · 2007

A brisk romantic-suspense procedural: an attempted murder on a pier reopens a psychic's killing while a parallel Virginia missing-wife thread runs alongside.

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Jewels of the Sun

Nora Roberts · 1999

A gentle contemporary romance steeped in Irish myth, where a woman's search for a new life folds into a slow-building love story and the legends of the land she's studying.

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Remember When

Judith McNaught · 1996

A glossy business-marriage romance between a Texas billionaire and a lifestyle-magazine mogul, where the practical arrangement gives way to unexpected passion.

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Barefoot Bride

Rebecca Paisley · 1990

A lighthearted historical romance where an unconventional arranged marriage sparks comic misunderstandings that gradually blossom into real love.

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Guardian Angel

Julie Garwood · 1990

A Regency-flavored romantic adventure pairing a pirate heroine with a vengeance-driven marquess, played for high melodrama and swoony banter against a backdrop of treachery.

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Fancy Pants

Susan Elizabeth Phillips · 1989

A sparky clash-of-cultures romance where a fierce British golfer and a cocky American football star spar their way into love against a glossy sports backdrop.

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