Books like Smokescreen
Smokescreen by Anne Mather reads as dramatic, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Smokescreen is like to read
A category romance built on a taboo pairing: a young widow drawn to the estranged stepson she's trying to make right by. The tension is emotional and situational rather than explicit. Best for: readers who want classic Mills-and-Boon-era forbidden romance with wealth and family conflict.
Devil and the Deep Sea
Sara Craven · 1988
A high-pressure category romance built on coercion and rescue: a desperate heroine strikes a bargain with a dangerous man to escape a worse fate, and the sexual charge sits uneasily beside the power imbalance.
Borrowed Wife
Patricia Wilson · 1996
A category-romance reunion built on a 'borrowed wife' pretense — estranged spouses forced back into proximity while old wounds and unspoken love resurface.
An Unbreakable Bond
Robyn Donald · 1986
A category-romance clash of contempt and desire, with a New Zealand estate dispute forcing the heroine to choose between her own happiness and setting the record straight.
Tidewater Seduction
Anne Mather · 1992
A brisk category-romance reunion story, built on lingering desire and old betrayal, moving toward a presumed happy reconciliation.
Sleeping Desire
Charlotte Lamb · 1985
A category-romance melodrama built on amnesia and a suspected conspiracy of loved ones — emotional, dialogue-driven, and firmly in the Harlequin Presents register.
Forbidden Surrender
Carole Mortimer · 1982
A category-romance emotional tangle: a young woman discovers a long-lost sister only to find she has fallen for that sister's fiancé, turning family reunion into quiet heartbreak.
Desire Never Changes
Penny Jordan · 1986
A category-romance reunion built on a five-year-old humiliation, where the heroine must risk rejection a second time to trust the hero's proposal.
A Most Passionate Revenge
Jacqueline Baird · 2000
A Harlequin-style revenge romance driven by a decade-old grudge and unresolved sexual chemistry, with blackmail-marriage stakes resolving in a guaranteed HEA.
The Spanish Groom
Lynne Graham · 1999
A fast, tropey category romance built on a fake-engagement-turned-real-marriage with a hidden pregnancy twist — glossy wish-fulfillment with a wealthy hero and a virginal heroine.
Slave to Love
Michelle Reid · 1995
An emotional category romance built around the ache of loving a man who won't promise more — passion braided with a heroine's quiet ultimatum to herself.
A First Time for Everything
Jessica Steele · 1990
A category-romance workplace clash set against an Egyptian backdrop, where the heroine's exasperation with her domineering boss slowly gives way to glimpses of the man beneath.
Breaking Point
Emma Darcy · 1992
A category-romance marriage-in-crisis story: a young wife confronts a husband who prioritizes work and a glamorous assistant over her, with the emotional stakes centered on whether the marriage can survive.
About Smokescreen — what the genome says
How spicy is Smokescreen?
Low heat — mostly fade-to-black.
Who is Smokescreen for?
readers who want classic Mills-and-Boon-era forbidden romance with wealth and family conflict
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