Books like White Lies

White Lies by Linda Howard reads as suspenseful, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

What White Lies is like to read

A romantic-suspense premise built on identity uncertainty: a bedside vigil for an ex-husband who no longer seems like the man she divorced, with the FBI's involvement adding a thriller undercurrent to the rekindling. Best for: readers who like category-era romantic suspense with amnesia/identity hooks and a second-chance arc.

The Touch Of Fire

Linda Howard · 1992

A tense, romantic western where healing and danger intertwine as a doctor and a wounded outlaw flee together, their attraction building amid captivity and pursuit.

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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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Hidden Riches

Nora Roberts · 1994

An antique-shop find pulls Dora into a chain of thefts and murders, with a former cop as reluctant ally and love interest — a brisk romantic-suspense blend of danger and courtship.

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Betrayal in Bali

Sally Wentworth · 1980

A category-romance premise of deception and forced marriage in an exotic locale, driven by the heroine's desperation to prove her innocence and escape a vengeful husband.

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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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Poison Study

Maria V. Snyder · 2005

A propulsive palace-intrigue fantasy where a condemned prisoner turned food taster is kept on a leash of daily antidote — survival stakes braided with emerging magic and a slow-burn romance.

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The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope · 1800

A brisk swashbuckling romp of impersonation, court intrigue, and swordplay, carried by a charming first-person narrator caught between duty and forbidden love.

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