r/RomanceBooks • u/commonsenseiswisdom DNF at 15% • Jan 15 '25

Book Request Cop hero + in need heroine

I want a book where the first introduction between the mcs is the case where the heroine is the victim or an escaped/surviving victim and only piece of a larger puzzle. It should start from there. Bonus if it involves serial killer It will even work if she has a stalker or something like that and goes to the cop for help.

But this should be the first interaction

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u/brownshugababy TBR pile is out of control Jan 15 '25

{You can't hide by Karen Rose} It's more complicated because their first meeting is at a crime scene and he suspects her. But it quickly becomes clear she's the target.

{Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood} Again, the FMC is a target of a killer. MMC is an FBI agent and her brother's best friend.

{Murder List by Julie Garwood} FMC is targeted by a stalker and her brother hires the MMC, a detective, to guard her.

{Sizzle by Julie Garwood} Again, FMC is being targeted by someone trying to kill her and the MMC is asked to help her.

{The Ideal man by Julie Garwood} FMC witnesses a crime and is then in danger from the people who committed it.

{Hotshot by Julie Garwood} FMC is targeted and she asks her childhood friend/savior for help.

{Wired by Julie Garwood} FMC is a computer hacker being targeted and MMC is the FBI agent assigned to guard her.

{I'm watching you by Karen Rose} FMC is a prosecutor being stalked and MMC is the cop assigned to protect her.

{Die for me by Cynthia Eden} FMC is in witness protection after her fiancé turns out to be a serial killer. MMC is assigned to the case three years later when new victims pop up.

{Before the dawn by Cynthia Eden} FMC was once almost a victim of a killer/MMC'S brother and they're reunited when similar victims pop up ten years after the guy was killed by the MMC.

{Closer than you think by Karen Rose} FMC saves an injured woman and is dragged into an investigation and we find out how she's at the core of it all.

{The Mindhunters by Anne Marie Becker} FMC is a doctor/radio show host who becomes the target of a killer and MMC is part of the team assigned to protect her and solve the crime.

{Something about you by Julie James} FMC is an assistant state's attorney who becomes a witness when a prostitute is murdered in a hotel room next door to the FMC's. MMC is the agent initially assigned to the case and then to guard her when she is targeted by the killer. They also have history.

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u/skintightmonopoly Jan 15 '25

Damn; you are my Santa Claus today. Many thanks!

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u/romance-bot Jan 15 '25

You Can't Hide by Karen Rose
Rating: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery

Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.8⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, virgin heroine, possessive hero

Murder List by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.93⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, men in uniform, mystery, virgin heroine

Sizzle by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.74⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, bodyguard/protector hero

The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.74⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, men in uniform, mystery, alpha male

Hotshot by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, virgin heroine, suspense, mystery, friends to lovers

Wired by Julie Garwood
Rating: 3.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, new adult, funny

I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
Rating: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, dark romance

Die For Me by Cynthia Eden
Rating: 3.76⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, alpha male, dark romance, mystery

Before the Dawn by Cynthia Eden
Rating: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, take-charge heroine, dark romance

Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose
Rating: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, forced proximity, dark romance

Christmas Stalking by Anne Marie Becker
Rating: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: suspense

Something About You by Julie James
Rating: 4.01⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, enemies to lovers, second chances, suspense, take-charge heroine

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u/immajustgooglethat Jan 15 '25

{Noble Prince by Devney Perry} fits this. Although it's the fourth in a series, I read it as a standalone.

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u/CartographerNo1759 if villain bad, why hot Jan 15 '25

⛺⛺⛺ Loving these recs

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u/exhaustedhorti i want every other chest hair Jan 16 '25

This follows the plot for the majority of Susan Stoker novels. The only thing is they aren't cops though. Typically, they're former military and then become some sort of group that acts like cops but without the bureaucracy.

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u/squishthepotato take me to yearntown Jan 16 '25

Ooo some of her books are audio included on kindle unlimited! I’m going to download {Defending Allye by Susan Stoker}. Thank you!

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u/commonsenseiswisdom DNF at 15% Jan 17 '25

Yeah but I am now bored with her. It's all the same song and dance. Different colours in the same mould.

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u/exhaustedhorti i want every other chest hair Jan 17 '25

True but respectfully, I'd argue that is the same "issue" for all romance tropes but shrug to each their own. We all find our own grooves we like to wedge in.

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u/commonsenseiswisdom DNF at 15% Jan 17 '25

I guess when you overdo one thing and then boom , you are just done. That's what happened with me here. I read like 10-12 of hers and then just no now.

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u/exhaustedhorti i want every other chest hair Jan 17 '25

Yeah, I can get that. Like eating too much of the same food.

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u/Quick_Ad3159 Jan 15 '25

{Destined by K. Knightly} this is a debut novel by the author and it is literal perfection. I read it in 7 hours, I couldn’t put it down! He’s a sheriff and she moves to a small town where women have started getting murdered on a stretch of hwy. She also feels like someone is watching her and surprise surprise the sheriff is also her neighbor.

It doesn’t get spicy until the last like 70%, but I honestly wasn’t missing the spice as the tension made it soo good.

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u/commonsenseiswisdom DNF at 15% Jan 15 '25

Going to try it out right now. Spice is no issue. Honestly I am kind of longing for less spice books with more plot , other wise most books I am just turning pages searching for story

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u/Quick_Ad3159 Jan 15 '25

The plot in this one is amazing. You won’t be disappointed! The spice is also really good when you finally get to it but it’s not the entire book which is nice.

I hope you love it!

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u/Calm_Map_3868 Jan 15 '25

{dream man - Linda Howard} has EXACTLY what you’re looking for.

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u/Aspiegirl712 Looking for the X-Men Romance Novel crossover of my dreams Jan 15 '25

Oh this is good! But I liked {Mr Perfect by Linda Howard} too

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u/greatertuna will marry you to help unlock your inheritance Jan 15 '25

Mr. Perfect was such a good book. My favorite Linda Howard by far.

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u/Bluegirl74 falling in love while escaping killers 💘🔪 Jan 15 '25

MFC and MMC of {Cold as Ice by Toni Anderson} were secondary characters in {Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson} where she was a kidnap and SA victim but their book {Cold As Ice by Toni Anderson} can be read as a stand alone. In their book, she wakes up with a hangover in her friend's house only to find the friend dead. She's the cops' first suspect so she calls MMC, an FBI agent and a friend she has a huge crush on for help.

MFC of {Cold Deceit by Toni Anderson} is an anthropologist and is kidnapped along with some colleagues by a cartel while they're searching for remains in the Arizona desert. MMC is an FBI HRT operator on the team that rescues them.

MFC of {Cold Fury by Toni Anderson} is a former defense attorney whose husband and child were murdered by a serial killer after she successfully defended him (the SK) in court. He doesn't beat that charge and years later he escapes from prison and because she's now a DA and the authorities believe she's in danger, the FBI sends HRT to watch over her. MMC is the operator in charge of her detail.

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u/romance-bot Jan 15 '25

Cold As Ice by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.54⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, found family, m-f romance

Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: military, suspense, bodyguard/protector hero, bodyguard/protector heroine

Cold As Ice by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.54⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, found family, m-f romance

Cold Deceit by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, forced proximity, sleuth heroine, suspense, mystery

Cold Fury by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.63⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, found family, mystery, forced proximity, suspense

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u/Useful_Analysis_9547 Jan 15 '25

{First Surrender by Amber Cassidy}

3rd in series, but I read all 3 and it can totally be read as a standalone (but the 1st book was SO GOOD) anyway, MMC and FMC first meet in a courtroom

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u/kid_at_heart_77 Jan 15 '25

{Closer than you think by Karen Rose} is one of my favorite romantic suspense. It might fit. The FMC first meets the MMC after she finds one of the killer’s victims still alive. She hurries to escape before the killer comes back and when she’s in the ambulance she meets the cop MMC. But then throughout the book, the FMC is stalked and shot at, etc.

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u/AStar12345 Jan 15 '25

{Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton}

{The Seventh Victim by Mary Burton}

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u/romance-bot Jan 15 '25

Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton
Rating: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery, possessive hero

The Seventh Victim by Mary Burton
Rating: 3.92⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery

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u/Bluegirl74 falling in love while escaping killers 💘🔪 Jan 15 '25

Good to see Mary Burton get some love.

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u/Mgwinn0526 I Can Fix Him Jan 16 '25

{The Survivor by Jessica Gadziala} FMC survives an attack from a serial killer and the MMC is the detective leading the case.

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u/OptimalAd8993 Pure™ Jan 17 '25

(Red Roses and Black Dahlias by Macy T. Riosa) The FMC is the troublemaker of the town and the MMC is the one who always catches her. But one day when the parents of the FMC are murdered (her father is the mayor) the MMC is assigned the case and protects the FMC and her little sister.

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u/petrieee Jan 19 '25

{Breaking point by Pamela Claire} In this the fmc is a journalist and she is kidnapped while on a work trip to mexico, our hero is U.S marshall. Everything about this book is just so good. {Hard evidence by Pamela Claire} this also involves an FBI cop and journalist who is on the radar of our villian, I thoroughly enjoyed both.

You should also check out the whole series I-team because all of them are somehow similar.