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Iris Johansen is an American author best known for crime and suspense fiction, with a long career that also includes romance. In the early 1980s, she left her job as an airline reservations agent to write romance novels full time. In 1991, she shifted toward historical romantic suspense with The Wind Dancer. Johansen fully embraced crime fiction with Ugly Duckling in 1996, a breakthrough that led to her becoming a consistent New York Times bestselling author.

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Reluctant Lark


A Romance series (1983 - 1983)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Famous singers with haunted hearts
  • Billionaire romances in secluded getaways
  • High-stakes romantic adventure under brutal skies

Delaneys: The Untamed Years Series


A Romance series (1984 - 1988)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Russian royalty in New Orleans
  • Captor-captive romance with stubborn heroines
  • Court intrigue testing love and trust

Wind Dancer


A Thriller & Suspense series (1991 - 2001)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • International treasure hunts with lethal stakes
  • Psychological cat-and-mouse between uneasy allies
  • Renaissance Italy intrigue and dangerous royal secrets

Sedikhan


A Romance series (1984 - 1994)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Desert-kingdom romance with princesses, power plays, and dangerous intrigue
  • Alpha protectors matched by fiercely independent women
  • Romantic suspense with kidnappings, rescues, and trust under pressure

Lion's Bride


A Romance series (1996 - 2008)

Eve Duncan


A Thriller & Suspense series (1998 - 2025)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Forensic sculptors rebuilding identities from skulls and bare bones
  • Personal-stakes psychological suspense driven by grief, obsession, and buried secrets
  • Serial-killer hunts hitting investigators and their families close to home

Hannah Bryson


A Thriller & Suspense series (2008 - 2010)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Decommissioned Soviet submarines as a murderously tense backdrop
  • Underwater hunts for ancient secrets with modern consequences
  • Sibling-led suspense under betrayal and official pressure

Catherine Ling


A Thriller & Suspense series (2010 - 2018)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Deadly mentor-protégé bonds with brutal emotional stakes
  • CIA thrillers driven by split loyalties and survival instincts
  • Heroines with dark pasts protecting their children at any cost

Kendra Michaels


A Thriller & Suspense series (2012 - 2026)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Sleuthing powered by heightened senses shaped by past blindness
  • Fbi serial killer hunts with vicious cat-and-mouse pressure
  • Conspiracy thrillers driven by unconventional experts and personal stakes

Kira Drake


A Mystery series (2024 - 2024)

Standalone Fiction

Little Stacks of Thriller & Suspense

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