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A high-stakes blend of romantic heat and relentless suspense where uncovering a buried past means running for your life. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Close to you.

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01
Just the way you are
Christina Dodd · 2003
A heartwarming yet dramatic romance where a hidden identity threatens a tender connection built on mistaken assumptions.
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02
Lost in Your Arms
Christina Dodd · 2002
A sweeping, suspenseful second-chance romance where forgotten memories pave the way for a dangerous, irresistible reinvention of love.
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- suspenseful
03
Little Girl Lost (Her Protector)
Adrianne Lee · 1997
A tense, emotionally charged romantic suspense where fractured memories and maternal fears collide with an irresistible attraction.
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- suspenseful
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04
His for a Price
Caitlin Crews
A high-stakes romantic chess match where a marriage of convenience masks a decade of simmering, undeniable tension.
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- high-stakes
- intense
05
A Family For Keeps
Lucy Gordon
A tender, emotionally charged romance about healing from past wounds and the unexpected, dramatic ways a fractured family can become whole.
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- romantic
06
A Family Secret
Jean Brashear
A heartwarming Texas romance where forced proximity and rustic charm melt a guarded rancher's heart.
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- romantic
07
Mail-Order Mother
Kate Denton
A cozy, trope-tastic comfort read where a marriage of convenience blossoms into genuine love on a sun-baked Texas ranch.
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- romantic
08
Cross My Heart
Carly Phillips
A high-stakes blend of second-chance romance and breathless suspense where a hidden heiress must trust her childhood protector to reclaim her life.
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- high-stakes
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- romantic
09
Close relations
Lynsey Stevens
A soapy, emotionally charged second-chance romance built on a foundation of scandalous family secrets and lingering heartbreak.
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- suspenseful
10
Charade of the heart
Cathy Williams
A high-stakes game of mistaken identity fuels a fiery, tension-filled battle of wills where secrets and undeniable attraction collide.
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11
A Stolen Heart
Candace Camp
A sweeping historical romance wrapped in a shadowy London mystery, where a spirited outsider must navigate high-society whispers and deadly secrets.
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- suspenseful
- romantic
12
Tangled Hearts
Carole Mortimer
A high-angst, emotionally charged vintage romance where family loyalty clashes with undeniable, forbidden attraction.
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- tense
- intense

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