Books like Runaway

A sweeping, smoldering historical romance where dangerous secrets and fierce passions collide in a lush, lethal wilderness. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Runaway.

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01
Sweet Savage Eden
Heather Graham
A tempestuous, high-stakes battle of wills set against the rugged backdrop of the early American wilderness.
Shares:
- dramatic
- passionate
- earnest
- survival in the wilderness
02
Dark stranger
Heather Graham Pozzessere · 1988
A sweeping historical romance that transitions from the desperate survival of wartime to the passionate, healing embrace of a lifelong love.
Shares:
- tense
- dramatic
- passionate
- earnest
03
Bride of the Wind
Shannon Drake · 1992
A tempestuous, high-seas tale of vengeance, captivity, and a passion that burns through bitter betrayal.
Shares:
- dramatic
- passionate
- intense
04
Reckless
Shannon Drake · 2005
A sweeping historical romance that trades London drawing rooms for the sultry, dangerous sands of Egypt, where deception gives way to fiery passion.
Shares:
- dramatic
- marriage of convenience
05
Lie Down in Roses
Heather Graham · 1988
A sweeping, tempestuous battle of wills where bitter enmity melts into consuming passion against the backdrop of a war-torn kingdom.
Shares:
- tense
- dramatic
- passionate
- earnest
06
Private Treaty
Kathleen Eagle
A sweeping, stormy historical romance about an overwhelming, forbidden love that defies the rigid boundaries of the 19th-century American West.
Shares:
- dramatic
- passionate
- intense
- earnest
07
The Runaway Heiress
Lillian Cheatham
A spirited battle of wills between a destitute widow and an arrogant lord, wrapped in the delightful tension of a Regency scandal.
Shares:
- dramatic
08
The Runaway Duke
Julie Anne Long
A spirited historical road trip where forced proximity and hidden identities ignite a passionate, witty romance.
Shares:
- hidden identities
09
A Heart So Wild
Johanna Lindsey · 1987
A sweeping, high-stakes frontier romance where the untamed wilderness mirrors the explosive passion between a determined lady and a dangerous loner.
Shares:
- tense
- passionate
- earnest
10
Rites of love
Rebecca Winters
A tense romantic drama where love and cultural loyalty collide against a backdrop of political ambition and wavering trust.
Shares:
- tense
- dramatic
- earnest
11
When Strangers Marry
Lisa Kleypas
A swoony, high-stakes historical romance where a desperate escape leads straight into the arms of a fiercely protective, brooding savior.
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- tense
- dramatic
- passionate
- intense
12
Untamed
Pamela Clare
A gritty, high-stakes historical romance where survival and forbidden passion collide in a brutal, war-torn wilderness.
Shares:
- tense
- passionate
- intense
- earnest

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