Books like Special Assignment by Debra Webb

After a serial killer terrorizes her Louisiana hometown, Darby Shepard seeks protection from the enigmatic bodyguard Aidan Tanner, whose presence sparks romance and hides deep secrets.

Dakota Garrett, a seasoned Equalizer operative, is drawn into a perilous case involving a kidnapping, dead bodies, and a damsel in distress, forcing him to confront his darkest fears and protect a woman he loves.

*All six senses tell him she’s the one.* Down-to-earth teacher Grace Fox doesn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven by science. So she has no trouble dismissing her best friend’s prediction that she’ll have swear-out-loud sex with the next guy to walk through the door at the school’s parents’ evening. Enter 34 year old Ash Rutherford, a famous doctor-turned-medium and Viking lookalike. He’s there to discuss his 14 year old troubled daughter, Jodie, but one mistaken flash of Grace’s sexy underwear sparks an instant attraction they both struggle to contain. Grace, 29, is happy to help tutor Jodie, but she does her best to resist Ash’s charms, while he’s equally reluctant to fall for another skeptic. When she attends one of his shows, Ash provides more than enough proof of his talents to convince her he’s not faking it. But can she bring herself to trust him? Warning: contains a real, live Viking, sex on a 1970s sheepskin rug, and a touch of the Twilight Zone.

"When Dr. CJ Patterson returns to her Southern hometown, she finds herself surrounded by a series of long-buried secrets--and a killer who seems to know her better than she knows herself. Drugs, prostitution, robbery, homicide--these are four terms that CJ learned all too well growing up on the seamy, forgotten streets of inner-city Huntsville, Alabama. Fiercely determined, CJ worked hard to forget where she came from and became an emergency medicine resident at a prestigious Baltimore hospital. But when her younger sister--the only family she ever had--is murdered, CJ is drawn back into the painful past she thought she'd left behind. Her unrelenting investigation uncovers a highly sophisticated web of shocking family secrets, dark obsession, and brutal violence--and a killer who will stop at nothing to keep her from learning the truth" -- p. [4] of cover.

Who ever heard of a deaf detective?A year ago, my dream had seemed impossible. But I, Merri Walters, had used my lip-reading skill to bring down criminals and had scored a job with Metro Police. Earning my detective's badge took guts and nerve, which I had plenty of. Now a serial killer was on the loose, targeting beautiful, wannabe country stars, and I was lead on the hottest case in town.To complicate matters, the man I lusted after was now my boss, and his overprotectiveness was cramping my style. Still, no one could have predicted that I'd become the killer's next target—or that my supposed weakness would be the weapon I needed to survive....

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Nicholas Sterling returns to Raven's Cliff to lift a haunting curse, only to meet Camille Wells, who claims he is her missing father and shares his amnesiac love. Their search for a lost baby threatens to unravel the curse and their hearts.

In Regency England, the solitary Duke of Berinwick of Blackcastle meets the bold Julia Delacroix, who seeks his aid to destroy the man who ruined her sister while selling her prized silver lion.