Books like Lion's Bride by Iris Johansen

Richard, Duke of Cleybourne, returns to his country estate to deal with the tragic loss he had suffered four years earlier. But the arrival of Miss Jessica Maitland and Gabriella, his new ward, throws a wrench into his plans. The governess, feisty and flame-haired, reveals that the girl is in danger, and the mysterious events escalate into a murder mystery at Cleybourne Castle.

A romance filled with betrayal, love, and the mysterious old abbey of Ravenscar.

A Saxon countess and a Norman knight, once enemies, must confront a war‑torn land and shifting loyalties to find love and overcome hatred.

A story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of 19th-century England, where an orphaned heiress seeks to prove her worth in the pursuit of a marriage of convenience.

A tale of forbidden love and dangerous secrets in the historic English mansion of Winterset.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

Lynn Kurland's historical romance novel, set in England, explores the past and present of a Scottish woman's love story with a Scottish knight.

Investigating the brutal murders of two vacationing families in sunny Virginia Beach, FBI agents Ryan Sinclair and Buzz Crane suspect the work of a notorious serial killer and tap the skills of preeminent clinical expert Charlotte Stone, who is also the culprit's only known survivor.

A psychological thriller about a psychic investigator and the mysterious estate where she finds a long-lost brother.

A romantic adventure of love, deception, and the search for identity.

A medieval romance in which a Celtic noble’s daughter and a Norman outlaw—each torn by war and passion—must confront betrayal, vengeance, and love in a chivalric age of bloodshed.

Ennis Corbyn, a spirited young woman, is adopted by Marquesa de Verletta and introduced into high society. The Marquesa's wealth and attention from the Prince Regent overshadow Ennis's social success, but her love for a dashing Damien Wynton and a mysterious Oliver Embury adds to the eerie happenings in the old wing.

A half-breed mountain man and a feisty halfbreed woman, both half-truths, will clear each other's names and uncover the truth about the last honest outlaw in the American West.

In an age of chivalry tainted by bloodshed and betrayal, two unlikely lovers are swept up by a passion strong as steel, sensual as velvet, and eternal as the stars... Jocelyn Montagne Reckless, exotic daughter of a Celtic noblewoman and a Norman knight, left to guard her father's fortress, she fought brutish takeovers with a dagger. But nothing could defend her from the brooding magnificence of the invader who quickened her wild Welsh blood and stole her tender soul. Robert de Langley Faull of arrogance and outlaw vigor, the fabled Lion of Normandy would hold his old enemy's daughter hostage for his plundered lands - until he decreed that he must keep them both. Tossed between vengeance and lingering desire, war made them enemies, and passion possessed them.

A romance novel about a widowed widower and a spirited young woman who sets out to prove that age isn't a barrier to love in a small town in the South during the 1930s during the Great Depression. The book explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family.

A love story of a legendary swordswoman and a Viking warrior, woven into the heart of history and romance, as two great warriors prepare for a final battle to claim their destinies and the magic of enchantment that ties them together.

A historical romance featuring two Blackthorne brothers and their political beliefs in the Revolutionary War, with themes of love, adventure, and politics.

A dangerous highwayman falls for a ruthless earl's estranged daughter.