Books like Serpent in Paradise by Jayne Ann Krentz

When Libby Day’s family is brutally murdered, she blames her older brother Ben, who is imprisoned for life. Twenty‑four years later, a coaxing group suggests Ben’s innocence and forces Libby to revisit the night’s trauma and unravel the truth.

The Lost World is Michael Crichton’s 1995 techno‑thriller sequel to Jurassic Park, published by Knopf, and exploring themes of genetics, paleontology, and scientific ambition.

After her husband's death, Shelby Foxworth discovers he was a fraud and vanished, forcing her to confront a web of lies while protecting her daughter and a new love from looming danger.

Teri, struggling to support herself and her young sister, becomes a companion on Emma Roland’s vineyard near Cape Town. Her growing attachment to the scenic estate is complicated when the enigmatic Sloan Garfield also expresses interest in the property.

Former Charleston PD detective Jay Burgess is found dead, and newswoman Britt Shelley has no memory of the night. Firefighter Raley Gannon, wrongly blamed for a 2003 station fire, must team up with Shelley to uncover the truth and survive those who will kill for their secrets.

A bride‑to‑be with a fear of marriage is forced into wedlock by a rakish suitor, setting the stage for historic romance, intrigue and familial bonds.

A sleep researcher and a government operative collide in an intriguing tale of suspense and romance, set on the cusp of the night.

English professor Karen Holloway discovers a nineteenth‑century manuscript titled "Ismene" and uncovers a web of gothic horror, danger and hidden secrets that threaten both her career and life.

Sandra Winslow, widowed after a mysterious accident that claims her husband Victor, struggles with suspicion in the town of Paradise. Selling her beach house, she meets Mike Malloy, whose ties to the community test her trust and reveal hidden truths.

Eloise "Weezie" Foley, a spunky antiques picker in Savannah, faces a spate of murder, unexpected romance and a budding love affair with a local chef while navigating her divorce and a crafty new fiancé.

A stolen antique bust in New Orleans sparks a hunt through the French Quarter as a private investigator teams with an antiques dealer to destroy a demonic object before it claims another victim.

A Navy SEAL rescues a bride hidden beneath a white flag in a snowstorm, and together they uncover a terrorist plot that threatens both their lives.

Jamie Garland works for Miss Isabel, a swindler, but is caught in a man-woman relationship with Cade Santerre.

After leaving her Texas hometown, Shelby Cole returns to Bad Luck when anonymous letters hint her estranged daughter may still be alive. Confronting her judge father, former lover Nevada Smith, and a tangled past with an alleged murder victim, secrets threaten her life.

When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton & Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired--money, a chauffeur-driven limo, and a stunning home in a high-rise. Then Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, with a file that had been put together prior to the crime. Throwing himself into his work, Kevin begins to see a pattern of evil emerging from behind the firm's plush facade. Acquittal after acquittal, every criminal client walks free, and Kevin's suspicions slowly give way to terror. For Kevin has just become The Devil's Advocate.

Randi McCafferty confronts a dangerous secret about her child's father while protection investigator Kurt Striker fights to keep her alive, but a seductive tension threatens their safety and compromises the plan.

A historic mystery that unites three women across a century, linking their lives to the doomed RMS Lusitania as they race against time to expose a conspiracy that could alter history.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Three bodies, one mission: Carlotta Wren, her brother Wesley, and a body‑mover named Cooper Craft must transport a celeb’s corpse while evading a loan shark and rival movers.

A soldier with extraordinary powers must stop a dire presidential premonition while navigating a dangerous romance with a mysterious woman who may be an ally or foe, all set against a backdrop of war and supernatural intrigue.

Lucy's quiet country life turns into a charged battle of love and vengeance when she nurses the wounded Viscount Simon Iddesleigh, whose quest for revenge threatens to consume both their hearts.

A gripping police procedural mystery that has reached New York Times bestseller status.

When Tim Burnet-Wilde callously broke her young sister's heart, Andrea decided to pay him back in his own coin. So she got a job as his secretary, intending to make him fall for her and then leave him flat. But what if Tim didn't react as expected?