Books like The hot zone by Jayne Ann Krentz

After centuries frozen in ice, Tatijana is released into a world that feels like a dream. Stranded in the modern era, she must navigate the dangers of the Carpathian Mountains and a forbidden love with Fenris, a veteran of ancient battles.

Airiana Ridell, gifted with the ability to detect hidden patterns in the air, escapes a secret government program only to be hunted by a shadowy cabal. Captured aboard a smuggler’s ship, she finds an unlikely ally in Maxim Prakenskii, whose motives may hold the key to her survival and the fate of Sea Haven.

A techno‑thriller in report form, The Andromeda Strain follows an expert team in New Mexico as they confront a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that threatens humanity.

A vampire queen struggles to save a wyr warrior's life in a thrilling tale of romance and supernatural adventure.

When Toni MacNally’s plan to turn a Scottish castle into a tourist attraction turns supernatural, she must confront a mysterious ghostly laird and unravel a string of murders involving young women.

A young vampire is sent on a dangerous mission to save the daughter of a presidential candidate.

A Texas Ranger and a group of paranormal investigators solve a case of murder and disappearance in San Antonio.

A gripping, nonfiction exposé of America's bioterror defense, from the anthrax attacks to the hunt for a smallpox cure and the race against rogue states.

An original reimagining of the Gothic novel, bringing classic monsters like werewolves, vampires, and Frankenstein into a contemporary setting.

When two young actors are killed on a remote island film set, their heads and arms are displayed in a grim homage to a nineteenth‑century pirate massacre. Survivor Vanessa Loren returns to South Bimini for a documentary, but a restless spirit and hidden treasures pull her into a new, murderous mystery.

After a family tragedy, Lorraine Peters meets her Carpathian lifemate Andor Katona and a master vampire, leading to a deadly battle between immortal forces.

Covert Game spins a high‑stakes paranormal thriller where GhostWalkers rescue an industrial spy from a ruthless mastermind, while psychic Zara Hightower battles a Chinese crime lord’s cyber‑terrorism.

"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.

A Cajun dive in Louisiana, where a psychic and a rogue geneticist embark on a dangerous quest to uncover the truth about Cayenne, a woman who was deliberately created to be a killer.

In Estes Park, Colorado, a 19th‑century unsolved murder resurfaces when a historian’s photos of slain victims trigger strange visions and a renewed FBI investigation, threatening her life and rekindling an ex‑marriage.

An anthology of American horror and science‑fiction tales collected by August Derleth, featuring stories such as *Das Ding auf der Schwelle* and *Die Farbe aus dem All*.

When a Miami murder appears to be committed by a presumed dead husband, FBI agent Brett Cody and dolphin‑researcher Lara Mayhew uncover a supernatural mystery that threatens the city’s underworld and their own lives.