Books like This gun for hire by Jo Goodman

The Gunslinger opens Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower saga. It follows Roland Deschain, last gunslinger, as he pursues the Man in Black across a vast desert, gathering allies like five‑year‑old Jake Chambers.

A former Marine sniper on the run from the government after a failed assassination attempt on the President, seeking justice and redemption in Arkansas.

In 19th‑century Scotland, Blake Stephens is betrothed to one woman, yet a chance meeting with the fiery, disgraced Lady Aileen Davidson turns his heart toward a forbidden romance.

During a perilous trek from Civil War‑scarred homes to the Colorado Rockies, Southern woman Willow Moran is protected by gunfighter Caleb Black, and their journey sparks a passionate connection that may bind their destinies.

After World War II, Frances Mackenzie and 649 other war brides sail from Sydney to England aboard the HMS Victoria, where the rigid naval order collides with the fragile hopes of these young women, reshaping their futures.

During the 1837 Christmas at Casphairn Manor, tutor Daniel Crosbie and widow governess Claire Meadows navigate love and family duty as the Cynster clan offers help to a mountain village in a winter storm.

Marcus Cynster, restless and impatient, awaits his destiny on the lands of his family home in Great Britain, wondering what future and whom he will share it with.

"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.

Mitch Drummond’s family life spirals after his wife’s abandonment and death. He hires Tassie as a nanny, and as she brings hope to his home, questions of faith and love rise.

Maggie Bankhead, a Virginia teacher, ventures to Fort Sill and meets Shanaco, a Comanche chieftain on a mission to safeguard his people—sparking a romance that shapes their destiny.

Youngest McKettrick brother Jeb’s impulsive proposal to teacher Chloe Wakefield turns into a shocking revelation that she is already married. After a barroom showdown in Tombstone, he heads home to the Triple M Ranch, certain his hopes of winning a brotherly marriage race have vanished.

During the American Revolution, a Dutch scion and a rebel schoolteacher collide over inheritance, loyalty and a contested Hudson Valley, forcing each to choose between love and a larger fight for freedom.

In 1775 Boston Harbor, British commander James Sparhawk is captured aboard a rebel privateer when a spirited young smuggler meets his eyes. Caught between duty and desire, Sparhawk must confront a woman whose daring will change the tides of war.