Books like Bait by Karen Robards

Bailey James awakens with no memory and a satchel of cash and a giant diamond, forcing private investigator Cade Parris to juggle danger, love, and mystery while he races to uncover her past.

Tory Bodeen returns to a South Carolina town scarred by her best friend Hope’s unsolved murder. Determined to open a home‑design shop, she seeks peace—and the chance to rebuild a bond with Hope’s brother, Cade—while confronting a lurking killer.

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.

When mystery novelist Grace McCabe returns to Washington, D.C., to visit her estranged sister, she discovers her sister's hidden life as a phone‑sex operator. After Kathleen is strangled, Grace turns detective and sets a deadly trap for the killer.

When rival reporters Laurellie Armand and Matthew Bates are forced to pair up to investigate a mysterious death, their professional rivalry turns dangerous—and unexpectedly romantic—in a gripping contemporary mystery set in New Orleans.

Roxy Nouvelle, a fiery daughter of a famed magician, inherits both a gift for illusion and a talent for jewel theft. Together with Luke Callahan, they become partners in magic and crime, until a dark secret from Luke's past forces him to vanish.

Alyssa Locke, leader of a top personal‑security firm, must protect two powerful women while hunting a serial killer known as "The Dentist," all while balancing her family, romance, and a relentless investigation in New York City.

Cynical bounty hunter Jack Dakota teams up with the enigmatic M.J. O’Leary to uncover a hidden blue diamond, only to find themselves handcuffed together and hunted by deadly hired killers.

In New Orleans, a late‑night radio host becomes the target of a serial killer who murders prostitutes, forcing her to confront a dark past and a threat that may end with her own death.

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.

A murder‑for‑hire assassin kills a senator, becomes a target to his employers, and is pursued by a Justice Department analyst who uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

Tenacious cop Lieutenant Seth Buchanan battles his own heart as he investigates the disappearance of millionaire heiress Grace Fontaine, who resurfaces alive with a priceless blue diamond, the Star of Mithra.

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.

Heather Tradescant sets out to honor her late father's dream of touring England's historic gardens, only to discover sinister forces at work in the fabled Troytan House.

Criminal psychologist Kieran Finnegan stumbles onto a murder in Manhattan that pulls her into a deadly investigation of human trafficking and a shadowy organization that will stop at nothing to silence her.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

In New Orleans, detective Reed Ware stumbles on a crime that threatens powerful hostages, forcing him to stage a High‑stakes Christmas coup while negotiator Caroline Wallace battles her own past and a simmering attraction.

Criminal defense attorney Jaywalker is suspended but given a final chance to defend ten cases. When a billionaire’s murder is framed as a crime of passion by his wife, Jaywalker must unravel the truth before his record is lost.