Books like Munro by Kresley Cole

A powerful political figure’s secret dominion collides with a disobedient escort’s fierce independence in this contemporary romance thriller featuring demanding power dynamics and high stakes.

Clan MacRieve’s restless immortal, Uilleam, confronts ancient torment and new love with human Chloe Todd, a captured slave thrust into a world of monsters, as a looming full moon threatens to unleash his feral past.

Mafia enforcer Aleksei "The Siberian" Sevastyan defends and pursues the boss’s long‑lost daughter, a striking redhead, while a recovering graduate student Natalie Porter is thrust from an American campus into Russia’s opulent underworld.

Immortals After Dark #15 An immortal assassin is caught between desire and duty... A foundling raised in a world of humans Growing up, orphaned Josephine didn’t know who or what she was—just that she was “bad,” an outcast with strange powers. Her baby brother Thaddeus was as perfect as she was flawed; protecting him became her entire life. The day he was taken away began Jo’s transition from angry girl... to would-be superhero... to enchanting, ruthless villain. A lethally sensual enforcer on a mission A threat to the Møriør has brought archer Rune the Baneblood to the mortal realm to slay the oldest living Valkyrie. Whether by bow or in bed, he never fails to eliminate his target. Yet before he can strike, he encounters a vampiric creature whose beauty conceals a black heart. With one bite, she pierces him with aching pleasure, taking his forbidden blood - and jeopardizing the secrets of his brethren. A boundless passion that will lead to sweet ruin... Could this exquisite female be a spy sent by the very Valkyrie he hunts? Rune knows he must not trust Josephine, yet he’s unable to turn her away. Despite his millennia of sexual conquests, he can’t ignore the unfamiliar longing she arouses deep within him. When Jo betrays the identity of the one man she will die to protect, she and Rune become locked in a treacherous battle of wills that pits ultimate loyalty against unbridled lust.

A small‑town librarian in Arkansas teams up with an undercover agent investigating a financial scam, and together they uncover both danger and unexpected romance.

Alice Munro’s collection of thirteen short stories explores the lives of women within families, revealing hope, love, anger, and reconciliation in the midst of history and everyday life.