Books like A game of chance by Linda Howard

In the Arctic wastes of Greenland, Captain Juan Cabrillo of the Oregon Files unlocks a radioactive relic that threatens global catastrophe, forcing him and his covert network, The Corporation, to outwit merciless terrorist factions before World War III erupts.

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.

After her mother’s death, Karen Whitlaw receives a mysterious notebook from her Vietnam‑war veteran father, only to discover he was murdered in New Orleans. With help from homicide detective Marc Chastain, she unravels a deadly plot tied to the notebook’s deadly contents.

Cathryn Ashe returns to a ranch and a man she once challenged, only to find that revealing her heart may have even higher stakes.

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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.

A collection of Nora Roberts’ thrilling romance short stories, each weaving suspense, danger, and passion through intense police and investigative drama.

A sharp‑sided private investigator tackles an embezzlement scheme at a high‑tech firm, only to fall for the accountant suspected of the crime—forcing him to balance his duty, his feelings, and the risk of a corporate coverup.

After surviving a botched kidnapping, Emma McAvoy—faced with her father's secrets and a dangerous fame—must confront memories that threaten her life and love as a former idol’s new husband hides a deadly past.

After being jilted at the altar, Nina Cormier discovers a wedding church bombed in her presence and must race to identify a killer who will stop at nothing for her.

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes travel incognito to India, searching for a missing spy who inspired Rudyard Kipling’s "Kim" and uncovering dangerous intrigue.

Detective John Corey uncovers a deadly plot tied to the elite Custer Hill Club. With his FBI agent wife Kate, he races to stop a secret nuclear‑terrorism plan known as "Wild Fire" before it is unleashed.

Lorelei flees her vampire heritage, trying to follow her heart while evading nightmares and a powerful, vengeful father.

A game show producer in the 1980s discovers that the biggest challenge – and the one most coveted – may be herself, when an actor with a secret agenda courts her.

Beloved and bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann writes terrific edge-of-your-seat novels of romantic suspense set in the world's exciting danger zones and exotic hotspots. Now, in her new sensational novel, she comes stateside for her most action-packed adventure yet.It was supposed to be a "dog and pony show"--an elaborate demonstration of SEAL rescue techniques--to celebrate a presidential visit to a California naval base. Professional, no-nonsense White House staffer Joan DaCosta arrives early to scope out the area. Assigned to be her SEAL liaison is Lt. (jg) Mike Muldoon, a born leader--strong, decisive, tough, and fearless.Against her better judgment, Joan finds herself drawn to the handsome young officer. Skilled at being "one of the guys" in the mostly male world of politics, she is dismayed when Muldoon breaks through her defenses. While the tension mounts between them, fueling their growing attraction, a far more sinister danger is lurking, as terrorists plot a daring attack against the president. To protect their commander in chief, Joan and Muldoon must not only risk their hearts--but their very lives. . . .From the Hardcover edition.

Amber Larkspur’s tropical cruise romance turns into a deadly rescue when terrorists seize the ship, turning her love, Michael Adams, into her last hope for survival.