Books like Mackenzie's mission by Linda Howard

A Midwestern prosecutor’s tidy career turns chaotic when a staff murder lands the case—and the suspect—in his own office, pushing him to clear his name as he uncovers hidden motives.

Teacher Julie Mathison, a former foster child, is kidnapped by the wrongfully convicted Hollywood star Zachary Benedict and must decide whether his claimed innocence is true while a romance ignites amid danger.

Former soap‑opera star Drake Sloan’s daughter Jennifer is deaf. Lauri Parrish, a dedicated teacher, takes on the role of tutor and confidante in New Mexico, battling her own feelings while meeting the child's urgent needs.

A schoolteacher in Alabama confronts a bitter man over a past crime while a military officer faces a potential sabotage threat to a revolutionary aircraft.

A gentle Victorian romance between church musician Dick Dewey and the new school mistress Fancy Day, set in a pastoral English village.

Christy is a nineteen-year-old teacher from North Carolina who moves to a poverty-stricken mountain community in Tennessee, struggling to adapt and find acceptance while her faith is tested by conflicting views on child rearing.

A mercenary and a businesswoman, destined for love in a world of magic and danger.

Jacob Stone, a seasoned bodyguard for Ravenscroft International, is called back to protect Emily Ravenscroft, a woman who has turned her rebellious past into self‑confidence—now she needs love, not security.

A romance story of a woman who becomes involved with a member of the horse racing set and falls in love with a man seeking to avenge a dark legacy of betrayal and murder.

A woman tries to rekindle her relationship with her astronaut husband while struggling with family secrets and marital conflict.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

When a runaway boy hosts herself with Daisy Spencer, the town’s Sunday‑school teacher, a romance blooms between Daisy’s community‑loving heart and the boy’s uncle—DC cop Walker Ames—who sees the relationship as his chance at redemption.

Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie must rescue his hostage friend while a thrilling romance and a stolen horse crystalize danger and devotion in this action‑filled romance.

Kay Scarpetta, Richmond’s chief medical examiner, probes the murder of author Beryl Madison after her latest manuscript vanishes.

A romance novel about a couple trying to rebuild their lives after their restaurant was destroyed by arson.

"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.

Grace, a lifelong resident of Cedar Cove and public‑library librarian, grapples with her husband Dan’s sudden disappearance while navigating family, friend, and town dynamics amid weddings, babies, and new relationships.

Linda Howard’s Mackenzie Bundle unites four fast‑paced romance thrillers featuring daring heroes—Wolf, Joe, Zane, and Chance—each battling love and danger in high‑stakes adventures.

Retired teacher Eleanor Bannister’s storm‑damaged home sets the stage for an unexpected romance with a traveling carpenter, unraveling a complex and passionate courtship in Florida’s quiet suburbs.

Katherine and Dr. Wynn disagree over Christmas traditions, but they learn the true meaning of the season when they accept their differences.

A young teacher discovers a dangerous game of seduction and lies from a wealthy family, leading her on a perilous journey to uncover the truth about her student and her own life.

Copper, the last spinster in a Texas town, takes a teaching job after the war but lives through a schoolhouse fire and a wagon train to Colorado where she must rely on the rugged wagon master Josh Redlin to recover and discover a new love.

LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.