Romantic Thriller Books That Will Make Your Heart Race

This soon-to-be-adapted supernatural romance story directed by M. Night Shyamalan is perfect for readers who love classic films like Ghost. Tate, a successful and rising star in the architectural world, recently checked out of a mental health facility to treat his depression, which was exacerbated by the death of his sister. After leaving the facility, Tate is presented with an opportunity to start his career anew with a design project in Cape Cod. Upon arrival at the attractive bed and breakfast, he meets a mysterious woman named Wren who turns his world upside down. The two can’t deny their chemistry, but Wren forces Tate to remember his sister’s last words on her deathbed. She revealed to him that their family has ancestral gifts that give them the ability to see spirits.

Singh proves once again that chemistry can spark in the most unusual places. This locked-room mystery-thriller is set in New Zealand, where childhood friends reunite as they grieve together over the death of their late friend Bea, who committed suicide almost a decade ago. Now, together again at their late friend’s estate, they bond over memories, both good and bad, which ignite passionate emotions that are hard to ignore. They find themselves revisiting former romantic ties, resurfacing disagreements, as well as new alliances and love interests, all under Bea’s gothic mansion. As they face tensions rising and old feelings coming back to haunt them, Bea’s death comes under questioning as a raging blizzard forces them to confront the secrets from the past.

Readers looking for a contemporary, steamy heist, look no further. Simi Chopra is a main character readers will quickly appreciate because she is relatable. She’s drowning in student debt while navigating an uncertain job market. To make matters worse, her basement apartment is constantly flooded due to rapid climate change. Now that her bestie has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond necklace, Simi will move heaven and earth to prove her friend innocent. But for Simi to pull this, she needs to assemble a crew to help pull off the ultimate heist, and it all starts when she runs into the mysterious man named Jack.

Now, here’s a romantic suspense thriller that is perfect for readers who enjoy movies such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Salt. Follow Dove as she transforms from a cybersecurity analyst to an undercover CIA operative by accident! Dove is having a typical day when a group of unknown men mistake her for an agent and mistakenly recruit her for a mission she was ill-equipped for. The more she discovers about this mission, she realizes that these men, along with the one in charge named Mendez, have mistaken her for her twin sister. When ordered to work together, Dove and Mendez develop a closeness that her twin sister would never permit.

Get ready to follow a generational ordained matchmaker named Nura Khan, who finds herself in the crosshairs of a series of bad luck with unsatisfied clients and their less-than-happily-ever-after endings. For three generations, Nura’s family has been in the business of finding love for others, and for Nura, the city of Atlanta has been good for business. In her own life, Nura’s childhood friend, Azar, loves to ride shotgun to her client’s wedding. In fact, he even plays along with being her significant other because it’s good for Nura’s business. But after the rise in hate mail and bad publicity following her clients’ nuptials, Nura is now fearing for her safety and future.

If you are a reader who prefers to dive into an action-packed romantic thriller, you need to add the Buchanan-Renard series to your TBR, now! Michael Buchanan is a complicated man who was a former Navy SEAL and is now a lawyer using his skills to help those who are the most in need. However, he didn’t expect someone like Grace Isabel MacKenna, a woman who had despised him for years, to ever need his services. After Grace encounters a near-fatal attack, she defends herself with Buchanan’s help. Now that her name is cleared, Bachanan doesn’t believe Grace is in the clear yet. Sparks fly as the duo crosses continents, where danger follows them closely.

Travel back in time to the old glamour of Hollywood in the 1930s. Picture private parties where beautiful actresses, jazz musicians, mobsters, and prominent movers and shakers play in the shadows of Hollywood. However, with celebrities come gossip columns, such as the popular “Dear Aunt Cornelia.” But behind the popular columnist lies a timid, reclusive writer, with a dedicated assistant who wants to hire private eye, Sam Sage. Together, they exchange wits as a way to disguise their attraction for each other. Follow to determine if the two can put aside their differences to save the columnist from her rabid readers and subjects.

What happens when two contract assassins are contracted to take each other out? Well, you’ll wind up with a trail of passionate murder attempts as they jetset across the globe, as they simultaneously find each other as well as avoid each other. When Eva first met Johnathan, they immediately hooked up with the impression that they would never see each other again. Despite their chemistry, the two went their separate ways until several months later in Western Europe. They spot each other at the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, where they don’t realize they are supposed to kill each other. But Johnathan falls first for Eva, and as they piece together, they are each other’s targets; they begin to leave a path of bodies behind them as they get closer to each other.

Immersive in a historical fiction thriller that has just enough romance to sweep you away. This story weaves three different timelines spanning from the turn of the 20th century to a contemporary setting. In the present, Margo is hired to locate a book that is over 100 years old, and there’s only one copy left in existence. As Margo sets out to track down this book, she realizes there are others with plentiful resources who will stop at nothing to also get their hands on the literary relic. Flashback to the 1960s in Cuba and Boston in the early 1900s, readers will follow a dedicated librarian and teacher who wants to preserve as much history as possible.

Nothing bonds people together quite like pessimism, and that is exactly what happens in this suspenseful thriller romance with some paranormal occurrences sprinkled throughout. As one of the members of the Lost Night Files podcast, Amalie has somehow landed a stalker who is becoming more persistent. She hires Gideon Sweetwater to help her catch who is stalking her, making her uncomfortable. Eventually, Amalie pieces together an unproven theory that her stalker is connected to an organization that is responsible for her new paranormal talents. With Gideon equally suspicious of everything, the two find chemistry and danger beneath their tinfoil hats.

Many readers associate books about books and librarians with a recipe for only cozy genres. But Thomas bends the rules with this book by introducing the library as a workplace environment similar to the TV series, The Office. The librarians go to work as scheduled when they discover two dead bodies after their murder-mystery annual celebration. Now, the bookish co-workers vow to assemble to determine what happened to their patrons before anyone else can turn up dead. The library workers must learn to trust each other if they want to protect their community, and the only place that feels like home to them all.

Now, if you are ready to take a walk down the dark side, here is a read that is both moody and spicy, and invokes a Pretty Woman romance trope between the main character, Honor, and a wealthy businessman named Strike. Honor has lived a hard life and tries to stay out of trouble, but trouble seems to find her. Strike is a rich playboy who hides his double life from everyone. When he isn’t closing on lucrative deals, he can be found at night prowling the streets as a vigilante. When their paths cross, Honor and Strike find themselves saving each other from others and themselves.

In this series, romance and thriller meet in the backdrop of San Diego, California. Detective Katherine McKittrick, better known as Kit, finds herself fixated on the Shady Oaks Retirement Village, an elder community for well-off seniors that values their independence in their seasoned years. When one of the residents’ bodies is found mutilated and their home broken into, the community becomes enraged and scared as they all feel like potential targets. However, none of the residents wishes to cooperate with the police. When Kit meets Dr. Sam Reeves, a medical volunteer for the community, the doctor and the detective have a complicated past that will make solving this case difficult.

Part romance, part legal suspense thriller, Stacy Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, writes a thrilling mystery romance where undercover agents scramble for the truth. Dr. Foster accepts that her line of work can be risky, so when she accepts an assignment to infiltrate an organization to recover stolen tech, she’s all in. However, if she had known she was going to be paired up with the attractive undercover agent Adam Grayson, she might have thought twice. Together, they must pretend to be lovers to disrupt the terrorist organization.