Eden, Cynthia

Eden’s strength as a novelist is making each book stand on its own as an individual read, but they’re even better when the streams of her series cross. Highly recommended for collections where the romantic suspense works of Nora Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz are popular.

Eden’s “Trouble for Hire” series offers linked stand-alone romantic suspense with alpha males who turn to putty in the right woman’s hands, and couples willing to break a few rules for each other. The fast-paced action, steamy romance, and emotional connections make her books a required purchase for public libraries.

Fast-paced and carefully plotted, this übersteamy thriller gets Eden's new series off to a captivating start in a story that dangles red herrings with abandon and keeps readers unsure until the end. (Bk. 2, Twisted, is coming out in May.) Eden (Secrets) lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast.