Romantic suspense with a forbidden attraction

These 8 books by Lori Matthews have a couple who should absolutely not be attracted to each other. The list follows Lori’s own sorting of her books, the one behind the “Where do I start?” picker on the home page. Each title leads to its page, with the blurb, its place in the series and where to buy it.

Callahan Security

  • Break and Enter, book 1: He’s the security expert hired to stop her. She’s the professional thief he can’t resist.
  • Evade and Capture, book 4: She’s trying to protect a witness. He’s trying to find his sister. What they uncover could get them both killed.
  • Hide and Seek, book 8: One wrong bag. One deadly secret. One man she shouldn’t trust.

Lock & Key

  • Locked Away, book 1: She infiltrated the Society to save her brother. Its most trusted enforcer suspects her of murder.
  • Locked Down, book 4: She asked the Society to protect her uncle. The operative they sent has orders to expose him.

Hughes Racing

  • Shifted, book 1: Former professional racing driver Dalton Hughes traded the driver's seat for team management, but nothing prepared him for a death on his own team. When one of his drivers dies in a fiery crash, the case lands in the…

Cherry Valley Secrets

  • One Little Spark, book 1: A firefighter hunting an arsonist. His best friend’s sister in the line of fire. One little spark neither of them can ignore.
  • One Little Memory, book 2: A woman without a memory. A detective searching for answers. A killer determined to keep the truth buried.

More ways to choose

And the romance? Second Chance/ History Together · Immediate Attraction Under Pressure · Slow Burn · Dark Romance

Every way to pick a book · Reading order for every series · Romantic suspense, the way Lori writes it