Romantic suspense with secrets, murder and mystery

These 10 books by Lori Matthews are driven by secrets, murder and mystery. 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.

Lock & Key

Locked Away, book 1: She infiltrated the Society to save her brother. Its most trusted enforcer suspects her of murder.
Locked In, book 2: A supposedly haunted manor. A murdered girl. A secret someone will kill to keep locked away.
Locked Out, book 3: She came to Venice searching for her birth family. The Society wants the one clue that could reveal the truth.
Locked Down, book 4: She asked the Society to protect her uncle. The operative they sent has orders to expose him.
Unlocked, book 5: He protects secrets. She exposes them. Together, they are a problem no one survives.
Locked and Loaded, book 6: He was sent to discover what she knew. He became the only man standing between her and the people determined to kill her.

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.

At Risk

Risk Assessment, book 1: A suspended SWAT officer. A woman terrorized by a stalker. A society wedding filled with deadly secrets.

More ways to choose

What should drive the story? High-Stakes Adventure · Military & Special Ops · Protection & Peril

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