Books like 'The Witching Hour'

Readers who enjoyed The Witching Hour by Cynthia Rayne also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  adult fiction  romance  action / adventure  fiction  book  suspense

  • Searching for Lilly by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Lilly by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Searching for Lilly is the exciting first book in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s Eagle Point Search & Rescue series.Ethan “Chaos” Watson is the unofficial leader of Fallport, Virginia’s Search and Rescue team...
  • Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL sniper Matthew Kessler thought his life was charmed. He was wrong. He thought his father had amassed the family’s wealth through hard work. He was wrong again. He thought the battlefield had taught him everything he needed to know about strength and courage. He was absolutely wrong. In the blink of an eye, everything he thought he knew about his family became a lie...
  • Elliot by Kris Michaels

    Elliot by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whatever it takes. As long as it takes.Elliot Sawyer wasn’t supposed to be alive. He’d cheated death by changing shifts with one of his men. Sure, his man asked for the change, but guilt gnawed on his heart every second of every day. If he’d been there, maybe he would have seen something, done something to stop the massacre. Leaving Guardian wasn’t an option for him, but changing assignments was...
  • Reaper by Kris Michaels

    Reaper by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hindsight–– is always 20/20. For the assassin known as Reaper, the chances he missed were displayed in perfect resolution every time he went back. Back to her, the only woman he'd ever loved. Back to where his life ended and then started again. The regrets had become too heavy, and he intended this trip home to be his last. Memories–– hold no future...
  • Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shades of good are colored by the poison of greed, lust, and envy, and all too often the warm colors of humanity are consumed by evil.The assassin known as Smoke had his future planned. When his partner’s life imploded, his absence left Smoke adrift. Then Guardian threw a sassy, enticing anchor at him. When the alluring siren boarded his ship, he should have seen the rocky shore in the distance...
  • Promises by Kris Michaels

    Promises by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Promises. A commitment, bond, pledge or pact. Some are broken, others withstand the test of time.Promises can be made between friends, families, or lovers. Each will be honored. Even the promise of payback, although Joseph King prefers the word revenge. Family fun at his expense? Not on your life. Join the members of the Guardian family as they delve into the nuances of promises made and kept...
  • Blake by Maryann Jordan

    Blake by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lighthouse Security Investigations The security and investigation company is filled with handpicked men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and Air Force Special Ops. All trained in CIA Special Operations, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission...
  • Hope's Delta by Riley Edwards

    Hope's Delta by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hope Mitchell lived her life on the outskirts, no attachments, no friends, no family. All of this by design. All of it because she knew the pain that came when you lost someone who meant something to you. She’d sworn off men long ago, the last time she fell in love she’d invited the devil into her heart and she’d lost, huge...
  • Dangerous Encounter by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Encounter by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything was a lie, fake, a façade of beauty to cover the ugly truth.Sloane Ellis has a secret—actually, she has many. Working in a sex club wasn't part of her life plan, yet neither was her best friend vanishing without a trace. The club and her missing friend go hand and hand. One secret leads to another until the lies pile up...
  • Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Friends with benefits. That’s all Ashlyn wanted with Slate. They were certainly combustible in the bedroom, and that was sufficient…wasn’t it? Yes, definitely. He was too bossy. Too protective. She didn’t want someone hovering, wanting to know her every move and telling her she was too reckless. But then again, knowing someone cared enough to worry about her felt kind of nice...
  • Logan's Promise by Kris Norris

    Logan's Promise by Kris Norris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some promises were meant to be broken.Done. That one word sums up the past two years of former Delta Force soldier, Logan Bishop’s life. First his relationship, then his honor — his entire career — and he’s vowed to put the past behind him and move on.Relocating to Fool’s Gold with the rest of his team is a good start...
  • Passion by Florencia Bonelli, Rosemary Peele

    Passion by Florencia Bonelli, Rosemary Peele

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Helping suffering children of the war-torn Congo has long been a dream for pediatric surgeon Matilde Martinez. When the opportunity arises, she must leave Paris—and the recent heartache of love lost—to take it...
  • Fender: Kings of Retribution MC Louisiana by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Fender: Kings of Retribution MC Louisiana by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sawyer Huntington, better known as Fender to his brothers, always knew he wanted more from life than his small town had to offer. He dreamt of fame and sold-out crowds screaming his name. The one person he loved more than music was Jo.She was his inspiration.His muse.Until an act of betrayal ripped them apart.Sawyer walked away and never looked back.His journey took him to New Orleans...
  • Drew by Maryann Jordan

    Drew by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lighthouse Security Investigations The Lighthouse SI Keepers were men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission. Drew…southern boy, former Air Force and CIA Special Ops. Now, he works for Lighthouse Security Investigations as a Keeper...
  • Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their daughter’s abduction destroyed their marriage. Raven Oswald has never given up on her daughter, for ten years she's used her computer skills to try to bring down the trafficking ring responsible for Cleo's abduction. When she finally gets a viable lead she heads straight to Columbia to check it out. The last person she expected to follow her was her ex-husband...
  • Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was only supposed to be one night.When Madeline Montgomery finds out she's carrying her one night stand's baby she's shocked, but without his name she can't find him, and determines to raise her child alone. With a stalker upping his ante and the cops refusing to take her seriously, she runs to Prey Security for help...
  • Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James

    Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shy bookstore owner Guinevere Dedmond resigned herself to living her dreams through the pages of the books she sells. But when she receives a mysterious call demanding she pay ransom to save her parents, her comfortable world erupts in chaos. Panicked, she turns to the sexy soldier who swept her off her feet, not knowing he's part of an elite spec ops team...
  • Rescuing Gabriella by Anna Blakely

    Rescuing Gabriella by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HE FINALLY FOUND THE ONE…BUT THEN SHE VANISHED.After nearly dying on a Bravo Team op, former Marine Zade King spends the final weekend of his recovery in paradise where he meets Gabby. She’s smart, funny, beautiful…everything he’s ever wanted in a woman. Then she disappears without a trace.SHE’S NOT WHO HE THINKS SHE IS...
  • Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He saw her at her most vulnerable and she never wanted to see him again.Dove Oswald never expected to come face to face with the man who saved her life ever again. Nor did she expect him to save her a second time. Surprised by the spark of attraction between them, when she realizes he's hiding something she's determined to figure out what it is...
  • Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee

    Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WAR Out on the water, I’m in control. I don’t make mistakes. But the fiery redhead destroyed my plans and left me no choice. I had to take her. Now I’m fighting for my life while battling my growing attraction for my hostage. Grace may have started my downfall, but she could also be my salvation. GRACE The moment he stepped foot on my ship, I knew he was trouble...
  • Breaking Point by Elle James

    Breaking Point by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative John “Tank” Sanders is a few years away from retirement. The old man on the team, he keeps his head down and his heart guarded. Burned in a relationship as a young man, he’s sworn off getting involved. Love isn’t for him and no woman is worth the effort. To save money while building a house, he moves into his RV and parks it at a local trailer park...
  • SEAL Forever by Kris Michaels

    SEAL Forever by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A career ending injury forced Creed Lachlan out of the Navy SEALs. Now he works as a freelance contractor for a highly classified sub-set of Homeland Security, the Bone Frog Division. His country calls when it needs his elite skills. His current mission is to identify the production site for emerging “dirty” bombs...
  • Gold Rush: A romantic suspense novel by Elise Noble

    Gold Rush: A romantic suspense novel by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lara Reynolds has a lot of things she wants to escape. An asshole of an ex-boyfriend and a stalker are just two of them. Becoming housekeeper to Nick Goldman, a man whose home is as filthy as his mind, is far from her dream job but she's out of other options. She tries to flee from her past, but when you have a weakness for high heels, there are bound to be a few stumbles along the way...
  • Ethan’s Obsession by Anna Blakely

    Ethan’s Obsession by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A former SEAL who wants what he can’t have. An artist who’s afraid to follow her heart. Danger lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike. Ethan “Apollo” McAllister’s world is filled with controlled chaos. As a former Navy SEAL and member of Tac-Ops, he’s used to running headfast into danger. He’s also damn good at keeping secrets...
  • Dino by Jaime Lewis

    Dino by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Arianna has spent the last few years in Europe working undercover for the FBI to assist in bringing down the mob boss of one of Europe's most prominent crime families. Her fake job...Becoming Europe's most photographed lingerie model. Using connections within the modeling industry finally pays off when Arianna is presented with an opportunity to work for the man she has been patiently seeking out...
  • Talon's Enamorment by Ciara St. James

    Talon's Enamorment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A chance meeting months ago set up a desire within Talon. A second meeting only increased that desire. He hadn’t been thinking too much about settling down until meeting Lorelei. Sure, his club brothers were dropping left and right into marital bliss, but he hadn’t thought he’d be lucky enough to have what they had. Meeting Lorelei and her young son, Zavier, had changed that...
  • Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep...
  • Deadly Valor by Kaylea Cross

    Deadly Valor by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s been targeted by a killer.Widow Danae Sutherland moved to Crimson Point a month ago with her teenage son to begin a new chapter in their lives. Adjusting to small town life is a big change for them both, but it’s been especially hard on her son, and the holidays are making it even harder...
  • Rescue Instinct by Fiona Quinn

    Rescue Instinct by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ...
  • SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cam Patterson can’t wait for the day that he returns to the woman he loves. But everything blows up when he finds out there is a plot to kill the President of the United States. 
 Miranda Stanhope has been anxiously awaiting Cam’s return. Months ago, he and his Black Eagle SEAL Team wrenched her away from the Taliban who’d been torturing her. The terrifying nightmares still haunt her...
  • Ranger's Fury by E.C. Land

    Ranger's Fury by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RangerNothing about my life has ever been easy, so it makes total sense the moment I found her would be no different. As soon as I laid my eyes on her, I knew how I'd have the biggest fight on my hands. Little did I know there's more to her then I first realized. People say she's emotionless, a void, a shell of the person she used to be. However, I don't agree...
  • Rescuing Katherine by Anna Blakely

    Rescuing Katherine by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HE GAVE HER HIS HEART—AND SHE SHATTERED IT.

Bravo Team operative Matthew Turner used to believe in happily ever after, but that was years ago, before the only woman he’s ever loved betrayed him and shredded his heart. Since then, he’s worked hard and played even harder, determined he’ll never be vulnerable again.

NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS...
  • Her Wicked Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Wicked Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ONE LOOK AND HE WAS HOOKED A photograph. A feeling. A knowing. That’s all it took for Dante “Zed” Zaragoza to realize his fate was intertwined with a woman he’d never met. Now it was up to him to find Marcia Price and bring her home safely...
  • Mace by Maryann Jordan

    Mace by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *****This book was originally published in the USA Today Bestselling boxed set Love Under Siege***** Lighthouse Security Investigations Mace Hanover, former Special Forces and CIA Special Ops, filled his security company with other men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, his Keepers were the best of the best...
  • Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels

    Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Michael “Flint” Gray is a Navy SEAL forced into retirement by a personal secret that could shorten his life and trap him in a nightmare. A former teammate gives Flint a new lease on life when he offers Flint a job in Colorado with Watchdog Protectors, a security company with its own secrets...
  • Her Chosen Protector: Navy SEAL Romance by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Chosen Protector: Navy SEAL Romance by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can he overcome his pain and heartbreak in time to save the woman he loves? Life had always come easy to Navy SEAL, Asher Thorne, until a overwhelming loss made him doubt his ability to protect the ones he loved. Devastated, he has no choice but to push on and do his duty...
  • Scotty by Leslie North

    Scotty by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger lurks around every corner… but it’s romance that comes as the biggest surpriseNavy SEAL Scotty Devonshire has one weakness: women. But a long-term relationship? That’s not his style—until Hayley Stevens walks into his life. All he wants is to find his SEAL teammate’s widow and clear his buddies’ names. Turns out Hayley, a hacker extraordinaire, is trying to find the same woman...
  • Total Meltdown by Elle James

    Total Meltdown by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An elementary teacher during the school year, Lily Grayson hires out as an au pair during the summer in order to travel expenses-paid to exotic locations with wealthy families with children. When one of her students suggests she apply for a summer job with his family going to Costa Rica, she jumps at the chance...
  • Liam by Maddie Wade

    Liam by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since that fateful day when couldn’t save his best friend, Liam Hayes had coasted through life, going from one deadly mission to another, not caring if he lived or died. His only goal is to protect his team members and those he cares about from getting hurt—even if it costs him his life...
  • Safeguarding Miley (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Melissa Kay Clarke

    Safeguarding Miley (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Melissa Kay Clarke

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Miley Ellison loves her career choice. Taking care of small animals is her passion - the larger ones? Not so much. However, when her grandfather leaves her his practice in Wyoming, she resigns herself to a life of dealing mostly with livestock. It isn't ideal but at least she's in control of her own life. If only her mind would focus on the job and not on her best friend's sexy brother...
  • Shielding Blair  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): A Fierce Protectors Novella by Casey Hagen

    Shielding Blair (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): A Fierce Protectors Novella by Casey Hagen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evan Brooks is a world away from life-shattering memories made during his time as a SEAL. No matter how hard he tries, despite the time and distance from his dark past, his failures find him, haunt him, stealing what happiness he manages to find. When he meets Blair, a loving woman with a huge heart, he’s drawn to the constant glow of happiness that she exudes...
  • Boomer's Embroilment by Ciara St. James

    Boomer's Embroilment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Boomer is one of the last few single members in his club. At first, he thinks he wants a woman of his own, only to change his mind. He refuses to be brainwashed into thinking he needs to be like so many of his club brothers. He vows to stay single and have fun. His resolve starts to crumble almost immediately when he meets Bella, the best friend of his brother Torpedo’s old lady, Londyn...
  • Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dive into USA Today Bestselling Author, Ellie Masters' Angel Fire Rock Romance Series second Boxed Get Hearts Divided, Hearts Entwined, Forest's Fall, and the Last Beat.Hearts DividedTrue love only comes once in a lifetime...but what if they're wrong?Bash fell hard for his childhood sweetheart. She was the one, his forever, until she taught him the truth about love.Love fails. Love lies...
  • Caring for Lucy by Elizabella Baker

    Caring for Lucy by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucy’s family thought she married the perfect man: prestigious doctor, loved by all. Yet, no one really knew what happened behind closed doors. After finding the courage to leave, Lucy’s determined to find herself once again. Suddenly in need of a new place to live, she finds herself roommates with the new hunky paramedic...
  • Condemned Soul by Emma Creed

    Condemned Soul by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **The Final Instalment Of The Dirty Soul MC Colorado Series**'Bound not by blood but loyalty.We live, we ride, and we dieby our own laws'Being President isn’t easy.I’ve loved.I’ve lost.But through it all I’ve always had my club.We’ve gone through hell and come out fighting.Relied on each other and never gave up hope.Now, our biggest threat of all is closing in...
  • Sugar by Cee Bowerman

    Sugar by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is the story of two people who survived traumatic childhoods and ended up on very different paths in life. But now, after different scenarios led to them both serving hard time and being released, those paths will cross in a way that will alter their lives forever...
  • Master Key Resort: A Novella by Samantha A. Cole

    Master Key Resort: A Novella by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An exciting, new, private resort is opening in the Florida Keys, and you’re invited to join the fun. That is if you like kinky sex and are either a Dominant or a submissive!The Sawyers have had much success with their elite lifestyle club in Tampa, and they’ve decided to invest in a second one...
  • SEAL's Angel by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Angel by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Jake Warner, leader of the Black Eagle team, has witnessed the worst of the world firsthand. After losing faith in everything but his teammates, he meets Dawn Randolph, and she is everything good he’s forgotten.Dawn has lived her own hell over the last few years since her Army Ranger husband died in action...
  • The Path to You by Carrie Ann Ryan

    The Path to You by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Wilder Brothers from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance that brings Everett Wilder to his knees.The moment I saw Bethany Cole, I knew she was not only out of my league, but in a whole different world.Only I didn’t realize I’d met her before.An explosion stole part of my past, including the first time I’d seen her pretty face...
  • SEAL in a Storm by KaLyn Cooper

    SEAL in a Storm by KaLyn Cooper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a former SEAL commander, Dex Carson had participated in more than his share of rescues. When called upon to lead a multi-agency team into the Virgin Islands National Park jungle to rescue high value targets, he knew he was headed for trouble. Ten teenage girls—whose parents were members of Congress—and their chaperones, needed saving from kidnappers. He cringed...
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.