Linda Howard

Linda Howard is a romantic-suspense author who makes attraction inseparable from danger, secrecy, and the difficult work of judging another person's motives. Sarah's Child builds its emotional pressure from grief, loyalty, and a relationship shadowed by the past. Duncan's Bride moves to a remote ranch, where practical expectations and desire collide rather than settle into easy courtship. In both novels, intimacy develops through consequential decisions.

Dying to Please places a professional bodyguard inside a murder plot, giving protection and vulnerability equal weight. Tears of the Renegade and Against the Rules turn family histories and mistrust into barriers the central relationships must confront, while Almost Forever uses corporate conflict to test allegiance. Sarah's Child suits an emotionally concentrated drama; Dying to Please offers sharper suspense, and Duncan's Bride foregrounds independence against commitment.