Is there anything more binge-worthy than a blend of action, suspense and romance? Whether it’s flirty banter between two FBI agents as they solve a twisty forensic murder, or sexual tension between two spies on a dangerous undercover mission, it’s the kind of content you want to spend an evening curled up on the couch watching, wrapped in an Oodie with a Tim Tam and cup of tea.
Looking for some more romantic suspense content in your life? Here are some TV shows we love right now (plus what to read if you love them already).
Citadel
The global spy agency Citadel has fallen and the memory of its agents has been erased. Now, the powerful Manticore crime syndicate is filling the power vacuum. Citadel agents must remember their past and find the strength to fight back.
Watch it on: Amazon Prime
Love exotic settings? Read Danger on Maui by R. Barri Flowers
With a serial killer on the loose, a homicide detective is on the hunt…
In Hawaii to research a mass murder, Daphne Dockery seeks out the lead detective on the case. Kenneth Kealoha is glad to help and eager to get to know her better. They’re exploring their instant connection when Daphne realises that she’s being followed. Has an obsessed fan tracked her to the island, or has the monster Ken is hunting chosen her as his next victim?
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True Lies
Helen, a language professor bored with her daily routine, makes the shocking discovery that her seemingly ordinary husband Harry is a first-class international spy for U.S. intelligence agency Omega Sector. With the secret out, Omega recruits Helen, who impresses everyone with her formidable skills, and she joins Harry and his team of top-notch operatives, embarking on covert missions around the globe and an exhilarating life of danger and adventure. The renewed bond between them adds much-needed sizzle to their emotionally distant marriage and upends the top-secret world of Omega Sector.
Watch it on: Disney Plus
Love secret identity content? Read Colton’s Undercover Seduction by Beth Cornelison
When working undercover takes on a whole new meaning.
This assignment could finally allow rookie cop Eva Colton to prove herself ??? to her squad and her family. But it meant partnering with Carmine DiRico…as his wife. The handsome detective was a thorn in Eva???s side and a temptation she dare not act upon. Sharing such close quarters with Carmine, even if it was their only chance to bring down a murderer, was a risk that would change everything.
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Bodyguard
War veteran David Budd finds work as a police sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Service in London, in the Royalty and Specialist Protection branch. He is assigned to protect the home secretary, the Rt Hon Julia Montague MP, a controversial and ambitious politician who is described as `the sociopath’ by one of her aides, and who has plans to introduce invasive new surveillance powers for security forces. Finding himself increasingly at odds with Montague’s policies and personality, and dealing with physical and psychological scars from his time serving in Afghanistan, volatile Budd is torn between his beliefs and his duty to protect.
Watch it on: Netflix
Love bodyguards? Read On the Run with His Bodyguard by Tara Taylor Quinn
A husband-and-wife disguise?his only hope for survival.
Only Sierra?s Web can prove Joe Hamilton?s innocence and keep him safe. But wrongly accused Joe never expected his hired protection to be a stunning redheaded spitfire ? posing as his wife on a cross-country camper vacation! Burning even hotter than the electricity between Joe and bodyguard McKenna Meredith is the danger at every turn…unless Sierra?s Web can exonerate Joe before his enemies find him.
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Jack Ryan
Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into dangerous field assignments.
Watch it on: Amazon Prime
Want action-packed adventure? Read The Bounty Hunter’s Baby Search by Tara Taylor Quinn
A baby in jeopardy…leads them to a second chance.
Their marriage was a disaster. But when a stranger delivers shocking news about her dead sister’s baby, nurse Haley Carmichael has no choice but to call in an expert skip tracer, her estranged ex-husband Paul. Can they forget the drama and finally trust each other? Tracking the infant lures them into high-stakes danger in unsavoury places, while old emotions blow red hot.
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Scandal
Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the President of the United States, starts her own crisis management firm. However, she soon realises that her employees might be hiding darker secrets.
Watch it on: Disney Plus
Love political intrigue? Read A Pregnancy Scandal by Kat Cantrell
They married for the sake of the baby. Will they stay together for love?
Widowed power player Phillip Edgeworth’s political ambitions demand he have a wife but they don’t demand he love her. It’s a good thing, too, because his heart belongs to the perfect wife he lost. But finding a woman who will say “I do” to his deal proves difficult. Until he meets Alexandra Meer, the sexy CFO he can’t resist. She doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after, even after their amazing night together. And now she’s pregnant with his child! A marriage of convenience should end the scandal and solve all their problems, as long as they don’t fall in love.
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How To Get Away With Murder
Annalise Keating, a criminal defence lawyer and professor, teaches a group of aspiring law students. However, their lives alter when they get entangled in an aberrant murder.
Love legal drama? Read In the Arms of the Law by Deborah Fletcher Mello
To get to the truth…will he mix business with pleasure?
When his brother is accused of murder, attorney Ellington Black vows to prove his innocence. Even as he comes up against force-of-nature investigator Angela Stanfield, who suspects there’s more to the story. But Ellington needs evidence, so they team up to find out the truth. Working with this irresistible woman is more than challenging…it might just land Ellington high on a killer’s hit list.
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Bones
Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan and FBI Agent Seeley Booth form an unlikely alliance to solve cases by examining the remains of victims.
Love solving murders? Read The Heart-Shaped Murders by Denise N. Wheatley
Catching serial killers is her specialty until one follows her home.
Attacked and left with a partial heart-shaped symbol carved into her chest, forensic investigator Lena Love’s latest hunt has become personal. But leaving L.A. to return to her hometown comes with its own danger, like detective David Hudson, the love she left behind. Sparks fly, even as Lena is targeted and stalked, and bodies, all marked with the killer’s signature heart, are discovered in David’s jurisdiction…
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Still looking for something to read? Check out Need You Tonight by Leisl Leighton
Not even fame will protect him from her violent past.
Reclusive music producer, Lexi Deningham, has worked hard to escape a violent past, building her reputation so world famous rock stars come to her at her isolated recording studio in the Victorian High Country. That includes the wildly talented Daemon Flagherty who has just arrived to discuss his band’s next album. After a messy divorce, all Daemon wants is to focus on his music, even if that means going to the end of the world to work with the best, albeit mysterious, music producer there is.
When Lexi gets a call from her twin sister’s secure mental health hospital telling her Cat has been attacked, Lexi has no choice but to bring her twin home. Lexi isn’t ready to deal with both Cat and Daemon at the same time but if she wants to work with Daemon – and she does, desperately – she has no choice.
Romance should be the last thing on their minds, but it seems that neither Lexi nor Daemon can ignore the passion between them. Until the threat from Lexi’s past comes crashing into the present, determined to make her pay and with no care for who might get in the way. Lexi is used to going it alone, but will she realise she needs help before it’s too late?