Best Political Intrigue Romance Audiobooks

The highest-rated romance audiobooks featuring political intrigue, ranked by listeners. Browse 10 titles.

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The best romance audiobooks featuring the political intrigue trope, ranked by listener and reader ratings from Audible and Goodreads.

Political Intrigue shows up across many genres, but it plays out differently in romance — these are the highest-rated examples.

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    Honor Bound

    Honor • Book 2

    by Radclyffe

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.30 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.69 Audible (846)
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    Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts breaks her promise to Blair Powell when presidential orders force her back into the President's daughter's security detail, risking everything.

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    Honor Under Siege

    Honor • Book 6

    by Radclyffe

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.27 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (433)
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    Blair Powell and her Secret Service agent lover plan their wedding while terrorist threats loom over post-9/11 America. Abby Craden handles both the intimate romance and political thriller elements with equal skill.

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    Price of Honor

    Honor • Book 9

    by Radclyffe

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.24 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (882) ★ 4.76 Audible (460)
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    Blair Powell's presidential father and Jane Graves' domestic terrorist father put them on opposite sides of an invisible war on American soil. Abby Craden handles the political and personal tensions with nuanced understanding of both perspectives.

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    Code of Honor

    Honor • Book 8

    by Radclyffe

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.23 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.72 Audible (533)
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    Political intrigue heats up as Blair Powell joins her president father's campaign while domestic terrorists remain at large.

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    The Lone Hunt

    Midnight Hunters • Book 4

    by L.L. Raand

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell

    4.23 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.76 Audible (399)
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    Pregnant Alpha Sylvan faces political enemies forcing her from safety into confrontation with former lover Francesca. Werewolf politics collide with vampire intrigue as ancient taboos shatter in this supernatural power struggle.

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    Embers

    Heart of the Inferno • Book 4

    by Nicole Fanning

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Grayson Owens

    4.21 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (844) ★ 4.88 Audible (184)
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    Chicago's Pace Family Mafia controls power through century-old violence, and when their reign faces destruction, the stakes couldn't be higher. Maxine Mitchell and Grayson Owens capture both the brutal politics and intimate betrayals that define this crime dynasty.

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    A Touch of Ruin

    Hades & Persephone • Book 2

    by Scarlett St. Clair

    Narrated by Meg Sylvan

    4.09 ABR Score (202.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (198.6K) ★ 4.46 Audible (4.1K)
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    In Walked Sin

    Touch • Book 5

    by Stoni Alexander

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Maxine Mitchell

    4.02 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (34)
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    Washington's most powerful puppet master claims he has no soul, which explains how he controls politicians while running the nation's scandals and secrets.

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    Wild Things

    by Karin Kallmaker

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.02 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (372)
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    Reflected : Silver

    Silver • Book 3

    by Rhiannon Held

    Narrated by full cast, Colleen Delany, Blythe Coons, Nora Achrati, Evan Casey, Drew Kopas, Thomas Keegan, Casie Platt, Eva Wilhelm, Bradley Smith, Eric Messner, Nick DePinto

    3.69 ABR Score (304 ratings)
    ★ 3.64 Goodreads (296) ★ 4.13 Audible (8)

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