For anyone doing the survey I HIGHLY recommend
Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews which was in my top 5 books this year.
It's actually UF, not PNR, but there is a strong attraction between the two MCs so definitely a romance in later books (it's the first of a trilogy but I promise, no cliffhangers).
For that matter, I recommend all of the Andrews' books. The Kate Daniels series might be too UF for some, they have also written a really good PNR series starting with
On The Edge. I only have a couple of authors that I will auto buy at FULL price, but they are on that list.