
A Kiss of Shadows
Laurell K. Hamilton
Merry Gentry #1
A fae princess-in-hiding must bear a child to claim her throne — and her royal guard are more than willing to help.
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Stroke of Midnight comes “[a] sexy, tension-charged dark fantasy mystery" (Locus). “I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”—Diana Gabaldon “I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne—if I can stay alive long enough to claim it.” After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’s just her day job. . . .
Books like this

Obsidian
K.F. Breene
A mortal woman follows a dangerous Dark Fae prince into his forbidden kingdom to reclaim what he stole — and her revenge
10 tropes in common

A King So Cold
Ella Fields
A cruel queen locks her amnesiac traitor-husband in her dungeon — then war forces her to feel again.
8 tropes in common

Trial of the Sun Queen
Nisha J. Tuli
Forced to compete for a king's heart in a deadly contest, Lor must win — or be returned to the monster who broke her.
10 tropes in common

Dark Fae
Caroline Peckham
A vampire seeking her brother's killer infiltrates a fae academy ruled by four dangerous kings — and must seduce the tru
9 tropes in common

Darkbirch Academy
Krista Graves
An assassin infiltrates a magical academy to kill a dangerous mage — but her professor is the real threat.
10 tropes in common

Heir of Illusion
Madeline Taylor
A collared fae assassin and a deadly reaper must ally to claim the one weapon that can free them both.
9 tropes in common

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Sarah J. Maas
A legendary assassin fights a deadly competition to win her freedom — and the attention of two very different men.
8 tropes in common

When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A. Parker
An assassin and a dragon-riding king collide in prison — and unravel each other's carefully buried truths.
8 tropes in common

A Game of Malice and Greed
Caroline Peckham
A brutal game for a princess's hand — but the real prize may be a cursed immortal trapped in gold.
7 tropes in common

A Shadow in the Ember
Jennifer L. Armentrout
An assassin sent to seduce and kill the Primal of Death finds herself falling for the very monster she must destroy.
8 tropes in common

Court of Winter
Krista Street
A wingless, magicless fae girl is abducted by the brutal Winter Prince — and must choose between hatred and survival.
9 tropes in common

Crown of Earth and Sky
Emberly Ash
A vengeful Fae queen and the Brutal Prince she's betrothed to ignite a dangerous war of wills — and desire.
9 tropes in common

Eternal Reign
Caroline Peckham
Captured by a savage vampire prince, a caged human girl must play his game — or die trying to escape it.
9 tropes in common

The Forgotten and The Feared
E.C. Garrett
Two women enter a deadly dragon-slaying tournament — but the real monsters might be the Fae running it.
8 tropes in common

Forbidden Magic (Dark Sorcery, #1)
Cheyenne McCray
A witch who bends dark magic and a Fae warrior must trust each other to survive an ancient evil — and their forbidden de
7 tropes in common

Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
Melissa K. Roehrich
A deadly assassin must work alongside the Fae prince she's sworn to destroy — while children vanish in the dark.
7 tropes in common

Ruin
Gillian Eliza West
Cursed so her touch kills, a imprisoned princess discovers the enemy king is the one man who craves it.
9 tropes in common

Wings So Wicked
Emily Blackwood
A fae assassin must survive a deadly angel academy — while hiding her identity from her terrifying fallen-angel roommate
8 tropes in common

A Fate of Wrath & Flame
K.A. Tucker
A thief accidentally assumes an enemy princess's identity — and must seduce the king who wants her dead.
8 tropes in common

The Blood that Binds Us
Erin Mainord
A forbidden bloodwitch bargains with the king who'd sooner cage her — but hate and passion are dangerously close.
9 tropes in common