Books like “The Bridge Kingdom”

What to read after “The Bridge Kingdom” by Danielle L. Jensen: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon · 2023
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Talasyn has known nothing but the Hurricane Wars: raised as an orphan in a nation under siege by the Night Empire, she hides her light magic and fights alongside its soldiers. Alaric is the empire's crown prince and her sworn enemy on the battlefield. When a greater threat and a royal marriage alliance force them together, the two must work side by side, and their powers answer to each other in ways no one can explain.
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Captive Prince
C.S. Pacat · 2013
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Damen, prince of Akielos, is betrayed by his half-brother and sent to Vere as a slave and a gift to Prince Laurent, the heir he once fought. Kept in the dark about the other's plans, the two enemies have to survive a court of shifting alliances and old hatred.
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Serpent & Dove
Shelby Mahurin · 2019
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Lou is a witch hiding in a city where the church hunts her kind. Reid is a captain of the witch hunters and a devoted servant of that church. When a reckless act binds them in a union neither wanted, both must choose between faith, duty and a feeling they were raised to despise.
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Radiance
Grace Draven · 2015
Shared in the plot: nothing, people
- Marriage of Convenience
- Slow Burn
Idris and Brishen agree to a political marriage neither wants. To her people he is a monstrous creature; to his, she is ugly and fragile. They resolve to be friends and nothing more. Living together in a foreign court, their respect and affection grow into a love that surprises them both.
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The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Forced Proximity”
LaRynn and Deacon married young, divorced, and hoped never to see each other again. When they inherit a crumbling building that must be renovated before it can be sold, they are stuck working side by side and confronting why they failed the first time.
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A Promise of Fire
Amanda Bouchet · 2016
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Catalia works as a soothsayer in a travelling circus, hiding the power that once made her a pawn of the gods. Griffin, a warlord desperate to save his people, recognises her magic and carries her off to his kingdom. On the long road there, loathing turns into a bond neither of them wanted and neither can deny.
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The Serpent and the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent · 2022
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Oraya is a human adopted by the vampire king and has always been an outsider at his court. To win protection she enters the Kejari, a tournament that kills most of its competitors, and forms an uneasy alliance with Raihn, a rival vampire she cannot trust and should not love.
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A Deal with the Elf King
Elise Kova · 2020
Shared in the plot: husband, raised
Luella was raised to be an ordinary healer, not the human bride the Elf King demands. When he comes to claim her, she is taken to Midscape, where her touch can wake the sleeping land. Trapped with a cold, distant husband, she must find a way home or accept a destiny she never wanted.
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From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Poppy was born the Maiden, chosen and set apart, forbidden from friends, love or any life of her own. When a new guard, Hawke, enters her world, duty and desire collide for the first time. As attacks close in on the kingdom, she begins to doubt everything she was taught about the gods and her own fate.
10
A Lady's Code of Misconduct
Meredith Duran · 2017
Shared in the plot: married, enemy
Forced by her family, Jane Mason weds the cold politician Crispin Burke to secure her inheritance. After a violent attack he wakes with no memory of who he was, and Jane must guard a stranger who may be gentler than the man she married while his enemies close in.
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The Bride
Julie Garwood · 1989
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Forced Proximity”
The Scottish king orders laird Alec Kincaid to take an English bride, and spirited Jamie is sent north to marry a warrior she has never met. Wedded for peace between two suspicious peoples, the stubborn pair battle for control of their marriage until respect and tenderness take root.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · 2015
Same genre: “Romantic fantasy”
Feyre kills a wolf in the winter woods and is taken to a magical realm as payment. In the Spring Court she learns the land is cursed, and her loathing for its high lord slowly turns into something she never expects.