
Defy the Night
Brigid Kemmerer · Defy the Night #1
Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey, court intrigue & forbidden love. Same author, too.
Read-alikes
A Heart So Fierce and Broken is enemies to lovers, secret royalty & forbidden love — sweet (1/5), dual-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.
After the curse on Emberfall is broken, Grey — Prince Rhen's loyal guardsman — flees the castle carrying a secret that could upend the entire kingdom: he is the true heir to the throne. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Lia Mara, the gentle and principled daughter of Emberfall's greatest enemy, Grey must choose between duty, survival, and a growing bond that crosses every political line. Back in Ironrose, Rhen's increasingly ruthless decisions test Harper's loyalty and fracture the alliances they fought so hard to build.
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Brigid Kemmerer · Defy the Night #1
Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey, court intrigue & forbidden love. Same author, too.

Marie Rutkoski · The Winner's Trilogy #3
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, court intrigue & morally grey.

Marie Rutkoski · The Winner's Trilogy #2
Shares forbidden love, enemies to lovers, court intrigue & morally grey.

Marie Rutkoski · The Winner's Trilogy #1
Shares forbidden love, enemies to lovers, court intrigue & morally grey.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #3
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, morally grey & court intrigue.

Kerri Maniscalco · Kingdom of the Wicked #2
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, court intrigue & morally grey.

Brigid Kemmerer · Cursebreakers #3
Shares morally grey, court intrigue & forbidden love. Same author, too.

S.A. Chakraborty · The Daevabad Trilogy #3
Shares morally grey, forbidden love & court intrigue.

Sarah J. Maas · Throne of Glass #2
Shares secret royalty, court intrigue & morally grey.

S.A. Chakraborty · The Daevabad Trilogy #2
Shares court intrigue, morally grey & forbidden love.

Holly Black · The Folk of the Air #2
Shares enemies to lovers, court intrigue & morally grey.

Leigh Bardugo · King of Scars Duology #2
Shares forbidden love, court intrigue & morally grey.