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Books Like A Shadow in the Ember

A Shadow in the Ember is assassin, forbidden love & enemies to lovers — spicy (4/5), first-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.

Seraphena Mierel has been chosen since birth to become the Consort of Nyktos, the Primal of Death — but her true mission is far darker: seduce him, make him fall in love, and then assassinate him to save her rotting kingdom. When she finally enters his shadowed court, the cold, enigmatic Primal refuses to be what she expected, and the feelings she cannot afford to have begin to complicate everything. A Shadow in the Ember is a prequel to the From Blood and Ash series, set thousands of years before those events.