
Defy the Night
Brigid Kemmerer · Defy the Night #1
Shares enemies to lovers, forced proximity, morally grey & court intrigue.
Read-alikes
Kingdom of the Cursed is enemies to lovers, forbidden love & forced proximity — steamy (3/5), 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.
After selling her soul to Hell, Emilia descends into the Seven Circles as Queen of the Wicked, tasked with unmasking her twin sister Vittoria's murderer. Navigating a treacherous demon court, a dangerous betrothal to the Prince of Pride, and her deepening bond with the Prince of Wrath, she discovers that in Hell nothing — and no one — is what it seems.
Share the most of what makes Kingdom of the Cursed work.

Brigid Kemmerer · Defy the Night #1
Shares enemies to lovers, forced proximity, morally grey & court intrigue.

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

Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, forced proximity & morally grey.

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.

Brigid Kemmerer · Cursebreakers #2
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, court intrigue & morally grey.

Shares enemies to lovers, forced proximity, forbidden love & morally grey.

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

Lyndall Clipstone · World at the Lake's Edge #1
Shares forbidden love, forced proximity, enemies to lovers & morally grey.

Kerri Maniscalco · Kingdom of the Wicked #3
Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey & court intrigue. Same author, too.

Sarah J. Maas · Crescent City #1
Shares enemies to lovers, forced proximity & morally grey.

Sarah J. Maas · Throne of Glass #6
Shares enemies to lovers, forced proximity & court intrigue.