Read-alikes

Books Like The Shadows Between Us

The Shadows Between Us is villain love interest, morally grey & enemies to lovers — mild (2/5), 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.

Alessandra, a ruthlessly ambitious young woman, sets out to woo the feared Shadow King, marry him, and then kill him to claim his kingdom as her own. But as unknown enemies make attempts on the king's life, she finds herself protecting the man she intended to destroy — and fighting feelings she never planned to have.