Read-alikes

Books Like The Winner's Curse

The Winner's Curse is forbidden love, captive / captor & enemies to lovers — 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.

Kestrel, daughter of a Valorian general in an empire built on conquest, impulsively buys an enslaved Herrani man named Arin at auction — and finds herself increasingly drawn to him despite everything her world says he should be to her. As Arin harbors secrets of his own and rebellion stirs beneath the surface, both are forced to question where loyalty ends and love begins. The cost of that question proves far higher than either anticipated.