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Grace Draven · Fallen Empire #1
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers, slow burn & quest.
Read-alikes
To Kill a Kingdom is enemies to lovers, captive / captor & slow burn — 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.
Lira is a siren princess known as the Princes' Bane — she collects the hearts of royals. When she is cursed into human form by the Sea Queen, she must deliver Prince Elian's heart by winter solstice or remain human forever. Elian, a prince who prefers hunting sirens to ruling, rescues Lira from drowning — neither knowing what the other truly is.
Share the most of what makes To Kill a Kingdom work.

Grace Draven · Fallen Empire #1
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers, slow burn & quest.

Rachel Gillig · The Shepherd King #2
Shares captive / captor, quest & slow burn.

Rachel Gillig · The Shepherd King #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & quest.

Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & slow burn.

Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #2
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & slow burn.

Sara Hashem · The Scorched Throne #1
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & slow burn.

Mary E. Pearson · Dance of Thieves #1
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & slow burn.

Holly Black · The Stolen Heir Duology #1
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & quest.

Renee Ahdieh · Flame in the Mist #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & captive / captor.

Thea Guanzon · The Hurricane Wars #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & captive / captor.

Kate Golden · The Sacred Stones #1
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & slow burn.

Hafsah Faizal · Sands of Arawiya #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & quest.