Books like 'A Cursed Covenant'

Readers who enjoyed A Cursed Covenant by Leigh Ferguson also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

historical  fantasy  pirates  friends to lovers

  • 魔道祖師 三 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 3] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    魔道祖師 三 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 3] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    蓮花塢被滅後,存活下來的兩個少年,一個慘遭化丹,一個則被丟下夷陵的亂葬崗。可岐山溫氏並沒能繼續猖狂太久,少年之一以江氏家主的身分,聯合金、聶、藍三家展開了射日之征;而另一名少年,則以魔道之姿回歸,加入復仇的行列。 過去已成回憶,對魏無羨與藍忘機而言,眼下更要緊的,是揭開赤鋒尊死因的真相,並讓藍氏家主藍曦臣明白金光瑤私底下的陰毒手段。...
  • Adam și Eva by Liviu Rebreanu

    Adam și Eva by Liviu Rebreanu

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    „Adevaratul, pretiosul modernism inseamna ravna de-a produce valori estetice imbracate in spiritul timpului, dar cu un nivel mai inalt decat al epocii precedente.” Liviu Rebreanu (1885 - 1944) Cu „Adam si Eva”, aparut in 1925, Liviu Rebreanu se afla la al treilea roman, dupa „Ion” (1920) si „Padurea spanzuratilor” (1922)...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  length-short
  • Sponsored links
  • How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf

    How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A barefoot maiden.A painfully proper gentleman.And a friendship most unexpected. After losing her entire family to a horrible sickness, Miss Charlaine Palmer leaves Jamaica and crosses an ocean, hoping for a new beginning in England. Unfortunately, her raven-black hair and olive skin immediately mark her as an outsider, eyed suspiciously by the English ton...
  • Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

    Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    “Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth...”Once he was André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France’s lower class—until his friend was mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy.Now he is Scaramouche...
  • The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas

    The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo...
  • Bound by Blood by Mia West

    Bound by Blood by Mia West

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’ll do anything for the man he loves.Even the unthinkable.Bedwyr has everything he could want. He’s come back from a devastating injury, and he’s a warrior again, regaining his father’s respect battle by successful battle.Best of he has Arthur. When they aren’t fighting effortlessly side by side, they’re making the most of every secret nook and shadow in the village to celebrate their victories...
  • Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life in a remote fishing village in the middle of a civil war is neither safe nor inspiring. So, when an opportunity comes along for village girl Lynn to be kidnapped and enslaved by Darren, a ruthless pirate queen, she takes full advantage of it. But Darren is neither as ruthless nor as piratical as she appears at first glance--and Lynn's not exactly what she seems to be, either...
  • Christmas Angel by Eli Easton

    Christmas Angel by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When John Trent, a dedicated member of the new Bow Street Runners, finds an exquisite carved angel floating in the Thames, he can’t stop thinking about it. He tracks down its creator, a sad and quiet young sculptor. But neither the angel nor the sculptor is done with John just yet. The blasted angel refuses to leave him be, behaving not at all like an inanimate object should...
  • Deceived by Megan Derr

    Deceived by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    AUTHOR'S NOTE: This book has been revised. The story Deceived has a new, longer ending. The story The Highwayman is now it's own book, and the following stories have been added to this volume: The Wager, Seconds, Runaways . This book also contains all the free ficbits posted to my website...
  • Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane

    Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Robyn's father and brother are killed in the Third Crusade, she is banished from her manor home and branded a traitor by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Disguised as a boy, she joins Little John and the rest of the gang in Sherwood Forest—and soon finds herself their leader.Queen Eleanor suspects Prince John is up to no good, and colluding with Sir Guy and the Sheriff of Nottingham...
  • Knight's Oath by Juliette Caruso

    Knight's Oath by Juliette Caruso

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    When 20-year-old Eliana’s father orders her to court, it is with one purpose: to save their noble, destitute family through marriage to a wealthy suitor. Eliana would much rather be studying healing and making use of her rare magical talent for medicines, but there is no escaping his command...
  • Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore

    Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Fire in the hole! Those were the last words Quinn Gallagher heard before her mighty ship sunk beneath the waves. Now she’s adrift in more ways than one as she attempts to flee from all those who would push her under… underground, under water, and of course under the covers...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  f-f  historical  fantasy  new adult  m-m  queer  length-medium
  • The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse

    The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands.But the bravest men on board are not who they seem. And the stakes could not be higher...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  queer  suspense  length-long
  • Lena & Ivar by Celeste Barclay

    Lena & Ivar by Celeste Barclay

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What happens when love and war don’t mix? Ivar Sorenson is not only his father’s heir to their jarldom, he’s his parents’ last remaining son.  There isn’t much choice for the future jarl when his father demands an alliance with their feuding neighbor.  That alliance can only come in the form of a marriage...to a woman Ivar doesn’t want and doesn’t like...
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the constant threat of the noose...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  fantasy  historical  length-epic
  • Deceived and Other Tales by Megan Derr

    Deceived and Other Tales by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five stories of men and the secrets and lies that shape their lives… Deceived – The hatred between Prince Benedict and his secretary Rae is well-known, and the source of much gossip at court. Each one too stubborn to walk away, determined to make the other one the first to break, they spend their days fighting or ruthlessly ignoring one another...
  • Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham

    Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    A rip roaring high seas adventure set in Elizabethan England, when dashing privateers, known as sea hawks, banded together to guard their country and their queen against the Invincible Armada being amassed by Spain. Simon Dante, the Pirate Wolf, meets his match in battle and in love when he crosses swords with Isabeau Spence...
  • Primrose and the Dreadful Duke by Emily Larkin

    Primrose and the Dreadful Duke by Emily Larkin

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    He's inherited more than just a dukedom... Oliver Dasenby is the most infuriating man Primrose Garland has ever known. He may be her brother’s best friend, but he has an atrocious sense of humor. Eight years in the cavalry hasn’t taught him solemnity, nor has the unexpected inheritance of a dukedom. But when Oliver inherited his dukedom, it appears that he also inherited a murderer...
  • Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn

    Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Here is an extraordinary novel about real-life Irish chieftain Grace O Malley. From Morgan Llywelyn, bestselling author of Lion of Ireland and the Irish Century novels, comes the story of a magnificent, sixteenth-century heroine whose spirit and passion are the spirit and passion of Ireland itself.Grania (Gaelic for Grace) is no ordinary female. And she lives in extraordinary times...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  tudors  length-long
  • Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore

    Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s been six years since Quinn started dressing as a man in order to sneak aboard the most notorious pirate ship ever to set sail upon the seven seas—and those years have definitely begun to take their toll...
  • Unbroken by Alli Temple

    Unbroken by Alli Temple

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A pirate’s home is the sea, sailing beyond the horizon with her true love.Aboard the Crimson Siren, Captain Cinder finally has the life she’s always dreamed of. Her freedom is restored, her crew is a trustworthy bunch, and the princess who holds her heart is by her side.But trouble brewing back in Redmere threatens to pull Cinder and Princess Georgina apart before their future can truly begin...
  • Third Degree Yearn by Laney Hatcher

    Third Degree Yearn by Laney Hatcher

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When I was just a girl, I gave my heart to the housekeeper’s son. He took it with him when he left and I never got it back.I’ve loved Julian Moore for as long as I can remember. But my plans for a future were stolen before we ever got the chance. Playmates at four. Constant companions at nine. And the undisputed love of my young life by sixteen. We were best friends through it all...
  • Unleashed by Alli Temple

    Unleashed by Alli Temple

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    If the crown fits, she will wear it.Georgina never wanted to be a princess. Now she’s free to chart her own course and love the woman who holds her heart. But Redmere’s pull is strong, and the world has turned its back on the people’s suffering.Yet while George is ready to storm the castle, Lou won’t risk everything on a doomed revolution...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  fantasy  f-f  historical  queer  length-medium
  • A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend

    A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Four women, a long-lost treasure, and more than one “thief of hearts” share a destiny beyond time. To foil a map thief, librarian Emma Boyd searches for a pirate's long-lost treasure map. She’s aided in her search by investigator Randi Marx, who proves to be as frustrating as she is beautiful...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  f-f  contemporary  mystery  humor  queer
  • If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert

    If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
  • Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy

    Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ASIN moved from less recent editionA MURDER. A MAP. A MUTINY.You can’t run away from yourself…The year is 1720 and two young women are about to find themselves in more trouble than they could ever have imagined possible.Cat Meadows is a smuggler who’s built her reputation on the backs of unsuspecting souls.Lily Exquemelin has been left nothing by her father but his troubles and his treasure map...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  fantasy  f-f  queer  length-medium
  • Greetings Ninth Uncle 九叔万福 by Jiu Yue Liu Huo, September Flowing Fire

    Greetings Ninth Uncle 九叔万福 by Jiu Yue Liu Huo, September Flowing Fire

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cheng Yujin was the elder twin sister, who was supposed to be engaged to an excellent man. However she later learned that her fiance, Marquis Jingyong, had proposed to her because he mistakenly recognized her as her younger twin sister. Marquis Jingyong and her younger sister had a deep relationship, and after many twists and turns, finally broke through all hardships and became eternal lovers...
  • The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore

    The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Quinn Gallagher’s childhood friend is abducted from a dock in Ireland, she’ll do whatever it takes to come to the rescue—even if that means dressing as a man and joining the crew of one of the most notorious pirate captains the world has ever seen. Quinn soon finds there is much to enjoy living as a man, in particular the company of other women...
  • Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang, 九鹭非香

    Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang, 九鹭非香

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Xiao Xiang Zi, a cloud spirit In heaven, and Chu Kong mess up the red strings of fate by accident during their brawl.As a consequence they are sentenced to be a fated couple in the mortal realm for 7 lifetimes as a punishment for not getting along with each other...
  • The Red Herring by Calia Read

    The Red Herring by Calia Read

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    NathalieWhen I came back to Charleston, I intended to take back my future and my one true love, Asa Calhoun.Life had different plans for me, but it seems it always did.As I try to move forward in my life, years of memories and passion between us refuse to stay buried in the past, leading me back to Asa.But, so do the dark, sordid memories of my married life...
  • 穿成囚禁男主的反派要如何活命 How to Survive As a Villain by Yi Yi Yi Yi, 伊依以翼

    穿成囚禁男主的反派要如何活命 How to Survive As a Villain by Yi Yi Yi Yi, 伊依以翼

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    萧予安穿书了。穿成了种马小说里囚禁男主,之后被男主给活活剜死的断袖少年君王。凄惨,悲凉。于是萧予安开始为了能活下去而努力。但是!那些路人甲乙丙丁,你们想要搞男主也就算了,能不能不要老把他送我床上来啊?萧予安觉得自己是宠男主没错,可是那是因为他想沐浴主角光辉啊!萧予安:“不要再把男主当我的禁脔了!!!你们不怕死,可是我想活啊!!!”还有男主啊,你在原小说里可是有夜御十女的丰功伟绩的,能不能好好地追你的老婆们啊?为什么你的大小三四五老婆都和别人跑了!你还一脸无所谓的样子!等等,这好像都是萧予安自己的锅?大概是一个前期受宠攻,后期攻宠受的故事。 轻松!搞笑!作者爬墙注意"How to Survive as a Villain"Xiao YuAn trasmigrated into a novel...
  • The Captain's Choice: A Sapphic Seas Romance by Wren Taylor

    The Captain's Choice: A Sapphic Seas Romance by Wren Taylor

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mona Lloyd is desperate to escape a wedding and a future with a man she doesn’t love. When she stows away on the only ship to visit her sleepy village of Ogmore-by-Sea, she learns the ship isn’t all it seems, and neither is the beautiful, aloof captain that helms it. As Mona fights for acceptance among the ship’s crew, she is also fighting a growing attraction to the alluring captain...
  • 如珠似玉 Like Pearl and Jade by Yue Xia Die Ying, 月下蝶影

    如珠似玉 Like Pearl and Jade by Yue Xia Die Ying, 月下蝶影

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Many people thought that the sweet-looking second miss of the Gu Family must be a gentle, kind and soft person.Yet sometimes, the truth was in the hands of the few.This is a story of a tyrant flower in the guise of a delicate flower and a seemingly sickly but extremely long-lived and infatuated emperor...
  • On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

    On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Aboard the Vociferous Carmichael, puppeteer John Chandagnac is sailing toward Jamaica to claim his stolen birthright from an unscrupulous uncle, when the vessel is captured . . . by pirates! Offered a choice by Captain Phil Davies to join their seafaring band or die, Chandagnac assumes the name John Shandy and a new life as a brigand...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

    The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.In the tumultuous town of Yáquimo, Santo Domingo, Jacquotte Delahaye is an unknown but up-and-coming shipwright...
  • The Raven Warrior by Alice Borchardt

    The Raven Warrior by Alice Borchardt

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the knowing eye and fiery voice of an accomplished storyteller, Alice Borchardt takes us back to the amazing world of a re-envisioned Camelot in the continuing Tales of Guinevere. Remarkably strong, magically talented, a match for friend and foe alike, Guinevere has come into womanhood--and faces a new relationship with Lancelot that will lead to the sharp-edged triangle of legend. . .
  • 春树暮云 Spring Trees and Sunset Clouds by 未良 (Wei Liang)

    春树暮云 Spring Trees and Sunset Clouds by 未良 (Wei Liang)

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    普通又平凡的大学生穿越到异世界的王室中成为了王位继承人之一,说起来美好,实际上其中的艰辛,又有谁知呢?还不若就此归去,隐姓埋名,陷与这十丈红尘,繁华人间。此文属架空,慢热文,十余万的短文,因为某良懒散的关系,其中各种植物家畜的名字都未曾更改,逻辑混乱之处还请见谅。"Spring Trees and Sunset Clouds"An average, normal university student transmigrates into the royal family in another world, where he becomes one of the successors of the throne...
  • The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson

    The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In an expensive London restaurant Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. It appears to be a book of exquisite 17th-century embroidery patterns but on closer examination Julia finds it also contains faint diary entries...
  • A Bride Unveiled by Jillian Hunter

    A Bride Unveiled by Jillian Hunter

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Violet Knowlton is betrothed to the sensible, if tedious, Sir Godfrey Maitland. When Godfrey escorts her to a fencing demonstration, she looks forward to the adventurous diversion, but everything changes when she realizes the swordsman displaying his skill-and dashing good looks- is none other than her childhood friend Kit...
  • The Romance Reader's Guide to Life by Sharon Pywell

    The Romance Reader's Guide to Life by Sharon Pywell

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As a young girl, Neave was often stuck in a world that didn’t know what to do with her. As her mother not unkindly told her, she was never going to grow up to be a great beauty. Her glamorous sister, Lilly, moved easily through the world, a parade of handsome men in pursuit. Her brother didn’t want a girl joining his group of friends...
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.


Get recommendations by genres & tropes

Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences

romance book finder

Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.