Books like 'Sons to Keep'

Readers who enjoyed Sons to Keep by A.S. Etaski also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

fantasy  lesbian romance  dark romance  queer  horror  high fantasy  magic  demons  queer-awakening  bisexual 

  • Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑

    Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A natural moat called the Luo river split the great land into two. Jing of the north, and Wei of the south. One was the Prince of the grass plains who had no worries nor sorrow. One was a lawful Princess who received exclusive favour of the Emperor...
  • 泾渭情殇 [Jīng Wèi Qíng Shāng] by Qing Jun Mo Xiao, 请君莫笑

    泾渭情殇 [Jīng Wèi Qíng Shāng] by Qing Jun Mo Xiao, 请君莫笑

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A natural moat called the Luo river split the great land into two. Jing of the north, and Wei of the south. One was the Prince of the grass plains who had no worries nor sorrow. One was a lawful Princess who received exclusive favour of the Emperor...
  • Sponsored links / Remove ads
  • Of Tides and Snow by Darva Green

    Of Tides and Snow by Darva Green

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    A spicy f/f Snow White retelling…. On the night Gwen is meant to commit herself to the Moon Coven, a murder attempt has her running for her life. She flees the only home she’s ever known, running straight past the cottage in the woods and into the arms of a ruthless pirate captain...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  found-family  magic  f-f  fantasy  dark  grumpy sunshine
  • Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren

    Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 14 ratings
    (This is the second book in a series. ). The days when Rowan Northwood was exiled to the farmland around her village seem like a lifetime ago, and the passing Knight she ran away with has become a memory she does her best not to revisit. Her powers lie dormant, settling within her as glowing embers waiting to come alive once more...
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  pirates  dark  behind-doors
  • The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  dark  length-medium
  • Dragonoak: Gall and Wormwood by Sam Farren

    Dragonoak: Gall and Wormwood by Sam Farren

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 13 ratings
    The third book in the Dragonoak series. Rowan’s journey has taken her across oceans and through ruined Kingdoms. Years have passed since she spent her days exiled to the farmland around her village, and she’s finally where it all started: Thule, the Kingdom’s capital, where those responsible for so much death and destruction hold power...
  • Treasure Revealed by A.S. Etaski

    Treasure Revealed by A.S. Etaski

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Once silent and disposable, I've found my place among the Sisterhood of Sivaraus, coarse, crude, and stirring to my blood. In crimson uniform I walk among sensual consorts, studious wizards, and sadistic Priestesses. I am an initiate with true influence in my underground city, a power both freeing and addicting...
  • The Daedal Pit by A.S. Etaski

    The Daedal Pit by A.S. Etaski

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Sirana stands as a promising Red Sister in the Dark Elf city of Sivaraus. When Priestess Wilsira calls the novice to serve her and her demonblood son in payment for discovering a secret, Sirana confronts for the first time the cruel practices long-whispered of the Sanctuary...
  • Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    All are equal in death. Tallora’s world ends in a single, bloodstained night, and all the world will fall in line unless the gods interfere. But divine aid comes at a price no mortal can pay, except in death . . . and perhaps Death herself has a few tricks of her own. From the author of FALLEN GODS comes a tale of redemption and sacrifice—and the true power of forgiveness.
  • Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Free from the Shadowscape, Gryff returns to the world only to find two months have passed him by, but it’s nothing compared to what’s in store for him next. Gryff has his hands full between Enclaves falling, undead bounty hunters hell bent on revenge, and oh yeah, the council is out to get him, too. But Gryff has become more powerful, and none of his enemies can predict what he is now capable of.
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  harems  menage  f-f  alpha male  dark
  • The Mark of Gold by A.S. Etaski

    The Mark of Gold by A.S. Etaski

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I escape into a twisted wilderness with a stolen relic protecting me from madness. Behind me is the mysterious stalker from across the plains. He’s finally caught up to us. My sisters are out there somewhere out, and my unborn is here with me. Struggling to tell guardians from beguilers on a warped battlefield, I worry for all our fates...
  • Truly Yours by Lily X.

    Truly Yours by Lily X.

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Orphaned at a young age, Issadora Yearling has grown into a talented pianist and schoolteacher under the guidance of her dear grandmother. While credit has always been tight, Issa knows exactly how to make every last penny of her inheritance stretch as much as possible. But Gran has a debilitating secret—she's accrued a large debt over the past decade, and now, the debtors have come calling...
  • Knot on Your Life by Raelynn Rose

    Knot on Your Life by Raelynn Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    A beta who works in a fetish club. A female alpha. A male omega. While it might sound like the beginning of a fun joke, it was the life of my dreams. I was madly in love with two of the rarest designations. We had built our own little pack of three. What I had never entertained in my wildest fantasies was falling for not one, but two alphas - who just happen to kill for a living...
  • Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

    Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    For fans of The Princess Bride and Gideon the Ninth: a bloody lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy set in a glittering world transformed by industrial change – and simmering class warfare. Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I...
    Categorized as:
    queer  high fantasy  horror  bdsm  fantasy  f-f  dystopian  dark
  • Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell

    Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, Rappaccini’s Daughter, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets. Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate to find the only family she knows...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  fantasy  dark  f-f  length-medium  audiobook
  • Canção dos Ossos by Giulianna Domingues

    Canção dos Ossos by Giulianna Domingues

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Da incrível imaginação de Giu Domingues, um dos maiores nomes da fantasia nacional, Canção dos Ossos é um romance gótico e sáfico, em que a magia sai das melodias para viver entre as palavras. Feche os olhos e deixe a música te guiar. Ser uma soprano do Conservatório de Vermília é um privilégio. Por meio do canto, é possível criar magia e, talvez, até sonhar com um futuro promissor...
  • Breathless: An F/F Hades and Persephone Short Story by Lianyu Tan

    Breathless: An F/F Hades and Persephone Short Story by Lianyu Tan

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Hades steals her breath away. A few weeks into their marriage, Persephone is still learning how to please Hades, dreaded goddess of the underworld. As her fear wars with desire, Persephone must learn how to satisfy her captor and steel her own heart in order to survive.
  • My Girlfriend's Not Here Today Vol. 1 by Kiyoko Iwami

    My Girlfriend's Not Here Today Vol. 1 by Kiyoko Iwami

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In this salacious yuri/Girls’ Love tale by the creator of Transparent Light Blue , one young woman becomes trapped in a cycle of blackmail and infidelity. Asahina Yuni is lonely–she has a girlfriend, but it feels like they’re barely dating. Pent up, Asahina vents her secret frustrations on an anonymous social media account...
  • We Are the Match by Mary E. Roach

    We Are the Match by Mary E. Roach

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    In this glittering, sapphic reimagining of Helen of Troy set in modern day mobster Greece, Helen is the daughter of a powerful crime lord on Paris is the woman hellbent on destroying her—if they don’t fall for each other first...
  • The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    A breathtaking geopolitical fantasy as fraught as Game of Thrones, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the long-anticipated sequel to Seth Dickinson gut-wrenching debut, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks...
  • Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

    Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 32 ratings
    A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York Times bestselling author. Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants...
  • Of Roses and Kings by Melissa Marr

    Of Roses and Kings by Melissa Marr

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this dark, skewed take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is now the Red Queen, and her maid must tread the fine line between favor and blame in this strange world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
  • The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

    The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark . . . ‘A dark, atmospheric and riveting debut, wreathed around a love story like no other’ – Samantha Shannon, author of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of the Orange Tree. Rooted in fairytales, folklore, and sapphic romance, The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, and Naomi Novik...
    Categorized as:
    horror  queer  fantasy  f-f  dark  historical  audiobook  behind-doors
  • A Little Sin by Rawnie Sabor

    A Little Sin by Rawnie Sabor

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 77 ratings
    It can take time to feel proud of who you are. Violet Kane is perfect. At least, that’s what people are supposed to think. She has the perfect career, the perfect presentation, and, until recently, she was engaged to the perfect man. To everyone around her, she's perfectly happy. But pretending to be happy is difficult when you're breaking apart at the seams...
  • Green-Eyed Monster by Rawnie Sabor

    Green-Eyed Monster by Rawnie Sabor

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 52 ratings
    An Envy fiend can only crave. And what she craves most is the forbidden body of a beautiful witch. Witches follow many laws, but Angela Norwood loves breaking the rules. She can get away with it too, if she stays focused. When your arcane research could get you thrown on a pyre, you shouldn’t entertain distractions...
  • House of Crimson Kisses by Ruby Roe

    House of Crimson Kisses by Ruby Roe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 51 ratings
    Once upon a time, a vampire fell in love with a hunter…. The trials for the heir of the city have begun, and the stakes have never been higher. Red, a hunter, is struggling with her growing hunger for blood and the truth of her identity. Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vampires, is determined to win the trials and take control of the city...
  • Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 89 ratings
    Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits...
  • House of Crimson Hearts by Ruby Roe

    House of Crimson Hearts by Ruby Roe

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    Once upon a time, a vampire corrupted a hunter. Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vampires, is determined to run the city. Red, an expert hunter, is hell-bent on getting revenge on the vampire that turned her sister. When deadly trials for the heir of the city begin, Red and Octavia are forced to work together. Octavia wants a crown. Red wants blood. But there’s only one first place...
  • Kiss of Love by Rawnie Sabor

    Kiss of Love by Rawnie Sabor

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    Healing is never linear. After months of terror and torment, everything finally seems to have fallen into place for Evie. The Court of Chains is expanding, her relationship is flourishing, and she has settled into her new life in Chicago. Yet, part of her longs for how things used to be. Pieces are still missing, some of which might be gone forever. Painful memories haunt her days...
  • The Liar’s Knot by M.A. Carrick

    The Liar’s Knot by M.A. Carrick

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city’s filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look. Derossi Vargo has always known...
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.