Ballad of Sword and Wine: Similar romance series

Captive Prince

by C.S. Pacat

4.35 · 1345 ratings

slavery · historical · child-sexual-abuse · forced proximity · mystery · fantasy · male-pov · alpha male · betrayal · audiobook · commander · suspense · political-intrigue · forbidden love · bisexual · rape-non-mc · abuse · queer · royalty · from hate to love

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Letters of Enchantment

by Rebecca Ross

4.15 · 809 ratings

competent heroine · m-f · death · magic · monsters · fantasy · strong heroine · slow burn · sweet-hero · dual-pov · class difference · tortured hero · war · young adult · political-intrigue · paranormal · found-family · audiobook · new adult · working class heroine

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

4.60 · 408 ratings

fantasy · mystery · asia · historical · magic · m-m · queer · paranormal · high fantasy · length-long · glimpses-kisses · angst · slow burn · death · horror · from hate to love · found-family · grumpy sunshine · urban fantasy · monsters

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The Conqueror's Saga

by Kiersten White

4.00 · 179 ratings

legends & fairy tales · love triangle · historical · turkey · other-man-woman · asia · dark · fantasy · west-asia · medieval · south-east-europe · war · europe · dual-pov · audiobook · young adult · strong heroine · third-person-pov · royalty · romania

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The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

4.25 · 236 ratings

third-person-pov · virgin hero · angst · high fantasy · tortured hero · possessive hero · paranormal · commander · queer · m-m · historical · east-asian-mc · magic · asia · demons · nerdy-hero · humor · fantasy · age difference · china

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Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

4.50 · 157 ratings

graphic-violence · vampires · fantasy · historical · audiobook · found-family · paranormal · political-intrigue · cold hero · bodyguard-hero · war · military · non-hea · mental-trauma · dark · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · abuse-non-mc · substance abuse · vengeance

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The Knight and the Necromancer

by A.H. Lee

4.21 · 184 ratings

audiobook · paranormal · queer · m-m · magic · historical · fantasy · dual-pov · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · commander · political-intrigue · forbidden love · from hate to love · secret-relationship · tortured hero · royalty · class difference · height-difference · military

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Nightrunner

by Lynn Flewelling

4.21 · 406 ratings

fantasy · magic · m-m · queer · high fantasy · paranormal · mystery · age difference · length-long · audiobook · behind-doors · fae · political-intrigue · dark · contemporary · war · historical · young adult · mental-trauma · death

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Lord John Grey

by Diana Gabaldon

3.92 · 393 ratings

queer · historical · open-door · mystery · audiobook · paranormal · time travel · fantasy · m-m · suspense · military · georgian · war · length-novella · united-kingdom · british-isles · europe · science fiction · highlander · england

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Tales of the High Court

by Megan Derr

4.01 · 219 ratings

queer · audiobook · fantasy · male-pov · high fantasy · third-person-pov · royalty · m-m · historical · military · disabilities and marks · dual-pov · anal sex · explicit-open-door · abuse · height-difference · poly · m-f · commander · menage

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The Masquerade

by Seth Dickinson

4.06 · 105 ratings

high fantasy · queer · political-intrigue · audiobook · war · f-f · fantasy · dark · open-door · military · dystopian · length-long · past-abuse · height-difference · horror · new adult · past-child-abuse · lgbtqia hate · from hate to love · vengeance

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The Shadow Campaigns

by Django Wexler

4.18 · 170 ratings

war · military · fantasy · high fantasy · queer · paranormal · magic · historical · length-long · steampunk · f-f · political-intrigue · demons · dark · urban fantasy · horror · audiobook · mystery · young adult

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Magic of the Lost

by C.L. Clark

3.95 · 69 ratings

audiobook · high fantasy · queer · length-long · military · f-f · fantasy · political-intrigue · racism · young adult · from hate to love · disabilities and marks · historical · magic · death · black-mc · aristocratic heroine · warrior-heroine · open-door · war

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Roaring Twenties Magic

by Allie Therin

4.29 · 60 ratings

urban fantasy · sweet-hero · male-pov · dual-pov · audiobook · multicultural · grumpy sunshine · paranormal · third-person-pov · suspense · bisexual · queer · m-m · historical · magic · past-abuse · mental-trauma · length-medium · anal sex · mystery

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The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel)

by Xue Shan Fei Hu

4.13 · 75 ratings

historical · m-m · queer · fantasy · length-long · humor · paranormal · behind-doors · urban fantasy · shapeshifters · political-intrigue · sunny hero · glimpses-kisses · new adult · royalty · young adult · sweet-hero

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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang

by Priest

4.22 · 55 ratings

m-m · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · china · queer · political-intrigue · third-person-pov · slow burn · commander · dual-pov · war · steampunk · fantasy · graphic-violence · historical · east-asian-mc · length-long · ancient times · military

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Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Seven Seas Edition)

by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

4.46 · 117 ratings

fantasy · historical · queer · m-m · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · slavery · east-asian-mc · forbidden love · class difference · tortured hero · audiobook · commander · slow burn · third-person-pov · war · military · angst · length-medium · china

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The World of Reforged

by Seth Haddon

3.73 · 66 ratings

m-m · queer · fantasy · high fantasy · political-intrigue · third-person-pov · audiobook · war · mystery · magic · death · military · height-difference · class difference · royalty · suspense · sweet-hero · multicultural · bad boys · male-pov

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Unbreakable Soldiers

by Megan Derr

4.10 · 62 ratings

fantasy · m-m · queer · royalty · length-medium · military · historical · third-person-pov · open-door · arranged marriage · caretaking · steampunk · multicultural · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · second chances · explicit-open-door · mental-trauma · past-sexual-abuse · black-mc

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Whitethorn Agency

by M.A. Grant

4.07 · 41 ratings

new-york-state · non-human-hero · length-medium · usa · mental-trauma · bodyguard-hero · fantasy · mystery · cold hero · super rich hero · urban fantasy · alpha male · contemporary · audiobook · third-person-pov · paranormal · suspense · from hate to love · vampires · queer

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Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu

by Meng Xi Shi

4.10 · 68 ratings

historical · china · queer · from hate to love · m-m · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · slow burn · political-intrigue · age difference · fantasy · glimpses-kisses · cruel hero · east-asian-mc · silver-fox · ancient times · fighters · graphic-violence · disabilities and marks · ableism

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Fae & Human Relations

by Sarah Wallace

4.20 · 44 ratings

fantasy · regency · queer · historical · third-person-pov · dual-pov · m-m · fae · england · open-door · united-kingdom · magic · europe · super rich hero · sweet-hero · class difference · height-difference · secret-relationship · british-isles · non-human-hero

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Master of Hounds

by R.A. Steffan

3.92 · 32 ratings

military · historical · age difference · fantasy · paranormal · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-m · shapeshifters · queer · childfree-couple · length-medium · explicit-open-door · caretaking · ancient times · slow burn · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · class difference

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