Books like The bird and the sword by Amy Harmon

After her parents are murdered, 7‑year‑old Jude, along with her sisters, is brought to the High Court of Faerie. Mortals like her are despised, but she seeks a place among the fey—especially the cruel Prince Cardan—while navigating palace intrigue and danger.

Reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of Achilles’ closest companion, Patroclus, the novel explores themes of friendship, heroism, and forbidden love amid mythic glory.

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.

Isobel, a gifted portrait artist, sells favors to dangerous fair folk whose fascination with human craft threatens their power. When a spring prince commissions her, her art puts both of them in peril, forcing them to ally against the immortal courts.

In the fractured realm of Inys, Queen Sabran the Ninth must secure her dynasty, while the hidden mage Ead watches over her and dragonrider Tané faces a fateful challenge—tension rises as ancient threats stir and eastern and western forces clash.

Harper, a young woman with cerebral palsy living in Washington, DC, is drawn into a magical realm where she must help Prince Rhen—cursed to relive his eighteenth year and turned monstrous—break his spell and save the kingdom.

Siren princess Lira is turned human and must deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen before the winter solstice, while Elian hunts sirens and seeks the key to destroy them.

A royal masquerade ball leads to a forbidden love, as a prince and princess discover their true feelings for each other.

Jinghua, a slave in the Kipchak Khanate, finds hope when the kingdom is invaded and she helps Prince Khalaf and his fierce father escape across the vast Mongol empire.

Seventeenth‑summer Brienna of Valenia must choose between passion and blood when a disgraced lord’s patronage entangles her in a plot to overthrow a rival king and restore the rightful queen to the northern throne.

A diamond for the sheikh's mistress

When Sheikh Razi al Maktabi vows to abandon his playboy past, he still finds himself drawn to one final affair—a talented kitchen wizard, Lucy Tennant—whose culinary skill matches her boldness in the bedroom.

A young woman discovers she is a reincarnation of the king of an island ruled by eternal youth and childlessness, and embarks on a forbidden quest to save the island from the curse she has unwittingly caused.

In the Stone‑Run Forest, rival blue‑jays and cardinals clash, and legend says only the Swordbird can end the war. Twelve‑year‑old Nancy Yi Fan’s tale follows the birds’ quest for peace and courage.

Wall-voice the half‑dove, freed from enslavement, battles the one‑winged archaeopteryx Maldeor for dominance, aided by friends Ewingerale, Stormac, and Fleydur as they protect their world.

After his uncle’s death, reckless playboy Hawthorne "Thorne" Badd inherits a throne and must marry Nova Valentine, daughter of a rival dynasty. Their instant chemistry is tested by royal intrigue and family rivalry.

Catalia Fisa evades a destiny foretold by gods, using her divine gifts to dodge a tyrannical mother and mystical threats while hiding at the circus.

Contains 37 plays by William Shakespeare, including classics like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.

Private investigator Logan Carmichael is tasked with protecting the girl who once captivated him, now thrust into a royal plot. As he defends her from a deadly menace and a king’s obsession, his duty as a father and lover blurs.

Contains: PLAYS (38) All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream [Much Ado About Nothing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362691W) Othello Pericles [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) Taming of the Shew [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona **Two Noble Kinsmen** Winter's Tale POEMS (5) & Sonnets Lover's Complaint Phoenix and the Turtle Rape of Lucrece Sonnets Venus and Adonis

A story of deception, love, and kingship in a fantasy world.