Books like Queen of Swords by Katee Robert

Avec son identité légendaire de Aelin Galathynius, Celaena Sardothien revient dans l’empire pour venger sa famille, libérer son peuple et reprendre le trône de Terrasen.

Julia, a Greek peasant, confronts the threat of losing her ancestral home when Alexandros Constantis threatens to buy Ambermere.

An old sea captain falls in love with a mysterious nursemaid.

A steamy romance set amid 18th‑century Scottish smuggling, where Lottie Livingstone's daring whiskey run captures not only a ship but also the heart of Captain Aulay Mackenzie.

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.

American merchant Gavin Elliott rescues widowed sailor Alexandra Warren from a pirate attack, and their bond grows into a passionate romance amid danger and intrigue on the high seas.

In 1814, half‑sisters Hannah and Jennet track their child through the Caribbean, Pensacola, and New Orleans, confronting a ruthless Creole family, war pressures, and newfound allies amid the War of 1812.

Clairvoyant Cassie Palmer inherits time‑travel powers and becomes the center of a battle between vampires, fey, and mages who vie for her allegiance.

After a brutal vampire attack, witch Lark McGuin allies with the alluring vampire knight Gawain, who promises to conquer her fears and ignite passion—only to find a deadly revenge seeker closing in.

While fighting for their lives, three mermaid sisters must battle dark and forbidden desires hidden in the ocean’s depths… After defeating the covert agency that threatened to destroy her and her sisters, Addison Lonike grudgingly resumes her life as an EMT in Maine. She would love nothing more than to take on the dangerous Mer queen, Magaera, who is hell-bent on destroying them. But with two baby nieces on the way, she can’t take the risk. That is, until Mason McKenzie arrives… Captain of the naval task force on the hunt for Queen Magaera in the Mediterranean, Mason sees the perfect recruit in Addison. But while at sea, the pair is pulled under a wave of passion that threatens their independent natures—and their mission. An encounter with a new race of male sea-shifters further complicates Addison’s desires. Now, she must choose between a life of the sea, or fulfilling the deepest longings of her heart…

In 12th‑century Jerusalem, Melisende, the eldest daughter of Baldwin, inherits the kingdom’s destiny as a strong but reluctant ruler, navigating court politics and the Crusader wars while resisting the constraints of her marriage to Count Fulk.

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