Books like This Scepter'd Isle (The Scepter'd Isle) by Mercedes Lackey

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

A sweeping Arthurian tale set in the mystical realm of Avalon, exploring the intertwined lives of its legends and the ancient traditions that shape them.

A Crown Imperilled: The Last Stand of the Conclave of Shadows

Arthur, guardian of an infant heir, must unite a fractured Britain and repel Saxon invasions while navigating political intrigue and a doomed romance.

A blend of science fiction and fantasy, the Book of Swords series describes twelve magically swords forged with specific enhancements, often with serious detracting abilities granted to the one who wields them.

At the close of the ninth century, the young king of Wessex faces a Viking threat led by Harald Bloodhair. The struggle for survival and honor drives Uhtred, a Saxon warlord, into a perilous alliance with the very enemies who attack his homeland.

A fairie princess embarks on a quest to save the world from invaders from other dimensions, battling demons, dwarves, and elves to prove her magical abilities and save her family and friends.

A dark fantasy tale of a rogue priest and his quest to protect his faith from an evil god in the guise of a beautiful maiden.

A young boy discovers his unique path in life and learns to embrace self-acceptance, inspired by the iconic image of a North Star in the sky above him.

Harry Turtledove’s *Into the Darkness*, the first entry in the World at War series, fuses a World War II setting with fantasy elements such as magic, dragons, and alternate-historical twists.

A painter in 1930s London falls in love with a typist, embarking on a surreal journey to find her, encountering surrealists and the madhouse, with a surrealist vision of reality and the influence of famous artists like Orson Welles and Salvador Dali.

Moira MacLean has spent most of her life cloistered in the solemn halls of a Scottish convent - and has only ever known her father's iron will. So when a handsom warrior barges in with news of her father's dying wish - that she marry this stranger on the spot - Moira knows that duty has her bound. Soon Moira realizes the folly of her haste: that her father sent no such message: that she has just exchanged vows with her clan's own enemy, Ian Cameron of Glencoe. Left behind at the convent she discovers she carries his child. But all is not bleak in the foggy Scottish moors: Ian returns to take his bride home, leaving rumors that her life is in danger - but is it from her father or someone else? Ian recognizes in himself feelings he thought he'd never feel again. And although she, too, thinks herself impervious to the emotions of love, Moira may well be in for a surprise.

In the presence of mine enemies

City of Last Chances is a fantasy novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky that earned the BSFA Best Novel Award in 2022, marking his continued success in speculative fiction.

Eight years after a rebellious escape, Lacey Carmichael returns to Isle of Hope—now a woman of faith—seeking redemption from a pastor’s son, a deflated boyfriend, and the fractured ties of her past.