Books like High as a hawk by T. A. Barron

Four orphaned girls in Carthya are chosen for a deadly contest to impersonate the king’s lost son, a scheme that could avert civil war.

In 1072, after the Norman conquest of England, a soldier named Vallon must rescue a captured knight by capturing four rare hawks, undertaking a perilous quest across harsh seas and battlefields.

Five mother‑daughter pairs navigate holiday hijinks—from a Christmas cruise rivalry to a West Coast home‑search—while keeping their book club’s Pinterest‑perfect spirit alive.

A ten‑year‑old girl learns to confront family secrets and death when she’s sent to live with a mother she thinks abandoned her.

After two centuries of dragon exile, the last wyrm returns to wreak havoc, while only a healer’s daughter and a kite‑flying hero can stand between the beast and destruction.

In a city where magic is a scarce resource, a boy named Conn becomes an unlikely wizard apprentice and sets out to find his own locus stone while uncovering the mystery of the city’s disappearing magic.

Eden, a young white woman, falls in love with Iron Hawk, a Kiowa warrior, and faces cultural hatred and war that demands a painful sacrifice and a hopeful quest for peace.

When the enigmatic former privateer the Black Hawk abandons the sea, he and merchant Robert Chandler are drawn into a perilous intrigue by Lady Bianca Stanford, whose quest to free her father threatens Queen Elizabeth’s life.

The sinister Patron of the Rancho filled Courtney's heart with passion and fear. Courtney Keating is young, beautiful and alone in the world. All she has is a letter from her father promising her a share in the rich strike he called "The Queen of Tears." The secret of that legacy is concealed in the somber mansion known as Hawkshadow, the home of the infamous Barrons: Persia Barron Keating Courtney's - Courtney's stepmother, a stunning woman who makes no secret of her scandalous past. She has no intention of sharing anything with Courtney--not her home, nor her wealth, nor her stepsons. Nace Barron - A man of violent contrasts who is known as "The Sinister Falcon." He gives Courtney two choices: marriage or ravishment. Gill Barron - The charming, genial younger brother. He has his own ideas about the Barron line of succession-and his plans include Courtney. Caught in a dangerous drama of greed, jealousy, and revenge, Courtney is afraid to trust anyone-until she gives in to the impulses of her own heart.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.