Books Like Bride
If you finished Bride and want more arranged marriage, vampires, fated mates, start here. Each pick shares at least two tropes with it, and we've rated every one for spice and darkness so you know what you're getting into.
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The picks
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1. King of Battle and Blood
Shares: vampires, arranged marriage, possessive hero
A princess marries the vampire king to save her people and plans to kill him on the wedding night. A lot spicier than her Hades books.
- Vampires
- Arranged Marriage
- Enemies to Lovers
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Murder
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2. Crave
Shares: vampires, possessive hero, fated mates
After her parents die, Grace moves to her uncle's boarding school in Alaska, which is full of vampires, witches and dragons. Jaxon is the brooding one. Long and very Twilight, and the guy most fans actually ship doesn't show up properly until book two.
- Vampires
- Academies and War Colleges
- Forbidden Love
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Death of a loved one, Murder, Kidnapping
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3. From Blood and Ash
Shares: vampires, possessive hero
Poppy is the Maiden, veiled and untouchable, and her new guard Hawke is far too interested in her. Very talky, very horny, and the twist lands if you don't see it coming.
- Vampires
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Physical or emotional abuse, Kidnapping
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4. Fire in His Blood
Shares: possessive hero, forced proximity
After the dragons came back and wrecked the world, Claudia is scraping by for her family when she ends up tangled with Kael, a dragon shifter. Ruby Dixon doing what she does: a little bit sexy, a lot cute, and very low stress for a post-apocalypse.
- Dragons
- Captor and Captive
- Possessive Hero
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Graphic violence
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5. Shield of Sparrows
Shares: arranged marriage, forced proximity
A dutiful princess who was never meant to rule seals an old treaty with her own blood and gets sent across the sea to a husband she barely knows, in a realm the gods filled with monsters. A legendary monster hunter rides along and resents her. Fast, smooth and full of misdirection.
- Arranged Marriage
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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6. Silver Under Nightfall
Shares: vampires, forced proximity
Remy Pendergast is a disgraced vampire hunter and a duke's bastard who ends up allied with a vampire heiress and her betrothed, a vampire prince. All three fall for each other. Dense worldbuilding, gory fights and a queer polyamorous romance right up front.
- Vampires
- Why Choose
- Court Intrigue
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Physical or emotional abuse
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7. When the Moon Hatched
Shares: fated mates, possessive hero
An assassin with a huge chip on her shoulder, a sky-king with a dragon and a lot of history between them. Huge, purple-prosed and divisive. People either love it or bounce off hard.
- Dragons
- Fated Mates
- Possessive Hero
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, Physical or emotional abuse, Kidnapping
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8. A Discovery of Witches
Shares: vampires, possessive hero
Diana is an Oxford historian and reluctant witch who calls up a bewitched manuscript at the Bodleian, and suddenly every creature in town is watching her, including the very old vampire Matthew Clairmont. Lots of wine, research and yoga. Slow, and people love it anyway.
- Witches
- Vampires
- Forbidden Love
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Stalking
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