17 Best romantasy books like Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) by Aurora Ascher

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Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

By: Aurora Ascher

2.90

Format: 400 pages, ebook

A Refinery29 Most Anticipated Book of 2024 "Ascher's latest is a fantasy romance that has everyt…

"She would have driven a blade through his chest while he slept. He would have helped her sink it deeper."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

"She would have driven a blade through his chest while he slept. He would have helped her sink it deeper."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

"The most beautiful female in the world just told me she loves me. I think I'm not so foolish as to question my good fortune."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

"The most beautiful female in the world just told me she loves me. I think I'm not so foolish as to question my good fortune."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

If you liked the romantasy plot in Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) by Aurora Ascher , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) by Sarah J. Maas

1. House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.21

Format: 835 pages, ebook

The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bests… read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"The world seemed to hold its breath as the elegant doe walked up to Ruhn and gently, lovingly, nuzzled his neck."

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

"What is it you want to know?" Nesta asked carefully. Bryce glanced between them. "How'd you two meet?" "There was a war," Nesta said shortly. "Between who?" Bryce asked. Azriel answered this time. "B…"

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

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2. Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) by Rebecca   Ross

3. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Cover of Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1) by Tracy Wolff

4. Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1)

By: Tracy Wolff

3.66

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The scariest school on earth Is about to experience real fear… Most schools are about being the… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Wolff's Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. Bride

By: Ali Hazelwood

4.04

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to si… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Bride book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Ana has been visiting,"

-Ali Hazelwood, Bride

"My smell. Do I smell like…?"

-Ali Hazelwood, Bride

"I was trying to check my email."

-Ali Hazelwood, Bride

"That was a badass speech, Misery."

-Ali Hazelwood, Bride

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6. A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

By: Lyra Selene

3.77

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the sto… read more

Similar categories in Lyra Selene's A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The joy is in the thrill of the fight, not the promise of a kill."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"If your love only destroys, let it destroy me. I am already a doomed man."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of weeds and dark water and unbreakable ice. I was not made to loose."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

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7. Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

By: Kristen Ciccarelli

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a deva… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Ciccarelli's Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I hate you, Gideon Sharpe. I hate you so much, it hurts. And if you don’t open this door, i"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

Cover of A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

8. A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

By: Danielle L. Jensen

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also … read more

Similar categories in Danielle L. Jensen's A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"You don't attack the strong when you're weak, Freya. You bide your time."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"I will be at your back until I cross the threshold to Valhalla, Born-in-Fire, whether you want me there or not."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"Letting go of my hand, he reached up to touch my face, thumb brushing across the line Vragi’s knife had left on my cheek. “Where is your husband?" What makes you think I’m wed?"

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

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9. When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

By: Sarah A. Parker

4.13

Format: 718 pages, Kindle Edition

The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into ball… read more

Similar categories in Sarah A. Parker's When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Who’s that?"

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"I see you, Raeve …"

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"Any lost opportunity to worship you is a tragedy."

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"... I certainly didn't ask for. But here we fucking are."

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

Cover of Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) by Brynne Weaver

10. Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

By: Brynne Weaver

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all ab… read more

Similar categories in Brynne Weaver's Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A snow globe,"

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"I’m more like a multiple deleter."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"...being in love is not enoug. Choosing love is what it takes."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"Just like nature, the prettiest things are often the most poisonous."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

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11. The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

By: Thea Guanzon

3.66

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

The heart is a battlefield. All Talasyn has ever known is the Hurricane Wars. Growing up an orp… read more

Similar categories in Thea Guanzon's The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I did it,"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"And what, pray tell, are you still doing here?"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"She bristled. “You are my consort. You don’t get to order me around."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"Yes, he's dead, the fool," sighed Daya Odish. "What a pity, I will miss him."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

Cover of Gothikana by RuNyx

12. Gothikana

By: RuNyx

3.84

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dar… read more

Similar categories in RuNyx's Gothikana book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
"We shouldn’t be doing this,"

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"If this is madness,' she whispered almost against his lips, 'drown me in it."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"And this mountain would crack before it let anything happen to your castle. Remember that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"I would’ve kissed you bathed in blood, Corvina. If I had a chance to kiss you while a thousand ghosts rose from their graves, I would have kissed you. Don’t doubt that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

Cover of Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) by Aurora Ascher

13. Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

By: Aurora Ascher

2.90

Format: 400 pages, ebook

A Refinery29 Most Anticipated Book of 2024 "Ascher's latest is a fantasy romance that has everyt… read more

Similar categories in Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"She would have driven a blade through his chest while he slept. He would have helped her sink it deeper."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

"The most beautiful female in the world just told me she loves me. I think I'm not so foolish as to question my good fortune."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

Cover of To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1) by Katherine  Quinn

14. To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

By: Katherine Quinn

3.83

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller Britannia meets The Mist―with a touch of Evil Dead―in this… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Quinn's To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Tell me a secret, then. One you can part with."

-Katherine Quinn, To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

"One taste, and a thousand deaths you shall receive."

-Katherine Quinn, To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

"I could never count on people, but books... they don't lie or betray you."

-Katherine Quinn, To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

"It was greater than divinity, than magic. What I felt for her was infinite."

-Katherine Quinn, To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

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15. Heavenbreaker

By: Sara Wolf

3.72

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last―featuring gorgeous… read more

Similar categories in Sara Wolf's Heavenbreaker book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

16. Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

By: Mai Corland

3.84

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th… read more

Similar categories in Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishm…"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

Cover of The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown, #2) by Hannah F. Whitten

17. The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown, #2)

By: Hannah F. Whitten

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten's lush, romantic epic… read more

Similar categories in Hannah F. Whitten's The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) by Analeigh Sbrana

18. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

19. The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

By: Tricia Levenseller

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautif… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I know you have options." "And those options will be taken away the second I marry. I will be beholden to my husband." "But you will be wealthy." "Is that what you'd choose? Bondage over freedom for …"

-Tricia Levenseller, The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

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20. The Wren in the Holly Library

By: K.A. Linde

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Can you love the dark when you know what it hides? Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside … read more

Similar categories in K.A. Linde's The Wren in the Holly Library book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

21. Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring spray-painted edges, while supplies last in the US and Canada onl… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Nicole Maehrer's Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) book and Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There had to be a rule somewhere that evil overlords needed to be at least fifty, maybe sixty if they were pushing it."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

"Sometimes family isn't a thing we are born into but a choice we make. Sometimes" -Evie smiled-"the people who love ypu most in your life are the ones who choose you."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

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