21 best-selling fantasy books like Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1) by Jacquelyn Benson

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Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

By: Jacquelyn Benson

4.29

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities. One trifling little arrest sh…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1) by Jacquelyn Benson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic (Matronly Misadventures #1) by Rosalie Oaks

1. Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic (Matronly Misadventures #1)

By: Rosalie Oaks

4.13

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

A Regency widow shouldn’t be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely’s magical gift for d… read more

Similar categories in Rosalie Oaks's Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic (Matronly Misadventures #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Silence was often the best interrogation technique; something she had learned as a mother."

-Rosalie Oaks, Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic (Matronly Misadventures #1)

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2. A Rivalry of Hearts (Fae Flings and Corset Strings, #1)

By: Tessonja Odette

4.19

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

Two rival writers. One prestigious publishing contract. A bargain of hearts and seduction. Th… read more

Similar categories in Tessonja Odette's A Rivalry of Hearts (Fae Flings and Corset Strings, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"How does she draw out this side of me? The side that dares her to be bold, only to raise the stakes and act bolder myself. The side that competes with her again and again, not to crush her, but to wa…"

-Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts (Fae Flings and Corset Strings, #1)

"I’ve always maintained that a woman in possession of a vast imagination would want for nothing in life. She’d be superior to those with such fleeting virtues as wit, beauty, or accomplishment. The ri…"

-Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts (Fae Flings and Corset Strings, #1)

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3. Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

By: Genoveva Dimova

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured… read more

Similar categories in Genoveva Dimova's Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Every self-respecting witch had a few battle scars."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

"He had the spine of a snake and the moral compass of a vulture."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

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4. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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5. For She Is Wrath

By: Emily Varga

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, Pakistani romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where one girl seeks… read more

Similar categories in Emily Varga's For She Is Wrath book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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6. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Cover of Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1) by Jacquelyn Benson

8. Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

By: Jacquelyn Benson

4.29

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities. One trifling little arrest sh… read more

Similar categories in Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • adventure
  • historical
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2) by Megan Bannen

9. The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2)

By: Megan Bannen

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best frien… read more

Similar categories in Megan Bannen's The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic, #1)

By: India Holton

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-co… read more

Similar categories in India Holton's The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2)

By: H.M. Long

4.15

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

Swashbuckling adventure on the high-seas, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, i… read more

Similar categories in H.M. Long's Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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13. A Touch of Shadows (The Lost Queen #1)

By: Jessica Thorne

3.54

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A lost queen’s sacrifice. Two kingdoms at war for centuries. And a spark of passion between hunter … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Thorne's A Touch of Shadows (The Lost Queen #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
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14. Phantasma

By: Kaylie Smith

4.44

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love. … read more

Similar categories in Kaylie Smith's Phantasma book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fantasy romance
"In a different life, in a fair one, I would've kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust"

-Kaylie Smith, Phantasma

Cover of The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1) by Catherine Doyle

15. The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1)

By: Catherine Doyle

4.12

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the number one bestselling author Catherine Doyle comes the most fiery enemies-to-lovers roman… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy romance
"Sera, this guy is obsessed", said Bibi. "He can't take his eyes off you. I can't tell if he wants to ravish you or murder you."

-Catherine Doyle, The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1)

Cover of Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

16. 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 Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of Monstrous Nights (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #2) by Genoveva Dimova

17. Monstrous Nights (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #2)

By: Genoveva Dimova

4.55

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Dive into the breakneck conclusion to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch's Compendium of Monsters s… read more

Similar categories in Genoveva Dimova's Monstrous Nights (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #2) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
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18. The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois

By: Ryan Graudin

3.76

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

In this lush and lyrical fantasy, Ryan Graudin transports readers to the hidden magical pockets of… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Graudin's The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Courting of Bristol Keats (The Courting of Bristol Keats, #1) by Mary E. Pearson

19. The Courting of Bristol Keats (The Courting of Bristol Keats, #1)

By: Mary E. Pearson

3.87

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Mary E. Pearson comes a thrilling romantic fantasy full of d… read more

Similar categories in Mary E. Pearson's The Courting of Bristol Keats (The Courting of Bristol Keats, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Blood of the Sands (The Ballan Desert Book 1) by S.C. Grayson

20. Blood of the Sands (The Ballan Desert Book 1)

By: S.C. Grayson

4.19

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Keera is used to protecting herself from the dangers of the Ballan desert. Guarding her heart may b… read more

Similar categories in S.C. Grayson's Blood of the Sands (The Ballan Desert Book 1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • fantasy romance
Cover of Heir of Sin (Fallen Sins, #1) by C. L. Qvam

21. Heir of Sin (Fallen Sins, #1)

By: C. L. Qvam

4.02

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

*This title is tentatively planned to release 19th of September*Would you trust the Djinn of Lust w… read more

Similar categories in C. L. Qvam's Heir of Sin (Fallen Sins, #1) book and Jacquelyn Benson's Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • fantasy romance

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4.05

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