The 8 Best Romance Books With Elves and Kingdoms

Fallon was the black sheep of the faerie court, a magic-less halfling hated by the pure bloods and dismissed as a hanger-on by those of importance. Things change drastically when an oracle predicts that she will one day take the throne. "Free the crows, Fallon, and they will make you queen," she is told. All she must do is gather a collection of iron relics which could help her overthrow the current cruel monarch. 

Maybe his brother, Dante Regio, prince of Luce, who Fallon has adored from afar for many years, could rule by her side. If only the oracle had warned Fallon of what havoc she was truly unleashing upon the world.

When Venick is caught wandering the elflands, he knows the penalty is death. It's against the law for humans and elves to fraternize, so, desperate to survive, he lies about his identity. 

Ellina doesn't trust this human. Men lie but elves don't. For them, lying is impossible. Ellina decides to give Venick a chance: learn elvish, reveal his truths, and she will set him free. But, as the pair spend more time together, they find that their animosities give way to something far more dangerous. Then Venick uncovers a dark secret, and suddenly the fate of the elflands seems to rest in his hands.

We can’t talk about sexy elves, fae, and magical kingdoms in romance without mentioning the current reigning queen of romantasy, the multi-million bestseller Sarah J. Maas! 

When the young huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, she doesn't expect it to change her entire life. Demanding retribution for her crime, a terrifying creature drags her to a land of magic and treachery where the unreal are real. Feyre discovers that her captor is a faerie named Tamlin who was once one of the rulers of her world. 

In this place, an ancient evil is growing and it falls upon Feyre to stop it before it dooms both this place and the one she calls home. As for Tamlin, his fiery fury and beastly demeanor slowly gives way to reveal a passion she cannot resist.

Three-thousand years ago, humans were hunted almost to extinction by powerful magical races. A treaty was formed to keep the peace, and for centuries, the elves have, as per the agreement, taken a young woman from Luella's village to be their Human Queen. To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. 

Luella was never meant to bear that mark. Instead, she's dedicated her life to studying herbology and becoming the town's only healer. But then the Elf King comes to town and chooses her for his bride, and everything about her life is revealed to have been a lie. Now, she's queen to a cold but alluring Elf King and must fight to survive in a dying world that only she can save.

Jude was only seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants desperately to belong there, to be more than the mortal outsider. But to the fey, humans are the enemy. 

Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King, has no desire to let humans remain in his court. To secure her place, Jude must defy the beautiful but dark Cardan and fight her way to the top. The Courts of Faerie are a bloody, backstabbing place where only the sneakiest survive. Jude is risking not only her own life but those of her sisters, and eventually the entirety of Faerie itself.

Marroc has been kept prisoner for over a thousand years. During that time, he hasn't uttered a single word. If the guards try to get too close, they die. He's destined to remain this way until his magic binds his soul to another's. 

Unfortunately, the person destined to save him is Ali, a Night Elf and enemy of his kind. Neither of them can deny the scorching chemistry between them, or the unbreakable bond of their intertwining souls. But if she were to find out what he truly is, it would spell doom for them both.

MacKayla loves sunbathing, make-up, and pink. She's not one for drama. But she has no choice when she finds out her beloved sister was murdered while on vacation in Dublin. She's forced to journey to Ireland in search of answers. Mac soon uncovers a dark mystery and a whole new world of perils. 

Mac is a sidhe-seer, one who sees the Fae, and now she has a curious mission to fulfil: she must find the elusive Sinsar Dubh, an all-powerful book, before it gets into the wrong hands. Her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho and the ruthless alpha Fae V'lane.

Fey King Rain Tairen Soul, once driven mad with grief after the murder of his one true love, laid waste to the world before vanishing into the Fading Lands. That was a thousand years ago. Now, a new threat has forced him to return and face an ancient evil. 

Ellysetta, a woodcarver’s daughter, is mysterious and beautiful and calls to Rain in a way that no woman has since his late beloved. Together, they must tackle the strange dark forces that threaten to tear apart a centuries-old alliance and destroy Rain's people. To do so, he'll need to put aside his centuries of pain and embrace his truemate.