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A sparkling, locked-room magical murder mystery wrapped in a swoony, opposites-attract sapphic romance. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A Restless Truth.
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- breezy
- suspenseful
- 01
A Marvellous Light
Freya Marske
A sparkling, tension-filled romp through a magical Edwardian England, anchored by a fiercely compelling grumpy-sunshine romance.
- 02
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb
Cat Sebastian
An electrifying historical romance where lessons in thievery spark an irresistible attraction between a rough-hewn former highwayman and a desperate aristocrat.
- 03
Witchmark
C. L. Polk
A gaslit blend of murder mystery, political intrigue, and tender romance set in the shadow of a magical world war.
- 04
The Queen of Ieflaria
Effie Calvin
A warm and low-angst sapphic fantasy where the burdens of royal duty unexpectedly blossom into a tender, supportive romance.
- 05
A Lesson in Vengeance
Victoria Lee
A suffocatingly atmospheric descent into obsession, where the ghosts of the past blur dangerously with the toxic allure of the present.
- 06
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett
A delightfully dry, footnote-filled expedition into a wintry village where the faeries are dangerous and the academic rivalries are even more treacherous.
- 07
Some Desperate Glory
Emily Tesh
A furious, mind-bending journey of unlearning everything you were raised to believe in the cold vacuum of space.
- 08
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend
Emma R. Alban
A delightful, swoon-worthy romp through Victorian ballrooms where a matchmaking scheme accidentally sparks a breathless queer romance.
- 09
The Binding
Bridget Collins
A tactile, slow-burn historical fantasy where memories are bound in leather and forbidden love fights to be remembered.
- 10
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, The
KJ Charles
A windswept, sharply witty romance where a prickly gentleman and a pragmatic smuggler navigate treacherous marshes and their own guarded hearts.
- 11
Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron
A dark, defiant fairy tale where the glass slipper is a trap and the princesses are holding the matches.
- 12
Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir
A hallucinatory, grief-fueled puzzle box of bone magic and shattered memories that demands you surrender to its brilliant chaos.
