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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Heart of Obsidian. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: forbidden love, second chance, rescued beloved, lost memory, search for missing person, psychic power, civil war, unstable world, powerful couple, dangerous attraction, redemption through love, psychic politics
Setting labels used: Psy-Changeling world, PsyNet, New York, urban setting, psychic society, multi-species world, civil war setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
Two wounded wolf changelings try to build a future together while a larger Psy conflict tightens around their pack.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden attraction · fated mates · wrong mate · healing romance · pack romance · friends with benefits
Setting labels: SnowDancer pack · wolf pack · Psy-Changeling world · urban fantasy setting · human / Psy / changeling society · post-battle setting · series world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2197
Captured and wounded, two psychic Arrows escape into a changed world and uncover a conspiracy while redefining their people’s future.
Why this is here
Premise labels: captivity escape · blocked powers · hidden conspiracy · post-Silence world · leadership crisis · protective romance · found-family rebuilding
Setting labels: futuristic world · post-Silence · PsyNet · changeling packs · remote wilderness · forest setting · Great Smoky Mountains · interspecies society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2276
In a collapsing domed society, a volatile alpha and omega must face war, desire, and a brutal ending to their bond.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mates · power exchange · rebellion · war · survival · forbidden love · alpha-omega dynamics · rescue · political conflict · desperate romance
Setting labels: dystopian world · domed society · underground setting · futuristic setting · small closed world · wartime setting · clausrophobic setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2281
A traumatized young queen and her stoic guardian risk forbidden love inside a brutal dystopian regime.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden love · bodyguard romance · guardian romance · queen and protector · trauma recovery · oppressive regime · dystopian control · rebellion through love
Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · oppressive regime · royal court · desert journey · controlled society · political world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2284
A shy rebel and a deadly outlaw become cellmates in a magic-filled prison, then fight to escape an oppressive theocracy.
Why this is here
Premise labels: prison escape · forbidden love · oppressive regime · magical prisoners · forced alliance · rebel survival · love against tyranny · fight evil · save the world · unlikely lovers
Setting labels: alternate world · wild west analogue · desert setting · prison laboratory · dystopian theocracy · totalitarian state · frontier setting · steampunk world · mythic world · postcolonial setting · fantasy western
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2303
A grieving teen survives the wilds, infiltrates the resistance, and faces a dangerous new mission and new love.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden love · post-collapse survival · resistance mission · fake identity · love triangle
Setting labels: dystopian future · wilds · city · resistance network · oppressive society · post-cure world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2452
A sheltered Lace Girl flees civil war with a baby and a silent rogue whose protection feels as dangerous as his desire.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden attraction · protective escort · on the run · rescued heroine · baby protection · forced proximity · survival quest · opposites attract · dangerous guardian · civil war
Setting labels: dystopian society · post-apocalyptic world · desert setting · wasteland · barren frontier · futuristic · archaic · civil war · genetically engineered society · isolated communities
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2474
A human-raised woman discovers she's a powerful seer tied to an oncoming war, and a dangerous guardian.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hidden identity · secret heritage · chosen one · enslaved race · race conflict · world-ending threat · psychic powers · bodyguard guide · escape mission · on the run · double life · dormant powers · societal control · war between races
Setting labels: modern Earth · alternate Earth · parallel world · dystopian future · urban setting · San Francisco · hidden society · interdimensional realm · nonphysical realm · psychic realm · alternative history · modern-day fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2494
A lush short-story collection of dark fairy tales, queer romance, dangerous magic, and women claiming their own power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dangerous women · dark fairytales · magic and freedom · found family · resisting fate · women saving each other · queer romance · reclaimed agency · forbidden love · outsider protagonists · power and betrayal · survival in harsh worlds
Setting labels: enchanted forest · dark woods · haunted forest · magical forest · fairy-tale world · alternate history · steampunk world · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian world · China-Britain conflict · colonial America · East Asia · Amish communities · fantastical settings · speculative worlds
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2496
In a brutal cult-dystopia, a rebellious servant and the man sent to punish her are forced into a forbidden bond.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden romance · dystopian oppression · religious cult · rebellion · punishment trials · survival · morally gray love interest · indoctrination · control and dissent · captor-captive
Setting labels: dystopian future · cult community · isolated community · religious society · patriarchal society · full moon ritual · future setting · closed world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2499
The first Lux story is retold through Daemon’s eyes, revealing his hidden motives, protectiveness, and growing attraction.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate POV · male POV · retelling · love story · alien romance · forbidden attraction · protective love · enemy threat · secret identity
Setting labels: Earth · alien society · colony · small-town · contemporary setting · paranormal world · science fiction world · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2510
Two girls on opposite sides of a divided society navigate rebellion, love, and a cure that changed everything.
Why this is here
Premise labels: resistance · revolution · love triangle · fugitive survival · cure conflict · forbidden love · dual allegiances · fractured society
Setting labels: dystopian future · Wilds · Portland · borderlands · rebellion territory · controlled society · post-cure world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2513
