Find similar books by
Combine common axes
These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Delver. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: forbidden attraction, forced proximity, survival romance, underground journey, cave-in, protective hero, self-worth arc, mate bond
Setting labels used: underground caves, dark tunnels, crystal caverns, alien world, bioluminescent environment, colonized world, nonhuman civilization
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A long-waiting alien mate-bond collides with a stranded clone heroine and a dangerous underground mystery.
Why this is here
Premise labels: fated mates · captivity romance · survival romance · alien mate bond · resonance bond · rescue romance · fish out of water · new world arrival
Setting labels: ice planet · underground tunnels · cave society · tribal community · alien planet
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1659
A priestly leader and a defiant former slave are drawn together by dreams while a hidden traitor threatens their sanctuary.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forbidden attraction · reluctant handmaiden · religious hierarchy · traitor hunt · dream connection · rescue romance · chosen one · military mission · prophetic warnings · underground society
Setting labels: underground society · alien worlds · three worlds · dark realm · fictional planet · religious sanctuary · military outpost · dreamscape · fantasy reality · futuristic setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1810
A betrayed amber prospector and the man who stole her find must team up to save lives in a psychic, alien-riddled world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: second chance romance · stolen discovery · psychic bond · mystery investigation · rescue mission · forbidden trust
Setting labels: future world · alien ruins · underground catacombs · underground rainforest · planetary colony · off-world setting · psychic society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1830
A geology-loving teen falls into a sinkhole and must survive an underground colony, dangerous creatures, and a way home.
Why this is here
Premise labels: sinkhole survival · underground colony · cave escape · hidden world · adventure survival · wrong-place heroine · geology interest · peer pressure
Setting labels: underground cave system · swamp · sinkhole · subterranean world · present day · small-town setting · real-world fantasy · subterranean society · bioluminescent beings
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1862
A betrayed newlywed crash-lands on an alien jungle planet and bonds with a sweet, protective chameleon-like native.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien romance · survival romance · language barrier · stranded on alien planet · insta-attraction · protective hero · outsider pairing
Setting labels: alien jungle · primitive world · forbidden planet · emerging civilization planet · forest setting · tribal society · science fiction world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1881
A surface-dweller enters a hidden underground civilization and becomes caught in the events that lead to its fall.
Why this is here
Premise labels: prequel · first contact · underground civilization · civilizational collapse · forbidden love · trust and betrayal · political intrigue · surface dweller
Setting labels: underground city · desert surface · subterranean society · parallel worlds · otherworldly travel · ancient civilization · pre-fall society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1887
Two outcast friends flee a collapsing underground enclave, fighting monsters, old rules, and feelings they can’t deny.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival quest · escape narrative · forbidden romance · post-collapse community · underground society
Setting labels: underground enclave · tunnels · topside · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian society · collapsed community · bunker · ruins
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1905
A stranded Special Ops soldier and a newly time-lost hiker fall for each other in a prehistoric world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: time travel · prehistoric survival · stranded together · only two humans · cave portal · lost in time · forced proximity · survival romance · insta-love
Setting labels: prehistoric world · Stone Age · Paleolithic · ancient history · Mexican caves · jungle · underground cave system · alternate timeline · time slip · survival setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1936
A human intern and an alien miner get trapped together, triggering instant mate-bond chaos and scorching romance.
Why this is here
Premise labels: forced proximity · elevator trap · alien human romance · fated mates · instalove · workplace romance · mining planet · compatibility test
Setting labels: alien planet · mining world · mining colony · far future · interplanetary · workplace setting · underground mines · elevator
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1943
A liar joins a solo cave expedition on an alien planet and must survive a deadly descent with only one unstable voice above.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival mission · cave expedition · alien planet · high-risk job · missing mother · secret agenda · remote handler · alone underground · trust crisis · psychological descent
Setting labels: alien planet · underground caves · mining colony · backwater planet · distant future · subterranean labyrinth · closed environment · darkness · isolated location · foreign planet · planetary surface (minor)
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1955
Two lonely outcasts on an ice planet turn a secret fling into a hard-won bond as disaster forces the tribe to change.
Why this is here
Premise labels: outcast romance · forbidden attraction · friends with benefits · kidnapper romance · redemption arc · lonely outsiders · tribal exile · survival romance · second-chance trust · fated mates
Setting labels: ice planet · alien planet · tribal community · primitive setting · survival setting · homelessness · new settlement · foreign world · isolated colony · precarious refuge
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1956
A Psy scientist on the run and a latent leopard sentinel are forced into alliance, attraction, and a fight for freedom.
Why this is here
Premise labels: fated mates · enemies to lovers · protective hero · scientist heroine · single parent · escape from captivity · bodyguard romance · forbidden attraction
Setting labels: futuristic world · paranormal world · shifter world · psychic society · urban setting · pack territory · scientific facility · dystopian control
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1960
