Examples of Romantic Fantasy in Literature
- Catherine Asaro's Lost Continent series; The Charmed Sphere, The Misted Cliffs, The Dawn Star, The Fire Opal, The Night Bird.
- Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series; Fairy Godmother, One Good Knight, Fortune's Fool (novel).
- Tamora Pierce's The Immortals quartet; Wild Magic, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, The Realms of the Gods.
- Wen Spencer's Tinker series; Tinker, Wolf Who Rules.
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