# The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

### The Bridge Kingdom

**Danielle L. Jensen** · The Bridge Kingdom, book 1 of 4 (complete) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/the-bridge-kingdom](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-bridge-kingdom)

A princess is trained from childhood as a weapon and married to an enemy king she is meant to destroy from inside his own palace. She is very good at the job, and the problem is that he is not what she was told.

- Spice: 3/5 — Hot. Several explicit scenes, well spaced and used to mark the shifts in her loyalty.
- Romance prominence: 5/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 3/5
- Writing craft: 4/5
- Burn: slow
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, forbidden-romance, slow-burn, he-falls-first
- Creatures: humans
- Setting: Ithicana, a kingdom of bridges between warring continents
- POV: third person, dual
- Ending: happy ever after
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: violence, abusive father, war, betrayal
- Best for: Readers who want a marriage-of-convenience spy plot and a series that is finished.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=The+Bridge+Kingdom+Danielle+Jensen

## What to read next

- [A Fate Inked in Blood](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-fate-inked-in-blood) by Danielle L. Jensen — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the same intensity in a Norse setting.
- [The Hurricane Wars](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-hurricane-wars) by Thea Guanzon — spice 3/5. Readers who want enemies to lovers where the war is still going on around them.
- [Serpent & Dove](https://houseofareader.com/books/serpent-and-dove) by Shelby Mahurin — spice 2/5. Readers who want enemies to lovers with a completed trilogy behind it.
- [Fourth Wing](https://houseofareader.com/books/fourth-wing) by Rebecca Yarros — spice 3/5. Readers who want competition and banter carrying as much weight as the romance.

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