Recs if you like Mystic and Rider (Twelve Houses, #1)...

These series openers feature ensemble casts and secondary plot arcs that stretch over multiple books. Multiple genres and eras of fiction are represented, and most series are complete while others are ongoing.

Like a fire in the dark, like a sword upon our hearts.

For stern, principled men built out of duty, discipline, and inconveniently strong morals. The kind who will make brutal choices when they believe they’re necessary, put responsibility before desire, and hold themselves to impossible standards, until someone earns a place in their heart and discovers just how gentle all that iron can become.

the foundation of the woman written fantasy,

Fantasy and Romantasy books to fall into.