American · b. 1985
Danielle L. Jensen is an American fantasy romance author whose Bridge Kingdom series and Malediction Trilogy have built a large following among readers who want romantic tension in fully developed secondary-world fantasy settings.
Danielle L. Jensen published her debut novel Stolen Songbird in 2014, the first of the Malediction Trilogy set in a world beneath the earth where the trolls have been cursed and can only be freed by a marriage to a human girl. The trilogy combined secondary-world fantasy with the romance structure of a heroine who falls for the male lead while nominally working against him — a tension that Jensen handles with consistent skill.
The Bridge Kingdom series, beginning with The Bridge Kingdom (2019), elevated her profile substantially. The series is set in a world of rival kingdoms, where a princess is sent as a spy to her new husband’s kingdom to discover its defensive secrets. The immediate chemistry between enemies who must pretend to be married, and the gradual revelation that the husband is not who the wife was told he is, generated the kind of slow-burn romantic tension that readers of fantasy romance specifically seek.
Jensen writes with economy and a clear understanding of what her readers want from the genre: characters with genuine obstacles to overcome, settings detailed enough to feel real, and romantic tension that pays off. Her subsequent series — Saga of the Unfated and Dark Shores — have extended her range while maintaining the core fantasy-romance balance that distinguishes her work. She has a particularly strong following among readers who find standard romance settings limiting.
by Danielle L. Jensen
The fourth Bridge Kingdom book, in which the war between kingdoms reaches a brutal climax and Lara, Aren, and their allies face the reckoning that will decide the fate of Ithicana and everyone they love.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The second Bridge Kingdom book, in which a spy princess and the king she came to betray must work together against a common enemy, their hard-won bond tested by war and old loyalties.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The fifth Bridge Kingdom book, continuing the saga of warring kingdoms with new dangers, forbidden love, and the fragile politics of a hard-won peace, in Danielle L. Jensen's enemies-to-lovers fantasy world.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The second book of the Saga of the Unfated, in which the goddess-blooded shield maiden Freya navigates deepening war, divine politics, and a fated romance tested by impossible loyalties.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The third Bridge Kingdom book, in which the war widens and a new generation is drawn into the conflict, testing alliances, loyalties, and the fragile peace Lara and Aren fought to build.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
A Norse-inspired romantasy in which a shield maiden discovers she is the prophesied daughter of a goddess, binding her to an ambitious king's cause — and to his magnetic, dangerous son.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The second Malediction book, in which Cécile and Tristan, separated and working from different worlds, race to find the witch who can break the curse binding the trolls — and the dangerous forces who want it kept.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
Danielle L. Jensen's debut, in which a young woman is kidnapped and taken beneath a mountain to a cursed city of trolls, married to its prince to break an ancient curse she wants no part of.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
Lara is trained from birth to be a spy-bride sent to destroy the Bridge Kingdom from within, but when she arrives she must choose between the mission she was raised for and the truth she discovers.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)
by Danielle L. Jensen
The conclusion of the Malediction Trilogy, in which the broken curse unleashes the trolls upon the human world, and Cécile and Tristan must face the consequences and decide the fate of both their peoples.
Check Price on Amazon (paid link)Disclosure: Amazon links on this page are affiliate links. If you purchase through them we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.