If what gripped you was how Jacob patiently earns Lady Elyssa’s trust—offering service, negotiating boundaries, and proving devotion through ritual and restraint—you’ll love how Nora Sutherlin navigates her intense bonds with her editor Zach and her exacting former Dominant, Søren. Like Jacob and Lyssa’s careful, rule-bound surrender, the relationships in The Siren are built on explicit consent, tested loyalties, and the ache of choosing vulnerability over control.

You enjoyed the close-quarters intensity of Lyssa and Jacob—private scenes of feeding, service, and negotiation that felt more intimate than any court intrigue. In Sunshine, Rae’s wary alliance with the vampire Constantine unfolds in a tight, personal space: shared captivity, whispered bargains, and lifeline exchanges that echo Jacob offering his throat and will to Lyssa. The focus stays on two people learning how to survive—and trust—together.

If Lady Elyssa’s steel—her command of etiquette, punishment, and mercy—hooked you, Elena Michaels will too. In Bitten, Elena fights to define herself inside a lethal power structure much like Lyssa’s vampire court. Her struggles to set terms with Clay and the Pack mirror Lyssa’s insistence on respect and rules with Jacob, showcasing a woman whose strength is both emotional authority and physical prowess.

If you were drawn to the way Jacob’s service is both erotic oath and moral code—and how Lyssa’s authority demands responsibility—Phedre nó Delaunay’s path will enthrall you. Kushiel’s Dart treats pleasure, pain, and obedience with the same gravity Lyssa brings to her rituals with Jacob: consent is sacred, oaths bind, and power—whether a queen’s command or a courtesan-spy’s vow—carries profound ethical weight.

If the shadowed halls of Lyssa’s domain, the Council pressures, and Jacob’s readiness to bleed for his queen pulled you in, Dark Lover offers a similarly sultry and dangerous world. Wrath’s rulership, Beth’s initiation into vampire society, and the constant threat of violence echo the atmosphere where Jacob stands between Lyssa and every hazard—loyalty, heat, and peril braided tight.