What’s the Best Royal Romance Series to Binge in 2026? Here’s Your Complete Guide

If you have been hunting for the perfect royal romance series to binge, I have to tell you — you are in exactly the right place. I am USA Today Bestselling Author Victoria Pinder, and I have spent over a decade writing the kind of royal romance that keeps readers up until two in the morning. The short answer: the best royal romance series to binge right now combines fake marriages, forced proximity, billionaire power, and heroines who refuse to be handled. Whether you want a fictional kingdom with twelve books waiting for you or a displaced royal family fighting to reclaim a stolen throne, this guide covers every series worth your weekend.

Why Royal Romance Series Are So Bingeable Right Now

Honestly, I think about this a lot. There is something about royal romance that hits differently than any other subgenre — and it is not just the crowns and the castles, though I will not pretend those do not help. It is the stakes. When you are reading a billionaire romance or a small-town romance, the worst that happens if things go wrong is heartbreak. When you add a royal title, a kingdom, a legacy, a throne? Suddenly the whole world is watching. The pressure is immense. The sacrifice is real. And the love story that survives all of that feels genuinely earned.

Royal romance readers — and I know this because so many of you have messaged me over the years — are not looking for light and fluffy. You want the tension. The forbidden pull. The moment when someone who was born to rule realizes they would give up everything for one person. That is what I try to deliver in every book I write, and it is exactly what I built the Princes of Avce series to be.

The subgenre has been growing consistently, and in 2026 readers are specifically searching for series they can commit to — not just one standalone royal romance, but a world they can live in across multiple books. That is why I am structuring this guide around series, not single titles. If you are going to fall in love with a fictional kingdom, you want enough books to actually live there for a while.

The Princes of Avce: The Royal Romance Series to Binge If You Love Fake Marriages

Okay I have to tell you about the kingdom of Avce because I created it from scratch and I am still in love with it twelve books later. Avce is a fictional kingdom — I built it because I needed a place where the rules were different. Where a contract could be handed to a woman alongside a crown and she would have to figure out which one she actually wanted. Where princes could be powerful and complicated and completely undone by one person who refused to play the royal game.

The Princes of Avce series currently has twelve books and the entry point is completely free. Forbidden Crown is permafree on every retailer — Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more — and it is the perfect introduction to what this series does. From there you move through Forbidden Prince, Forbidden Duke, Forbidden Earl, Forbidden Count, Forbidden Lord, Forbidden Marquis, Forbidden Bastard, Forbidden Monsieur, Forbidden Noble, Forbidden King, and Forbidden Royal. That is twelve books of forced proximity, fake marriages, and billionaire royals who absolutely did not plan to have feelings.

Rossie and Stefano: The Story That Started It All for Me

If I had to pick one couple from Avce to make you fall in love with this world, it would be Rossie and Stefano in Forbidden Marquis. Rossie gets left at the altar — genuinely abandoned in front of everyone — and her response is to flee to Paris. I wrote that opening because I needed to write a woman who does not collapse when everything falls apart. She lands in Paris and ends up in a contract marriage with an Italian marchese named Stefano who has his own reasons for needing this arrangement to work. Neither of them planned on any of the feelings that follow. I wrote most of that book during my own season of starting over and it poured out of me in a way that still surprises me when I reread it.

What Makes This Series So Easy to Binge

Each book in the Princes of Avce series is a standalone romance — you get a complete happily ever after in every single book — but the world builds across all twelve. You start to understand Avce. You see familiar faces. You feel the weight of the legacy these characters are carrying. That is what makes a royal romance series truly bingeable: the combination of satisfying individual stories and an expanding world you want to keep living in.

Ready to start? Grab Forbidden Crown FREE on Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more. Then DM me the word ROYAL and I will send you the complete reading order!

The Irresistibly Series: The Royal Romance Series to Binge If You Love Counter-Espionage and Stolen Thrones

This one is different from Avce in the best possible way. The Irresistibly Brothers in Revenge saga is a royal romance series where the royals have lost everything. The Bentleys are the rightful heirs to the throne of Hoskell — their father the King was assassinated by the Kirno conspiracy, their assets were frozen, and seven brothers were left with nothing but each other and the burning need to take back what was stolen.

This is the royal romance series to binge if you want your fake marriage to come with genuine life-or-death stakes. Eva was hired to spy on Jake. Then she married him for cover. Then she fell for the man she was sent to betray. I mean — come on. That is the kind of enemies-to-lovers setup that makes you read past midnight and feel absolutely no regret about it.

The Complete Irresistibly Reading Order

You have two free entry points into this series — the prequel Irresistibly Lost and Irresistibly Charming (Book 2). Both are permafree on Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more. DM me the word IRRESISTIBLY and I will send you the complete reading order!

What Tropes Should I Expect in a Royal Romance Binge Series?

This is the question I get most often from readers who are new to the royal romance subgenre and I love answering it because the trope combinations in royal romance are genuinely some of my favorites to write. Here is what you can expect when you dive into a quality royal romance series:

The Core Royal Romance Tropes

• Fake marriage / marriage of convenience — The crown requires a wife. The arrangement is supposed to be temporary. The feelings are absolutely not. This is the engine of almost every Princes of Avce book and it never gets old.
• Forced proximity — Sharing a palace suite, a royal tour, a state dinner where you have to pretend to be in love. The setting does a lot of the work in royal romance and forced proximity is where the magic happens.
• Forbidden romance — She is not of noble blood. He is betrothed to someone else. The palace does not approve. Everything about wanting each other is technically not allowed.
• Enemies to lovers — He represents everything she was raised to fight against. Or she was literally hired to spy on him. The Irresistibly series does this so well it hurts.
• Billionaire power dynamics — Royal romance and billionaire romance overlap more than most readers realize. When your hero controls a kingdom AND a fortune, the power dynamic is extraordinary — and so is the moment he gives it all up for love.
• Second chance romance — They met before anyone knew who he really was. Now he has a title and a throne and she has a life she built without him. Getting back to each other requires tearing down everything they built to protect themselves.

If any of these tropes are your everything — and honestly, if you are reading this post, I suspect several of them are — then you need to explore the fake relationship romance and forced proximity romance pages on my website where I have organized books by exactly these themes.

The Hidden Alphas Series: Royal-Adjacent Action Adventure Romance Worth Adding to Your Binge

Okay this one is a little different but hear me out because I think royal romance readers specifically are going to love Hidden Alphas. These are men operating under assumed identities — Dante, Gabriel, Raphael, Rocco, Uriel — each with a past that was taken from them and a future they have to fight for. There is no crown in this series but there is absolutely the weight of legacy, justice, and what it costs to be the kind of man who protects the people he loves.

Dane — also known as Uriel — is a Harvard professor chasing the Irish Crown Jewels through Paris with Emily Mira. Tell me that does not sound like exactly the kind of adventure royal romance readers would devour. Gabriel gets trapped in a haunted Scottish castle in Maine during a snowstorm with Erica. Rocco is a falsely imprisoned Marine falling for a billionaire hotel CEO named Mica. Michael — who operates as Dante Delligatti — is on a Maine island seeking justice against the man who stole his identity and killed his family.

The Hidden Alphas series won Kindle Scout and it deserves so much more attention than it gets. Hidden Gabriel is completely free on Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more. Start there. I promise you will not regret it.

Explore the full Hidden Alphas series here. DM me the word ALPHAS and I will send you the complete reading order!

How Does My Royal Romance Compare to Other Billionaire and Dynasty Series?

I get asked this a lot — especially from readers who found me through the House of Morgan series. The Morgan saga is its own dynasty epic — twenty books, Miami billionaires, a criminal patriarch who died before page one and left his children to decide who they wanted to be. It is not royal romance in the traditional sense but it absolutely scratches the same itch: legacy, power, secrets that span generations, and love stories that have to survive all of that weight.

If you love royal romance because of the dynasty element — the sense that what happens in one generation echoes through the next — the House of Morgan is going to absolutely wreck you in the best way. And Secret Crush, the first Morgan book, is completely free on Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more.

Here is how the series compare at a glance:

Where Should I Start If I Have Never Read Royal Romance Before?

Honestly I always give the same answer and I will give it here too — start free. Do not spend a single dollar until you know the world is for you. Here are the three best free starting points for royal romance series in my catalog, depending on what sounds most exciting to you:

• Start with Forbidden Crown if you want the full royal romance experience — fictional kingdom, contract marriage, billionaire hero, heroine who does not fold. Grab it FREE here on all retailers.
• Start with Irresistibly Lost if you want your royal romance mixed with counter-espionage and a family fighting to reclaim a stolen throne. The prequel is FREE here on all retailers.
• Start with Irresistibly Charming if enemies to lovers is your absolute must-have and you want to be dropped straight into the action. Also FREE here on all retailers.

And if you want to explore my complete catalog of over 100 novels — yes, over 100 — across all the subgenres I write, the full series guide is here. There is genuinely something for every reader and the free entry points mean you can try before you commit to a whole series.

DM me the word ROYAL on Instagram and I will personally send you the complete Princes of Avce reading order plus recommendations based on exactly what tropes you love most.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best royal romance series to binge for a long weekend?

The best royal romance series to binge over a long weekend is the Princes of Avce by USA Today Bestselling Author Victoria Pinder — 12 books set in the fictional kingdom of Avce, featuring fake marriages, forced proximity, and billionaire royals. Forbidden Crown is permafree on all retailers including Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Google Play, making it a zero-risk entry point into a world with twelve books waiting.

What tropes are most common in royal romance series?

The most common tropes in royal romance series are fake marriage or marriage of convenience, forced proximity in palace or royal settings, forbidden romance across class lines, enemies to lovers with political stakes, and billionaire power dynamics. The best binge-worthy royal romance series combines at least two of these tropes per book while building a larger world readers want to return to across multiple books.

Is the Irresistibly series a royal romance or an espionage romance?

The Irresistibly Brothers in Revenge saga is both — it follows the Bentley family, rightful heirs to the throne of Hoskell, whose father the King was assassinated by the Kirno conspiracy. Each book follows one of the seven brothers as they fight to reclaim their stolen throne through counter-espionage and safe house operations. Eva was hired to spy on Jake, married him for cover, and fell for him — making it a royal espionage fake-marriage romance all at once.

Do I need to read royal romance series in order?

For the Princes of Avce series, each book is a standalone with its own happily ever after — you can read them in any order and enjoy each story completely. However, starting with Forbidden Crown (Book 1) gives you the best introduction to the kingdom of Avce and its rules. The Irresistibly series benefits from reading in order since the Bentley family’s fight against the Kirno conspiracy builds across all eight books.

What is the difference between billionaire romance and royal romance?

Billionaire romance centers on extreme wealth and power as the hero’s primary defining trait. Royal romance adds legacy, title, kingdom, and public scrutiny — the hero’s power is inherited and institutional, not just financial. The best royal romance series blend both: heroes who are billionaires AND royals, creating double the power dynamic and double the stakes when they fall for someone who was never supposed to be part of their world.

Are there any free royal romance series starters I can download today?

Yes — USA Today Bestselling Author Victoria Pinder has three permafree royal romance entry points available right now on all retailers: Forbidden Crown (Princes of Avce Book 1), Irresistibly Lost (Brothers in Revenge prequel), and Irresistibly Charming (Brothers in Revenge Book 3). All three are free on Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, and more — no subscription required.

How many books are in the Princes of Avce royal romance series?

The Princes of Avce series by Victoria Pinder currently has 12 published books, with the fictional kingdom of Avce as the setting for all of them. The series includes Forbidden Crown, Forbidden Prince, Forbidden Duke, Forbidden Earl, Forbidden Count, Forbidden Lord, Forbidden Marquis, Forbidden Bastard, Forbidden Monsieur, Forbidden Noble, Forbidden King, and Forbidden Royal — a complete royal romance world to binge from start to finish.