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Finished The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact sweet feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Megan Bannen

Fantasy RomanceCozy Fantasy 🌶️🌶️ 2/5 SweetCharmingWitty

You just finished The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and now everything else on your Kindle feels... flat. That sweet energy? The way Megan Bannen made you feel things you didn't sign up for? Yeah, we get it. That's a book hangover, and the only cure is another book that hits the same way. We didn't just search "books like The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy" and call it a day. We broke down exactly what made this book land — the mood, the tropes, the pacing, the heat — and found books that match on the elements that actually matter.

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12 Books Matched to The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

Grouped by the elements that made The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy unforgettable.

Matches that share The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy's enemies energy

97%
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Love, Theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 384p · Contemporary Romance, STEM Romance
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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94%
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Check and Mate
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️ 1/5 · 384p
Same enemies to lovers energy as The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, but Ali Hazelwood cranks the sweet to eleven.
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91%
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Betting on You
by Lynn Painter
❄️ 0/5 · 352p · YA Contemporary, Romance
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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Matches that share The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy's family energy

89%
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A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
🌶️ 1/5 · 462p · Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
462 pages of exactly what you're craving right now.
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86%
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
by Abbi Waxman
🌶️ 1/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance, Comedy
We'd swipe right on this for you. 🌶️ spice, 352 pages, pure sweet.
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Your fantasy romance matches

84%
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Dear Aaron
by Mariana Zapata
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 444p · Contemporary Romance
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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81%
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Love and Other Disasters
by Anita Kelly
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 368p · Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+
Matched on mood, spice, and that specific thing you can't explain but need.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 462 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy include A Gentleman in Moscow, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Love, Theoretically. Each matches on specific elements like sweet and charming that made The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles — it shares The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy's core Sweet energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy has a spice level of 2/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Sweet energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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