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The Bridge Kingdom · Book 3

The Inadequate Heir

by Danielle L. Jensen
Published
18 November 2021
Pages
560
ISBN-13
9781405955874
Type
novel
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About this book

At 560 pages, The Inadequate Heir is a substantial jump from the first two books, arriving in 2021 as side characters -- siblings, rivals, and eventually their own love interests -- start inheriting more of the spotlight alongside Lara and Aren.

Key facts about The Inadequate Heir

The Inadequate Heir is a novel by Danielle L. Jensen. Readers have had it since 18 November 2021. It runs to 560 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of The Inadequate Heir. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405955874 to find the main one.

The Inadequate Heir is book 3 of 6 in The Bridge Kingdom series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with The Bridge Kingdom (2018). The Tempest Blade is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 April 2026.

Additionally, Danielle L. Jensen writes The Malediction Trilogy, Dark Shores and Saga of the Unfated as separate series. Those series sit on our young adult fantasy romance, romantic fantasy and young adult fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, The Tempest Blade is the latest published Danielle L. Jensen book on file, from 14 April 2026.

About Danielle L. Jensen

Danielle L. Jensen spent years working in Calgary's oil and gas industry after a finance degree before going back to school for English literature and self-publishing her debut, Stolen Songbird, in 2013 — the book that became the start of The Malediction Trilogy, a young-adult fantasy romance about a human girl chosen as bride to a troll king's son. See every Danielle L. Jensen book in order.

Its place in The Bridge Kingdom

The Inadequate Heir is book 3 in the The Bridge Kingdom series. It follows The Traitor Queen. It is followed by The Endless War. See the full The Bridge Kingdom reading order.

Lara has spent her whole life training to be a weapon: a spy raised by the Maridrina court to infiltrate the Bridge Kingdom by marrying its king, Aren, and destroying the magical bridge that makes his kingdom untouchable. She succeeds at the marriage. Bringing down the bridge, and resisting Aren himself, turns out to be much harder than the mission promised. What starts as an enemies-to-lovers, marriage-of-convenience romantasy expands, book by book, into a much bigger story: courtly betrayal, a kingdom-spanning…

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