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The Contract (The Contract Series)

Melanie Moreland

Book 1 in the The Contract series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

Built around a binding agreement that puts two people on dangerous, intimate terms, this series opener trades in power, control, and the heat of a deal neither expected to want. Expect a commanding, morally grey love interest, charged proximity, and the slow erosion of the lines a contract was meant to enforce. A great pick for readers who like their romance transactional on paper and combustible in practice.

At a glance

The Contract is book 1 in Melanie Moreland’s The Contract series. Spice 4/5, darkness 3/5 — on the lighter side for bully romance. Among 419 rated bully romance books, almost none are less dark and 6% less spicy. Tagged tropes include boss / employee, marriage of convenience and bully. Boss / employee is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. It is about as dark as Melanie Moreland’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.0/5). It runs to 416 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Pages
416
Published
January 2024

The Contract spice level

The Contract is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate

The Contract content warnings

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  • Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting

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