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Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy

The Captain

Christi Caldwell
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Why we recommend it

A historical romance where a captain's command doesn't extend to matters of the heart. Slow-burn, emotionally layered, and steeped in old-world tension.

At a glance

The Captain is a dark romantasy by Christi Caldwell. It rates 2/5 for spice and 2/5 for darkness, on the lighter side for dark romantasy: almost none of the 648 dark romantasy books we rate are lighter on either scale. Tagged tropes include second chance, slow burn and enemies to lovers. Second chance is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. It runs to 399 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.

Book details

Pages
399
Published
October 2025

The Captain spice level

The Captain is rated 2/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: brief and fade-out, meaning scenes begin on the page but stop short of explicit detail. Its darkness rating is 2/5: morally grey, meaning the love interest does real harm and consequences are acknowledged. How we rate

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