It Pains Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance (Betrayal)
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A Governant-series dark romance where absolute rule extends to matters of the heart as well as the state. Intense, morally shaded, and unafraid of its own scale.
The Governant is a dark romantasy by Rilee Bern. It rates 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for dark romantasy: of the 648 dark romantasy books we rate, 34% score lower for darkness and 58% lower for spice. Tropes: forbidden romance, morally grey MC and possessive-obsessive MC. It runs to 172 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
The Governant 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 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
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