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Dark Romance

Alpha Hero

The dominant, protective, in-charge hero the genre was built on. Alpha heroes lead: a crime family, a motorcycle club, a pack or a company. In darker books the dominance slides into control, so check the darkness rating to see how far a given alpha goes.

1,557 books

The Alpha Hero trope, by the numbers

  • 1,557 books on Readark
  • Average spice 3.9/5 — 85% rate 4 or higher
  • Average darkness 3.7/5 — 68% rate 4 or higher

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Figures are calculated live from every book with this tag. All dark romance tropes