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Dark Romance

Forced Marriage

A marriage neither chose, or only one did: arranged between crime families, demanded as payment, or used to seal an alliance. Forced-marriage dark romance often pairs with mafia and bratva settings and with dubious consent.

530 books

The Forced Marriage trope, by the numbers

  • 530 books on Readark
  • Average spice 3.8/5 — 83% rate 4 or higher
  • Average darkness 3.8/5 — 75% rate 4 or higher

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