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Dark Romance

Marriage of Convenience

A marriage for a practical reason: a visa, an inheritance, a truce between families. Colder and more transactional than forced marriage at the start, it often turns possessive later in dark romance.

110 books

The Marriage of Convenience trope, by the numbers

  • 110 books on Readark
  • Average spice 3.8/5 — 75% rate 4 or higher
  • Average darkness 3.6/5 — 65% rate 4 or higher

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