💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Two people wed for practical reasons — protection, inheritance, alliance, or survival — only to discover that proximity and shared life have a way of kindling something real. The slow burn from arrangement to affection is the heart of the appeal.

Between Commitment and Betrayal

by Shain Rose

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

3.73

51k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Forced Proximity

Between Commitment and Betrayal

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

by Shain Rose 2023

3.73

51k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Forced Proximity

Gloves Off

by Stephanie Archer • 2025

A hockey enforcer marries the team doctor he despises to save his citizenship and her inheritance.

4.24

78k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Hero 💬 Witty Banter 💘 He Falls First

Gloves Off

A hockey enforcer marries the team doctor he despises to save his citizenship and her inheritance.

by Stephanie Archer 2025

4.24

78k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Hero 💬 Witty Banter 💘 He Falls First

My Dark Romeo

by Parker S. Huntington • 2023

A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.

3.71

128k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧊 Ice King Hero 💰 Billionaire Revenge 🔥 Forced Proximity 🎭 High Society Scandal

My Dark Romeo

A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.

by Parker S. Huntington 2023

3.71

128k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧊 Ice King Hero 💰 Billionaire Revenge 🔥 Forced Proximity 🎭 High Society Scandal

Jasper Vale

by Devney Perry • 2023

A Vegas wedding ties a dreamer to a guarded fighter, but her family can never know.

4.09

68k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Jasper Vale

A Vegas wedding ties a dreamer to a guarded fighter, but her family can never know.

by Devney Perry 2023

4.09

68k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Bride Test

by Helen Hoang • 2019

A Vietnamese maid has one summer to win over an autistic accountant who thinks he can't love.

3.81

184k+

🤝 Arranged Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother

The Bride Test

A Vietnamese maid has one summer to win over an autistic accountant who thinks he can't love.

by Helen Hoang 2019

3.81

184k+ ratings

🤝 Arranged Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Dom

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

She married a charming stranger in Vegas. He forgot to mention he runs the Chicago mafia.

4.25

59k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌃 Chicago Underworld

Dom

She married a charming stranger in Vegas. He forgot to mention he runs the Chicago mafia.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

4.25

59k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌃 Chicago Underworld

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata • 2016

To shed her debt, a former assistant weds the football star whose visa depends on it.

4.15

308k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏈 Football Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Workplace Romance

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

To shed her debt, a former assistant weds the football star whose visa depends on it.

by Mariana Zapata 2016

4.15

308k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏈 Football Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Workplace Romance

The German Wife

by Kelly Rimmer

A German wife, an Alabama farm girl, and the lie that keeps both of them alive.

4.37

52k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline ⚖️ Moral Compromise 😔 Survivor Guilt 👫 Protective Sibling 🌅 Hard-Won Hope

The German Wife

A German wife, an Alabama farm girl, and the lie that keeps both of them alive.

by Kelly Rimmer 2022

4.37

52k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline ⚖️ Moral Compromise 😔 Survivor Guilt 👫 Protective Sibling 🌅 Hard-Won Hope

The Reason I Married Him

by Meghan Quinn • 2024

He was jilted. She's losing the family farm. The fix: a wedding, no feelings allowed.

4.06

48k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏡 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter And Wit

The Reason I Married Him

He was jilted. She's losing the family farm. The fix: a wedding, no feelings allowed.

by Meghan Quinn 2024

4.06

48k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏡 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter And Wit

Burning Ivy

by Brandy Hynes • 2024

To claim her inheritance, an artist must marry a dangerous stranger who makes people disappear.

4.06

4k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🏠 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🕵️ Secret Society 🌀 Gaslighting

Burning Ivy

To claim her inheritance, an artist must marry a dangerous stranger who makes people disappear.

by Brandy Hynes 2024

4.06

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🏠 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🕵️ Secret Society 🌀 Gaslighting

Earthlings

by Sayaka Murata

Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.

3.60

103k+

🏭 Social Horror 📚 Literary Horror 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Sexual Trauma 🩺 Clinical Horror

Earthlings

Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.

by Sayaka Murata 2018

3.60

103k+ ratings

🏭 Social Horror 📚 Literary Horror 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Sexual Trauma 🩺 Clinical Horror

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell • 1936

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

4.31

1.3M+

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Unrequited Love 🥀 Tragic Romance

Gone with the Wind

War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.

by Margaret Mitchell 1936

4.31

1.3M+ ratings

🏛️ Antebellum South ⚔️ Civil War Epic 💚 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Unrequited Love 🥀 Tragic Romance

Empire of Desire

by Rina Kent • 2021

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

3.70

44k+

🚫 Father's Best Friend 🖤 Possessive Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Empire of Desire

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

by Rina Kent 2021

3.70

44k+ ratings

🚫 Father's Best Friend 🖤 Possessive Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Electric Idol

by Katee Robert • 2022

Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.

3.94

126k+

🏛️ Mythology Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🗡️ Political Intrigue

Electric Idol

Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.

by Katee Robert 2022

3.94

126k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythology Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🗡️ Political Intrigue

Unfortunately Yours

by Tessa Bailey • 2023

A Napa heiress marries her ex-SEAL rival: her trust for his vineyard loan. No feelings allowed.

3.75

110k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎖️ Former Military Hero 💘 He Falls First 💔 Grief And Healing

Unfortunately Yours

A Napa heiress marries her ex-SEAL rival: her trust for his vineyard loan. No feelings allowed.

by Tessa Bailey 2023

3.75

110k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎖️ Former Military Hero 💘 He Falls First 💔 Grief And Healing

Bridesmaid by Chance

by Meghan Quinn • 2025

To save her family home, an assistant proposes a secret marriage to her billionaire boss.

4.14

43k+

💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Possessive Hero

Bridesmaid by Chance

To save her family home, an assistant proposes a secret marriage to her billionaire boss.

by Meghan Quinn 2025

4.14

43k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Possessive Hero

Failure to Match

by Kyra Parsi • 2024

A matchmaker goes undercover to study her impossible billionaire client, who proposes instead.

4.18

30k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Hero 💘 Matchmaker Heroine ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

Failure to Match

A matchmaker goes undercover to study her impossible billionaire client, who proposes instead.

by Kyra Parsi 2024

4.18

30k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Hero 💘 Matchmaker Heroine ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

Bourbon & Proof

by Victoria Wilder

A bourbon heir must wed to inherit. The woman who proposes is his decade-long secret obsession.

4.20

34k+

🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Secret Obsession ⏳ Slow Burn 🏘️ Southern Small Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bourbon & Proof

A bourbon heir must wed to inherit. The woman who proposes is his decade-long secret obsession.

by Victoria Wilder 2025

4.20

34k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Secret Obsession ⏳ Slow Burn 🏘️ Southern Small Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Marriage for One

by Ella Maise

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

3.84

105k+

🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Marriage for One

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

by Ella Maise 2022

3.84

105k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Monster in Disguise

by Veronica Lancet • 2024

To protect her unborn child, a disowned woman marries a mafia capo with a monstrous past.

3.80

3k+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Redemption Arc 🖐️ Touch Averse Hero

Monster in Disguise

To protect her unborn child, a disowned woman marries a mafia capo with a monstrous past.

by Veronica Lancet 2024

3.80

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Redemption Arc 🖐️ Touch Averse Hero

A Long Petal of the Sea

by Isabel Allende • 2019

A medic marries his brother's pregnant partner to escape Franco's Spain on a rescue ship.

4.06

115k+

🇪🇸 Spanish Civil War 📜 Sweeping Family Saga 🧳 Exile Journey 💔 Forbidden Love Affair 👶 Secret Child

A Long Petal of the Sea

A medic marries his brother's pregnant partner to escape Franco's Spain on a rescue ship.

by Isabel Allende 2019

4.06

115k+ ratings

🇪🇸 Spanish Civil War 📜 Sweeping Family Saga 🧳 Exile Journey 💔 Forbidden Love Affair 👶 Secret Child

Vengeful Lies

by T.L. Smith • 2025

An assassin takes a mafia heir's marriage proposal as cover. Falling for him wasn't the plan.

4.09

7k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Engagement 🔒 Forced Proximity

Vengeful Lies

An assassin takes a mafia heir's marriage proposal as cover. Falling for him wasn't the plan.

by T.L. Smith 2025

4.09

7k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Engagement 🔒 Forced Proximity

Ranger

by Rebecca Sharp • 2023

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

4.26

20k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract 💘 He Falls First

Ranger

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

by Rebecca Sharp 2023

4.26

20k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract 💘 He Falls First

When the World Fell Silent

by Donna Jones Alward

A nurse's secret pregnancy. A widow's missing child. The Halifax Explosion binds two women's fates.

4.25

33k+

🏥 Wartime Nursing 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Love 💔 Maternal Grief 🖤 War Widow

When the World Fell Silent

A nurse's secret pregnancy. A widow's missing child. The Halifax Explosion binds two women's fates.

by Donna Jones Alward 2024

4.25

33k+ ratings

🏥 Wartime Nursing 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Love 💔 Maternal Grief 🖤 War Widow

Ruthless People

by J.J. McAvoy

Two crime heirs are forced to marry. She rules the West Coast; he rules Chicago. Neither yields.

3.87

37k+

🕊️ Mafia Arranged Marriage 🥀 Rival Crime Families ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Power Couple 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine

Ruthless People

Two crime heirs are forced to marry. She rules the West Coast; he rules Chicago. Neither yields.

by J.J. McAvoy 2014

3.87

37k+ ratings

🕊️ Mafia Arranged Marriage 🥀 Rival Crime Families ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Power Couple 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine

Brutal Savage

by Lilian Harris • 2024

A teacher running from killers accepts an Irish mob boss's protection. The price is marriage.

4.13

12k+

☘️ Irish Mafia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Brutal Savage

A teacher running from killers accepts an Irish mob boss's protection. The price is marriage.

by Lilian Harris 2024

4.13

12k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Mafia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Just My Luck

by Lena Hendrix • 2024

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

4.17

16k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee 🫂 Found Family

Just My Luck

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

by Lena Hendrix 2024

4.17

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee 🫂 Found Family

Puck Pact

by Kristen Granata • 2024

She married a hockey player for a villa. She stayed for the daughter he kept hidden.

4.13

17k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad Hero 🤫 Secret Child 🏠 Found Family 💔 Angsty

Puck Pact

She married a hockey player for a villa. She stayed for the daughter he kept hidden.

by Kristen Granata 2024

4.13

17k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad Hero 🤫 Secret Child 🏠 Found Family 💔 Angsty

A Vow of Embers

by Sariah Wilson • 2025

To save her sister, she weds the prince who betrayed her. The contract forbids love.

4.11

10k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏰 Political Intrigue

A Vow of Embers

To save her sister, she weds the prince who betrayed her. The contract forbids love.

by Sariah Wilson 2025

4.11

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏰 Political Intrigue

A Fate so Dark and Delicate

by Sophia St. Germain

Resurrected and hearing the dead, a queen's bond with her mate is now a shared death sentence.

3.61

14k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🔗 Fated Mates ✨ Soul Bond 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌶️ Spicy Fantasy

A Fate so Dark and Delicate

Resurrected and hearing the dead, a queen's bond with her mate is now a shared death sentence.

by Sophia St. Germain 2025

3.61

14k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🔗 Fated Mates ✨ Soul Bond 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌶️ Spicy Fantasy

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