Arranged marriage dark romance starts with a wedding she didn't choose. In the darkest versions, there's no engagement at all, just an auction, a contract or a deal between powerful families, and a husband who claims her the same night. The romance is what happens after: two people bound together who were never supposed to want each other this much.
In the RavenVerse, marriage is how power moves. Fathers choose their daughters' husbands. When a Raven dies, his widow doesn't go free. She goes back on the auction block.
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Fallen Dane (The Sinclairs, Book 1): a widow auction. Whitney killed her first husband, and the man who helped her cover it up was supposed to buy her. Then Dane Sinclair bid fifty million dollars. He buys her, marries her and makes her kneel the same night. An older, possessive MMC with a ten-year age gap.
Savage Fox (The Sinclairs, Book 2): an arranged marriage to seal an alliance between two powerful families. Her new husband is the masked stranger she seduced and disappeared on six months ago, and he's been hunting her ever since.
Also in the RavenVerse
Stolen Dove (standalone): a widow runs the night of her husband's funeral rather than go back on the block, and a Talon is sent to bring her back. Free when you join the mailing list.
What to expect
- Widow auctions, forced marriages and alliance brides
- Possessive, morally gray husbands and forced proximity
- Dom/sub dynamics, high spice and dark themes
If you love…
Shantel Tessier's L.O.R.D.S. series, Sophie Lark's Brutal Birthright or Rina Kent's Legacy of Gods, start with Fallen Dane.
All of Dahlia's books are set in the same secret society world: the RavenVerse. Read more about the RavenVerse.
Dahlia's books contain dark themes. Please check the content warnings before you read.