✨Arranged marriage trope✨
33 stories
Promises Unkept by starfallhorizon
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The 'marriage' was against his will. The woman was beyond his liking. So, when Lord Stephan Adelwood was married to the poor girl named Eden Henley, his fire did bruise the lady badly enough to change her entirely. Promises were broken, hearts were shattered, madness surged the senses and loss....loss filled the crevices. And there emerged a slow, chaotic...deliberate yet relentless....and wild but passionate love story where a few spoken words at the church changed their lives forever. Warning: It will rain a lot in here...please bring in your parasol. Copyright © 2019 Dandelion Dee. All rights reserved.
Reckless Love by aloeveraforever
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When Julia finds out she has to marry the billionaire Jared Cunning, her life turns upside down.Both of them are rich kids with rich people problems. How will a reckless romance change them? ~Juliana Hart is quick-witted, sarcastic, and overly realistic when it comes to life. ~Jared Cunning is serious, arrogant, and unduly reserved when it comes to love and work. ~Will these two polar opposites find romance? ~Will Julia pursue what she yearns or will a reckless romance change her overly realistic life?
BENEATH THE VOWS by _essenceofme_
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[Selected for the Wattys shortlist-2025] "𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉." When Vanora Blackthorn is forced into a cold, calculated marriage to Alestor Drevenhart-the ruthless heir of a powerful dynasty-she thinks she's escaped one nightmare only to enter another. But beneath the icy vows and suffocating walls of the Drevenhart estate, something begins to shift. Secrets fester. Obsession brews. And love? Love was never part of the deal... until it becomes the deadliest one of all. Will she survive the cruel games of a family that never wanted her? Will he learn to love the woman he was never meant to care for? Or will their hearts shatter beneath the very vows that bound them?" "𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕."
WEARING HER NAME by Nifemi_11
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Rhea has always been the forgotten twin - quieter, softer, never enough. But when her sister decides to back out days before a powerful arranged marriage, everything changes. Now Rhea must take her place, wearing her name, stepping into a life built on lies... and into the arms of Damian Voss - a man who sees too much and trusts too little.
You Need Me by orangecat_kaku
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A broken hearted Viola who had just lost her mother, her home and her fiance at the same time, was offered to marry the son of her savior. Moving to a new city and marrying a stranger were not something she had imagined in her adult life. To her surprise, her prospect, who was quiet and often appeared indifferent to everything, proposed to her at their first meeting. What exactly was behind the marriage? A tale of two people who came together through a twist of fate, gain, betrayal and love.
Loveless Marriage (COMPLETED) by anushkaaa01
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Kate Miller, a beautiful innocent girl with even more beautiful heart. Yet despised by her own parents. A dancer by profession.She has an older brother who is the only kind man with her. She has got a best friend too, Avery. Ethan Robinson, hottest single CEO of Robinson Enterprise. Doesn't do relationship shit, only night stands. Has a loving family consisting of mother, father, elder brother who is married and a bunch of close friends. Kate's greedy parents put a condition while doing a contract with Ethan! He should marry Kate. What happens when these two polar opposites are put in a loveless marriage? Will they survive? Or will they fall apart? Read the book to find more. :::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hey beautiful people. Go check out my new book. I hope you will like it. Show some love!!❤️❤️ Yours lovingly, Anushka. Best rankings:- #3 in dancer out of 1.49k stories (04/01/21) #2 in Ethan out of 1.54k stories (26/03/21) #15 in Romance out of 1.83k stories (28/03/21) #13 in love out of 1.73k stories (20/04/21)
Intolerable Civility by Spiszy
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With her reputation in tatters and a baby to look after, Catherine Balley is given a single chance at redemption: marry the man she once betrayed, a man who has every reason to hate her. * * * * * Seduced, ruined, and abandoned, Cate spends her days looking after her illegitimate baby, Luke, and trying not to think about the past she lost and the future she will now never have. When David Demery, the man she was once engaged to, offers to honour his promise and marry her, Cate cannot refuse: it is the only chance she will ever have to repair her reputation and protect Luke's future. But just because Demery is willing to marry her doesn't mean he's willing to love her: she broke his heart once, and he is determined not to let her do it again. Even if this time Cate's own heart is at risk of breaking too.
HIS UNWANTED WIFE by sweetstuff1111
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BOOK ONE (The Unwanted Series/ The Alden Siblings) (This Is A Sample) Can Be Read for Free on my website. Check Bio Sabrina Reed is Nathan Alden's wife, but not by his choice... EXCERPT****** "I found her like this, sir," the guard announced. Sabrina stirred at the voice, blinking groggily and rubbing her eyes to chase away the blur clouding her vision. A towering figure stepped into focus. "What are you doing out here, Sabrina?" Nathan's voice was sharp, cutting through the fog of sleep. His jaw was tight, words pressed between clenched teeth. She blinked again, brushing hair from her face as she sat up. "What are you doing out here?" he repeated-louder this time, more demanding. He stood before her in a jet-black suit and white button-up shirt, sleeves rolled just enough to expose forearms clenched across his chest. His eyebrows were drawn tight, his eyes narrowed. "I came back late last night and... the guard was gone, so... I just fell asleep," she said softly, eyes lowering under the weight of his glare. He dismissed the guard with a silent nod, then stepped closer. "Where were you last night?" he asked, voice taut with suspicion. She yawned, trying to blink herself fully awake. "I've been volunteering at the animal shelter." "Get up," he ordered, tone clipped and harsh. "You expect me to believe that? Don't animal shelters close at a decent time?" She remained seated, her legs too stiff to move. "Yes, but-" "Get up!" he barked.
Entangled by _SoloBird_
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Entangled Book #1 -Wattpad featured story- Ariana Jones is a sweet, innocent, and smart girl who has been battling a lot of issues all her life. She is broken and wants love, care, and respect, but all she has is hope. The hope of receiving what she hasn't ever even a bit. However, her hopes crumbled down when she was told to marry a man whom she never met before. Xavier knight has it all that she's been yearning for. He has everything he wants. But the only thing he didn't want at the moment was to be emotionally blackmailed into a marriage by his own parents. He's upset about the abrupt change in his life and blames it on her. He judges However, he has a change of heart when he gets to know her. ***It is usually said that a woman is behind a man's success, however, in this story, you'll see how a man changed the life of the woman he married to and proved that not every entanglement is painful... Because some entanglements are those from which you never want to come out....*** Let's look into the journey of a girl who has nothing but the hope of living a peaceful life. **I do not allow my work to be used or adapted in any way without my permission.** ©All rights reserved
Dear Heart, Why Him? *Complete* by dearhearty
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Lauraine Alexander, a 16 year old scholar of Diamond High. She's a nerd with huge glasses, very smart but poor girl. All she wanted was to finish school and help her sick mother and her parents happen to have a million debt to the old, greedy billionaire -Douglas Wilson. In her school, there is this one famous heartthrob named Paul Lautner, and she had a huge crush on him until one time...for the first time he talked to a nerd like her and confessed... Confessed that he is in love with her best friend, Christine. How hurtful it was to hear that he wants her to help him to make Christine notice him. What if Lauraine suddenly vanished becomes beautiful after 6 years? Find out more