{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/arranged-betrothal/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"arranged-betrothal","slug":"arranged-betrothal","pitch":"Anna Zaires writes romance with arranged-betrothal: Terrible Beauty, Chained Fate.","works":[{"title":"Terrible Beauty","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/terrible-beauty/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2022,"seriesTitle":"Molotov Betrothal","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"arranged-marriage","label":"Arranged Marriage"},{"slug":"arranged-betrothal","label":"arranged-betrothal"},{"slug":"captor-captive-romance","label":"captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-mafia-romance","label":"dark-mafia-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forbidden-attraction","label":"forbidden-attraction"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"mafia","label":"Mafia"},{"slug":"morally-gray-antihero","label":"morally-gray-antihero"},{"slug":"obsessive-possessive-hero","label":"obsessive-possessive-hero"},{"slug":"rival-crime-families","label":"rival-crime-families"},{"slug":"sacrifice-for-family","label":"sacrifice-for-family"},{"slug":"secret-heir","label":"secret-heir"}],"summary":"A family contract. A dark bargain. No escape.\n\nEleven years ago, I met him. A year later, I was betrothed to him. Now he’s come to claim me, slaughtering anyone standing in his way.\n\nMy husband-to-be is a monster from a family as ruthless and powerful as mine, a man who deals in violence and destruction… a man terrifyingly like my father. For over a decade, he’s stalked me, shadowing my life.\n\nI fear him. I hate him. Worst of all, I want him.\n\nMy name is Alina Molotova, and Alexei Leonov is a fate I can’t escape.","pitch":"Terrible Beauty by Anna Zaires is a 2022 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Arranged Marriage, arranged-betrothal, captor-captive-romance, Dark Romance, dark-mafia-romance, Enemies to Lovers, forbidden-attraction, Forced Proximity, Mafia, morally-gray-antihero, obsessive-possessive-hero, rival-crime-families, sacrifice-for-family, secret-heir. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Molotov Betrothal.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Chained Fate","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/chained-fate/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2025,"seriesTitle":"Molotov Betrothal","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"arranged-marriage","label":"Arranged Marriage"},{"slug":"arranged-betrothal","label":"arranged-betrothal"},{"slug":"captor-and-captive","label":"captor-and-captive"},{"slug":"crime-family-rivalry","label":"crime-family-rivalry"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"forced-marriage","label":"forced-marriage"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort-caretaker-romance","label":"hurt-comfort-caretaker-romance"},{"slug":"mafia","label":"Mafia"},{"slug":"medical-crisis-and-survival","label":"medical-crisis-and-survival"},{"slug":"morally-gray-protector","label":"morally-gray-protector"},{"slug":"obsessive-stalker-hero","label":"obsessive-stalker-hero"},{"slug":"she-chooses-him","label":"she-chooses-him"}],"summary":"A final war. A fate uncertain. A bond forged in fire.\n\nAlina\n\nMy marriage began as a cage. Now, it may be my only sanctuary.\n\nTo survive, I must rely on the very monster I once feared. With every tender touch, every protective command, the line between love and hate dissolves further.\n\nHe thinks he’s chained me to him. He doesn’t realize… I may be the one who refuses to let go.\n\nAlexei\n\nShe is finally mine. My wife. My obsession.\n\nBut a shadow looms over us, a vicious twist of fate that threatens to tear her away. I would burn down the world for her, but this is a battle I cannot win with violence.\n\nHer brothers think our vows are her prison. They are a promise. One I will defy heaven and hell to keep.","pitch":"Chained Fate by Anna Zaires is a 2025 romance. Tropes: Arranged Marriage, arranged-betrothal, captor-and-captive, crime-family-rivalry, Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, forced-marriage, hurt-comfort-caretaker-romance, Mafia, medical-crisis-and-survival, morally-gray-protector, obsessive-stalker-hero, she-chooses-him. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Molotov Betrothal.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}