How Does Duke & Duchess Fanfiction Explore Emotional Conflicts In Arranged Marriages?

"𝐒𝐡𝐡𝐡....𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭." * He marries her to execute his father's cruel revenge plan. She marries him to save her family. He is cold and feared by many. She is soft and beloved by many. What happens when they're thrust into an arranged marriage and they begin craving more than each other's mere presence?

When Sierra and Zeke promptly find themselves in an arranged marriage to combine the two mafia families in a marriage alliance and both parties are in no way willing, it changes the life trajectory of both of them. To top it all, they have to live together from then on, what will both of them having to live with and accept each other?

Their marriage was happened based on an arranged marriage between two families. However, it did not mean there was no love between them because the feeling had been there for long before the marriage held. Helena knew very well that both Aaron's and her grandfather had arranged a marriage for them. She did not realize that Aaron flatly rejected the idea and seemed to hate whoever the girl he would marry. Love did exist between the two, without Aaron knowing who Helena was. And by the time they finally found out the truth, it turned out that love could not beat their respective egos that felt betrayed by each other. However, they must hold the marriage because this was their grandfathers' promise to bond their friendship stronger. What was the following story of Helena and Aaron? Were they happy in their marriage?

It would have been a lot easier for every body if princess Alexander was born a man but instead she is a female but that doesn't lower her spirits or force her to adhere to the unwritten rules about ladies behaviors. She does what she wants, when she wants. She had definitely not requested for a wedding and surprisingly, it was the one thing her parents decisions refuse to sway in. She was going to be tied down and there is nothing she could do about it. Jared was having worst luck as usual, his parents refuse to back down from the issue of marriage especially since his best friend got married. And now they have succeeded, they have managed to tie him into a marriage that he could not get out of. Resigning himself to his fate he went to her kingdom hoping to see a well put lady, soft spoken and docile. Instead, he got exactly the opposite and more. More in the sense that he couldn't help but be attracted to her. Of course he fought the attraction with everything he got but in the end, he never really did have a choice. He was hers from the moment he laid his eyes on her. If only it was that simple to get his happy ever after but with a war looming in the horizon, a happy ever after might just be out of the question.

‎Royalty has never been a choice for Princess Amelia Anastasia Ferdinand. On the night of her twentieth birthday, she learns that the future she dreamed of has already been decided. Bound by an ancient royal agreement, she is forced to marry Prince Andrew Harrison Brown of Dustrich, a cold and distant heir who wants nothing to do with a bride chosen for him. ‎ ‎Thrown into a kingdom that is not her own, Amelia struggles to earn the acceptance of her new family while enduring a husband who keeps his heart firmly out of reach. Yet the deeper she settles into palace life, the more she realizes that her marriage is built on secrets no one is willing to reveal. ‎ ‎When another prince enters her life, offering the kindness and understanding she has longed for, Amelia finds herself torn between the life she wishes she had and the vows she never chose. ‎ ‎But some marriages are not born of politics alone. Some are forged by fate... and a centuries-old secret that could change not only two lives, but the future of two kingdoms. ‎ ‎As hidden truths begin to surface, Amelia must decide whether to follow her heart or embrace the destiny that has been waiting for her since birth.

Sarah is forced into an arranged marriage with a powerful and respected billionaire, Vincent. On their wedding night, her husband told her "I expect you to serve me, that's all." But Sarah was determined not to let him dehumanize her and reduce her to his pawn. Will she become his item to be played with at will? Or will she keep fighting for respect and equality in her marriage? When Sara's childhood crush and her best friend, Judd, shows up, how should she face him?