Historical Arranged Marriages Novels & Stories

"But it's all arranged. We're not really in a romantic relationship." So it was an arranged marriage, like many old and traditional royal marriages Kiran had read about in her world. That could be one other reason why Noorh didn't really care about how his interactions with the Lahnthean Aria might spark rumors - he didn't have an emotional attachment to his marriage engagement. Kiran couldn't help but feel sorry for Saia. She had read about how such arrangements robbed women of the opportunity to marry someone they truly loved.

Yet here she met her fiancé? As cool as she was, she could no longer stay calm. “Arranged marriage, seriously, Mom? Don’t you think this is too outrageous?” Who would still get married by arranged marriages nowadays? “I know it is hard for you to accept, but that was the practice during your grandfather’s time,” Daniel said helplessly. He and Gloria had also worried about this before, but when they saw Jared was such an excellent man, they hoped Nicole would find a good husband like him. Nicole’s face turned pale, but Norah thought Nicole took things for granted. “Nicole, I was supposed to marry Jared, but now since you have returned, I should return what is rightfully yours. You must not le

I asked as I stroked a few strands of my hair behind my ear. “Oh yes. Aria! Oh my goodness!” He said. Jerome hasn't changed much since high school, he was my very good friend back in school. “Where have you been? After high school, you just disappeared like that. I reached out to your mom a year ago, and she told me you got married” He got a seat for the both of us. “ It was an arranged marriage, but now I'm divorced” I smiled weakly. We gisted a lot as we tried to catch up, then we exchanged contacts. It was getting late, we promised to check up on each other then he helped me get Anna into the car as I drove off.

“Thank you. I very much appreciated your patience with me.” “It’s nothing. And I appreciate your honesty, the part about your marriage being arranged. I just wanted to add that, as long as the man you marry isn’t abusive, it’s not big of a deal.” He looked her in the eye. Hope shone in her brown eyes and she nodded firmly. Also if he dared, she would swiftly called her elder sister and terminate the contract. “To add, back in the days, arranged marriages were a norm, like blind dates now. And they had been very successful and stayed strong.” Mr. Wade added.

This is my first time here. "No, I'm not." Still, I answered nicely. "I'm here to find someone since he didn't show up to our date, yesterday." And that someone is your friend. "Is he your boyfriend? " She asked. "No. Well...he is my fiance. But we never met nor we dated before. Both our parents arranged the marriage for us. Yesterday is supposed to be our first date, but he didn't show up because he said he has a match." I said with a sad and disappointed tone.

“You're brooding again. Not that I don't find it hot, it makes you almost inaccessible.” Grace Brown was one of the Academy’s prodigies, like me, and the daughter of the elder, Alistair Brown. Not only that, she was my betrothed. Yes, you heard that right. It was an arranged betrothal by the elders with my parents. It wasn't uncommon, as this was used to strengthen bloodlines and form alliances. For three years, I had been bound to her, barely making a move to initiate the mating ceremony or even go ahead to mark her like any sane person would finally.

To navigate pack politics and territorial disputes and power struggles. The arranged marriage to Nate Henderson was supposed to help. Our betrothal had been decided when we were children. Standard practice for pack alliances. The Alpha's daughter is marrying the Beta's son. It strengthened bonds. Prevented conflicts. Secured the future. I had always known I would marry Nate. Had accepted it as fact the same way I accepted having brown eyes or being a werewolf. Nate and I had never been close. He was two years older. Ran with a different crowd. We saw each other at pack functions and said polite hellos but that was it. Still, he was handsome. Strong. Good bloodlines. It could have been worse.

Most of my cousins were either married or engaged at my age. I was an exception only because my parents were dead, so there was no one who could arrange my marriage other than Damon. Who had other important things to work on at that time, rather than looking for a guy to marry me, which gave me a little extra time than other women. But it came to an end when a war broke out between Cosa Nostra and the American mafia which made Cosa Nostra seek out Bratava for help and which eventually led to me marrying Alex, which scared me.