Now that her husband is dead, tradition in OmarвЂ™s kingdom dictates that she becomes his bride. Why: IndiaвЂ™s marriage is crucial to saving her kingdom from economic disaster.

Sheikh Omar El Dansuri doesnвЂ™t want a crown, or a wife, and, fun fact, itвЂ™s entirely possible his new fiancГ©e killed his brother in the first place. Who: India Saene, Princess of Bagumi, wakes from a two week coma to find that her new husband has died in a tragic accident during their honeymoon, and sheвЂ™s вЂњinheritedвЂќ his younger brother. How has he tangled Alex up in this arrangement? *insert shrug emoji here* Guess weвЂ™ll find out! His Inherited Princess by Empi Baryeh Why: DaisyвЂ™s father has issued an ultimatum, Daisy can either go to jail or she can marry Alex, and stay married to him for six months in order to receive her trust fund. HeвЂ™s excessively broody, and secretive, and has zero interest in being married to the human embodiment of a sugar cookie. Drowning in debt, sheвЂ™s facing some serious jail time unless she complies with her wealthy fatherвЂ™s wishes. Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Still, wherever possible I tried to stay true to the definition above! And since IвЂ™m looking at a specific trope I broke each book description into вЂњWhoвЂќ for the lead characters, and then вЂњWhyвЂќ to describe the circumstances of their arranged marriage. IвЂ™ve deviated from that a bit since, as with most tropes, the arranged marriage plot comes in a wide variety of forms, and some books were just to good to leave off this list. As a result, thereвЂ™s usually a lot of enemies-to-lovers involved, a plethora of marriage-dodging tactics employed, and plenty of tender emotions mashed to a fine pulp.ДЇor the purpose of this list of arranged marriage books I tried to stick to a pretty specific definition of the arranged marriage as being: a marriage that has been arranged for the hero and heroine by secondary parties (often for financial or political reasons), with or without their consent.

Tangential to the fated mates trope of paranormal romance, and falling under the umbrella of the forced proximity trope (which I have had the pleasure of raving about in a previous post), the arranged marriage trope is designed to bring together a hero and heroine who otherwise would not have said вЂњBooвЂќ to each other while passing on the street. DonвЂ™t you just love arranged marriage romance novels? The plot of arranged marriage books is one most romance readers have encountered at least once-more if you love historical romances-and it just never gets old.

Arranged marriage books