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* Emperor Paul Muad'Dib and Princess Irulan in ''[[Dune]]'', while Paul's "real" wife, Chani, is a [[Hot Consort]] who is his wife in everything but name. Of course, Paul and Irulan were never in love in the first place (at least on Paul's side) and they both knew that the marriage was purely political, not to mention that Paul knew that sleeping with her would just play into the [[Evilutionary Biologist|Bene Gesserit's]] plans. Despite mostly ignoring her he does seem to at least somewhat care for her, and in ''Dune Messiah'' {{spoiler|spares her when the details of the conspiracy she was involved in, in particular Chani's infertility due to Irulan feeding her contraceptives and later [[Death by Childbirth]], come out into the open, and he has to talk Chani out of having Irulan killed with the rest of the conspirators}}. It seems that at the very least he values her as an adviser, and after {{spoiler|he exiles himself}} Irulan refers to him with some affection.

* In ''[[Carrie]]'', Carrie's Christian fundamentalist parents wanted to have a marriage like this, because they believed that [[Sex Is Evil]]. Her father once couldn't resist the temptation, and raped her mother; that's how she was conceived.

* In ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', Esmeralda marries Pierre Gringoire only to save his life, and doesn't let him touch her. He accepts that pretty easily.