Representation for non-asexual aromantics is a lot more sparse, it seems; the only possible example I can think of is Charlotte Lucas from Jane Austen’s [‘Pride and Prejudice’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/pride-and-prejudice/jane-austen/9780141199078); she’s the only person who’ll willingly marry >!Mr. Collins!< as she has no interest in romantic love and just wants a comfortable life. She doesn’t feature a huge lot in the story though, and is more of a foil to the main character.
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Charles Williams, *Shadows of Ecstasy*. It is not exactly positive…
If you’ll take a young adult novel: *Loveless* by Alice Oseman (aromantic and asexual)
(Following this thread.)
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is a fantasy retelling of the Ramayana, and the mc is canon aroace, although the specific words are not used.
If you’re into literary fiction, [‘Unsettled Ground’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/unsettled-ground/claire-fuller/9780241457467) has two protagonists, one of whom (Jeanie) is aro-ace 🙂
[‘An Orc on the Wild Side’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/an-orc-on-the-wild-side/tom-holt/9780356506715) by Tom Holt also has an aro-ace protagonist (Mordak the Goblin King) if you’re after something lighter.
Representation for non-asexual aromantics is a lot more sparse, it seems; the only possible example I can think of is Charlotte Lucas from Jane Austen’s [‘Pride and Prejudice’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/pride-and-prejudice/jane-austen/9780141199078); she’s the only person who’ll willingly marry >!Mr. Collins!< as she has no interest in romantic love and just wants a comfortable life. She doesn’t feature a huge lot in the story though, and is more of a foil to the main character.