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Are you sure we're talking about the same Stardoc series? My memory of it is not one of torture; it's basically space opera. It's not a cosy. The books aren't all sweetness and light, but the main character is a trauma doctor with an emotionally cold father, so there's darkness with the light in the stories and a whole bunch of aliens with different cultural mores.
There's a definite romantic story arc through the series.
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