The Mismatched Lovers Series by Fil Reid

She has vowed never to marry—but will the handsome viscount who compromises her change her mind? Having been forced to help bring up her younger siblings, Miss Elenora Wetherby knows one she does not want to get married and have children of her own. Her mama, though, has other ideas. She insists on presenting her oldest daughter in society to secure a rich husband who will support the nearly bankrupt estate and preserve her older brother’s inheritance... moreShe has vowed never to marry—but will the handsome viscount who compromises her change her mind? Having been forced to help bring up her younger siblings, Miss Elenora Wetherby knows one she does not want to get married and have children of her own. Her mama, though, has other ideas. She insists on presenting her oldest daughter in society to secure a rich husband who will support the nearly bankrupt estate and preserve her older brother’s inheritance. However, Elenora is not like either her younger sisters or the other debutantes. In a time before autism was understood, she’s very much “on the spectrum” and has no idea why she doesn’t feel things the way others do.Jack Deveril, Viscount Broxbourne, is nearing his fortieth year, and has so far successfully evaded predatory mamas’ attempts to ensnare him for one of their daughters. He lives a charmed life with a small but productive estate in Wiltshire, his latest mistress in a London town house, and a clique of like-minded friends. His life is perfect. But Jack has a secret. Living in his own house in London is the child of the actress he once loved, who was already married to a scoundrel who’d abandoned her. She died giving life to Jack’s son, little Edward, and Jack has sworn to bring him up with every advantage his mother never had.When Jack and Elenora find themselves in a compromising position at a ball, their parents demand that he make an honest woman of her. Which neither of them want. But the mismatched lovers secretly agree to a sham engagement, planning to see out the season then quietly go their own ways—until Edward is kidnapped by his late mother’s ne’er-do-well husband. Then, Elenora and Jack are thrown together in a desperate search through the backstreets of London for the child, far from the gilded world of the ton. Read in Kindle Unlimited! The Mismatched Lovers Book 1: A Sham EngagementBook 2: A Hint of ScandalBook 3: A Duchess of Mystery less

An emotionally damaged widow with a dark secret falls for a rough diamond of a soldier. Beautiful Isabella Hope was married ten years ago at eighteen to Marcus, the spoiled and spiteful young Duke of Stourbridge. When her beloved father died shortly afterwards, Isabella inherited his wealth, which Marcus took control of.Marcus turns out to be a cruel husband and a serial adulterer, continually flaunting his mistresses... moreAn emotionally damaged widow with a dark secret falls for a rough diamond of a soldier. Beautiful Isabella Hope was married ten years ago at eighteen to Marcus, the spoiled and spiteful young Duke of Stourbridge. When her beloved father died shortly afterwards, Isabella inherited his wealth, which Marcus took control of.Marcus turns out to be a cruel husband and a serial adulterer, continually flaunting his mistresses. He holds it against Isabella that she hasn’t given him the heir he needs, and when he dies in mysterious circumstances, his title and estate pass to the cousin he bullied when they were children.Captain Richard Carstairs, Marcus’s long-estranged cousin, is a rough diamond of a man who’s been off soldiering since he was a boy. Eventually, Richard receives news of his inheritance and returns from the peninsula to claim his title and property. He discovers he has a sitting tenant at his country estate – the previous duke’s enticing widow. A widow who might be guarding a terrifying secret.Richard decides to marry in a hurry and get himself an heir so he can return to what he loves best – soldiering. To this end, he asks Isabella to find him a suitable bride, and in so doing, he discovers that she is the woman for him. But the possibility arises that Isabella knows more than she’s letting on about how her husband died… then Richard must use all his wits in a race to save the woman he’s come to love. . Tropes/themes you'll ✅ Emotionally damaged widow✅ Grumpy / stoic hero✅ Enemies to lovers (slow-burn tension)✅ Forced proximity / living under the same roof✅ Dark secret / hidden past✅ Redemption arc✅ Opposites attract✅ Rough-around-the-edges hero✅ Healing through love✅ Suspense / mystery element less