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Lady Alexandra Lytton has never lacked suitors, yet none have ever matched the sharpness of her mind or the stubborn hope of her heart. Then a spirited debate with a mysterious gentleman in her favorite bookshop leaves her breathless for the first time, only for fate to throw them together again in a storm-bound greenhouse. Caught in a scandal with the very Viscount rumored to have killed his first wife, Alexandra is forced into a marriage that carries her far from London and into a crumbling Cornish castle filled with secrets. Theodore Harrington, Viscount Falmouth, has no wish to risk his heart again after the misery of his first marriage and the tragedy that followed. Yet his daughter needs care, his estate is failing, and duty drives him back into society in search of a bride. He suspects Alexandra deliberately trapped him, but once she brings warmth to his home and kindness to his lonely child, Theo begins to wonder whether the wife he never wanted may be the only woman who can truly understand him. Alexandra is determined to make the best of a marriage born from scandal, but Cornwall is no peaceful refuge. With Theo’s resentful sister-in-law plotting to divide them and old shadows threatening their fragile trust, love may not be enough unless they learn to face the truth together. When a marriage begins with suspicion, can two guarded hearts still find their perfect match? Tropes: Forced Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Widowed Hero, Enemies to Lovers, Found Family. "The Cornish Viscount’s Reluctant Bride" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.