Wedded by Scandal Books in Order

Wedded by Scandal is built on one irresistible question: what happens after a compromising situation forces two people into marriage. Set in the Regency era, each book features a couple whose union begins in chaos, blackmail, or sheer bad luck, then slowly transforms into something chosen and cherished.

In Accidentally Compromising the Duke, Adeline, desperate to escape an arranged marriage to a repugnant suitor, sneaks into what she believes is the bedchamber of a gentleman she can trust to help her. Instead, she is discovered in the room of a powerful duke whose name cannot be attached to scandal without consequence. The solution, in the eyes of society, is a wedding. Neither of them planned to wed the other, but the attraction between them soon proves impossible to ignore.

Wicked in His Arms pairs an unconventional heroine with Tobias Walcott, an earl who values control and order. Her impulsiveness and disregard for strict rules infuriate him even as they fascinate him. Drawn into each other’s orbits through family ties and circumstance, they must decide whether to fight their desire or lean into it, despite the trouble it will bring.

How to Marry a Marquess focuses on Lady Evie Chesterfield, a darling of the ton who has quietly been in love with her brother’s friend, Richard Maitland, Marquess of Westfall, for years. When Evie is finally pushed toward an unwanted betrothal, she decides to take matters into her own hands and asks Richard for lessons in seduction, intending to trap another man. Richard, who has sworn off love, finds his resolve crumbling as innocent lessons turn into something far more dangerous.

In When the Earl Met His Match, Hugh Winthrop, future Earl of Albury, appalls his aristocratic peers by placing an advertisement in the paper for a wife. The anonymous correspondent who answers the ad matches him wit for wit in their letters and challenges his cynical views on love. When she appears at his door seeking a marriage of convenience, both of them must reconcile their expectations with the undeniable chemistry between them.

Throughout the series, Reid plays with familiar tropes like marriages of convenience, friends to lovers, and enemies to lovers, but grounds them in characters who feel cornered by family, finances, or past choices. The pleasure of Wedded by Scandal lies in watching couples who did not expect to love each other carve out passionate, deeply committed partnerships anyway.