Lost Heir in Lisbon: The Devereaux Dynasty Series, Cleo Kensington, Book 17

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When the past and present collide, only love can decipher destiny's hidden pages.

Frederico did not grow up a Devereaux. He grew up in a small apartment in Lisbon, raised by a mother who refused, until her last days, to name his father. The truth arrived too late for her and almost too late for him: a letter, a photograph, a surname he had only ever seen in glossy magazines. Francis Devereaux, the empire's founder, was his father. The family who built half the luxury skyline of Europe never wanted him to know. Now he wants the truth. All of it.

Elisa Figueroa is the historian who can give it to him. A researcher who has spent her career untangling Portuguese aristocratic lineages, she meets Fred expecting another lost cousin chasing a fortune. What she finds instead is a man trying to understand who he is when half of him was hidden on purpose. As they trace fado-soaked records through Lisbon's archives and cobblestone neighborhoods, Fred's bitterness gives way to something he did not allow himself to want: belonging.

The Devereaux family has noticed him. So has the rival patriarch who has spent decades waiting for exactly this kind of weapon. Promises of vengeance, of legitimacy, of everything the Devereauxs once denied him, arrive in elegant envelopes. Fred must decide whether the half-siblings he has never met deserve the loyalty of a brother they never claimed, or whether the man offering him his birthright in exchange for their ruin is the only family he has ever really had.

In Lisbon's candlelit fado bars, between songs of longing older than the empire that wronged him, Fred and Elisa write a different ending.

Perfect for readers who love:

Secret heir romance with emotional depth and identity at its heart
Atmospheric settings: Lisbon, fado bars, cobblestone archives, and candlelit history
Billionaire family sagas with an outsider hero discovering his place
Loyalty, betrayal, and belonging woven into a sweeping love story
Series romance with a satisfying standalone arc

Book 17 in the Devereaux Dynasty series by Cleo Kensington. Can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the full series.

About the Devereaux Dynasty Series: Drama-Adventure Romance

The Devereaux Dynasty Series follows the powerful Devereaux family, an international dynasty navigating inherited wealth, luxury hospitality, boardroom wars, hidden scars, and love that threatens carefully built empires.

Set across the French Riviera, Monaco, Lake Como, Venice, Mykonos, and Europe’s most exclusive destinations, each novel explores what happens when family legacy collides with ambition, desire, and reinvention.

Readers can expect: