The Bride Who Got Lucky by Janna MacGregor

The Bride Who Got Lucky (The Cavensham Heiresses, #2)

by Janna MacGregor

Lady Emma Cavensham refuses to bow to men or marriage, especially since no one will listen to her about women's rights after her best friend is murdered by her abusive husband. When Emma travels to gather the evidence needed to bring the killer to justice, she is caught in a compromising position with Nicholas St. Mauer, the reclusive Earl of Somerton, and the husband averse Lady is forced to marry the wife averse earl. Scared from a public humiliation as a young man, Nicholas only cares about amassing enough wealth to surpass his father. But Lady Emma is proving to be a pleasant complication. Just when Emma and Nicholas think they have love and marriage all worked out, their plans collide, putting them at odds with each other. Will their love be worth more than their ambitions? In the second Cavensham Heiresses book, Janna MacGregor takes readers on a fun, romantic ride with a quiet, sexy lord who meets his match in a woman far ahead of her time.

Reviewed by Lindsey Gray on

5 of 5 stars

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What will an almost spinster do for a rare book? Lady Emma Cavensham would duck out of a ball, steal the family carriage, and meet a gentleman at an inn without a chaperone if it meant she could possess such a gem. Fortunately, the Earl of Somerton, Nicholas St. Mauer, stops her before it’s too late. For her trouble, her parents banish her to the country estate, but before she leaves London, Nick presents Emma with the treasured book she was searching for. In exchange for taking the book, she and Nick share her very first kiss. What a kiss that one is!

Three years later, the pair are both back in London. While Emma has experienced the tremendous loss of her best friend, Lena, Nick is still single and has a memory burned on his brain of the passion he glimpsed with Emma. When Emma takes off with just an elderly carriage driver on a personal mission, Nick goes after her once again.

MacGregor has another smashing success on her hands with her second novel. I adored Emma in the first book which featured her cousin, Claire, and Nick’s best friend, Alex. I fell head over heels for Nick after the prologue. Even though he is an earl and the heir to a dukedom, he is determined to make a name for himself in business when his father cuts him off at a young age. He’s so contained and proper, I knew when his passion was released it would be explosive. Emma is a champion as she takes on a crusade that no one else would. She was threatened with physical and financial harm at several turns, but she never gave up on getting justice and helping those women who were unable to help themselves.

I am anxious to see where this series goes as it continues with book three, The Luck of the Bride. It will feature Emma’s oldest brother, Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpin, and Emma’s new friend, Miss March Lawson.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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