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    The Bride Who Got Lucky
    The Bride Who Got Lucky
    The Bride Who Got Lucky
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Bride Who Got Lucky

    Written by Janna MacGregor

    Narrated by Rosalyn Landor

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    About this audiobook

    Can two people forced into a scandalous marriage find themselves lucky in love? 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 31, 2017
    ISBN9781501977848
    The Bride Who Got Lucky
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    Janna MacGregor

    Janna MacGregor writes stories where compelling and powerful heroines meet and fall in love with their equally matched heroes. She is the mother of triplets and lives in Kansas City with her very own dashing rogue, and two smug, but not surprisingly, perfect pugs. 

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    • 3/5
      Nicholas St. Mauer, Earl of Somerton has a bit of a rough outlook on life. Rejected by his father - his mother having died in childbirth – Nick has sworn to encase his feelings in ice. He learned at a young age that one could only depend on one’s self and so he set out to prove to himself, to everyone, to his father, that he needed no one to make is way in life. Success was measured by the sum of his wealth and everything else be damned; most especially weaknesses contrived from emotion. He didn’t have time for it. Didn’t want it. And he definitely didn’t want even a hint of what he might be missing by closing himself off from fickle emotions that caused pain. So when he steps in to help his only friend retrieve Lady Emma from potential ruin and impending danger, it has nothing to do with his growing need to protect her. Protection isn’t such a foreign feeling, but everything else brewing, unidentifiable to him, is.Lady Emma Cavensham is just as resistant to the idea of love and marriage as Nick is. While she doesn’t go the extreme of avoiding society, neither is she looking to get herself forever bound to a brutal husband. Sure, her parents share an idea marriage, as does her “sister”, but she feels theirs are uncommon matches. After all, a husband dictates to his wife and in cases like her friend, Lena, murders them. She will not be thwarted from bringing the evil man to justice, but every time she hatches a plan to do just that, Nick shows up. Pair his constant unwanted presence with a rising attraction that could be likened to electric magnetism, and you’ve got a recipe for heartache. Or maybe not. But is it worth the risk?I found this story a fun, romantic read. While the book was quite predictable and there was very little suspense, it was time well spent. I do not regret reading this book, but I had the strangest sense of déjà vu the entire time I was reading it. Ms. MacGregor goes in to quite a bit of detail explaining the events that have molded her main characters into who they are, but I failed to make a deep connection with either of them. Perhaps if I had read the first book and came to the story with a bit of knowledge of both Nick and Emma, it would have been different. That said, even though this book is a 2nd in series, it read well without leaving a reader feeling lost in the absence of prior knowledge. I encountered a few typos while reading this story and I hate to hold that against an unreleased copy because it is very likely going to be rectified prior to the release date, but there it is. I suppose we don’t always need suspense or impulsiveness in a book when we just want something to read. And for a situation such as that, this book is satisfying. But if you are looking for a deep-rooted connection that sucks you in and leaves you aching for more, you won’t find that in this story. I would also have liked to see a bit more wit and sarcasm, sparing as it was in this novel. So overall, as a first experience with this author, it is a satisfying read, but lacking in character depth and unpredictability. Given the chance the read another book by Ms. MacGregor, I most likely would. However, I might choose outside of this series just to see if her styles vary at all. Kindle version provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      The Bride Who Got Lucky by Janna MacGregorThe Cavensham Heiresses #2Nick has pretty much been abandoned by his father from birth and sent to boarding school with few memorable trips home since he was five. At fifteen there is an encounter with his father that marks and changes him. He does alright for himself but the cost to his emotional wellbeing is severe. Emma is a “lady” but has dreams of having the freedoms a man has – including choosing her spouse and going into business. She gets herself into a number of pickles that made me question her ability to think things through and also made me wonder how she circumvented family to get to the places she went. The romance between Nick and Emma began when she was 22 but didn’t come to fruition till she was 25. There were encounters and a kiss or two with Nick being sent to follow her by friends and family to keep Emma from getting into trouble. That doesn’t work entirely but he does his best. In addition to the romance and the characters backstories there is a friend that Emma is trying to avenge and that storyline plays throughout the book. The story was a solid read but, to me, did not seem highly believable. I liked both characters but often wondered if what they were doing and saying in the story would really happen. I liked the comeuppance of the bad guy and a reveal that happened toward the end of the story as it provided a way forward for the couple. I am not sure what will happen in book three but believe it will have to do with a client of Emma’s bank and one of her brothers. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Paperbacks for the ARC – This is my honest review. 3-4 Stars
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this second book in The Cavensham Heiresses series. You don’t need to read the first book to enjoy this one. Emma is so independent and this is great for the time period. Nick had to learn how to be part of a family and Emma needed to learn to lean on others. I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.
    • 5/5
      I'm bedazzled!Oh my! I loved this. I adored the intelligent, stubborn Lady Emma Cavensham trying to find justice for her dead friend Lady Lena Eaton.I was smitten with the damaged the Earl of Somerton, Nicholas St. Mauer who had been alone and rejected from an early age. It was after a terrible encounter with his father at Eaton, that Alex Pembrooke interfered when Nick was being bullied by other students. This later becomes the doorway into to a relationship with Pembrooke and Emma's family. Rejection by his father, Drake St. Mauer, the Duke of Renton, has put Nick onto the trajectory of desiring to surpass his father’s wealth and to isolate himself from the hurt of meaningful relationships. He has decided to not marry. Nick focuses all his attention on the acquisition of wealth. He engages in trade to do with merchant ships and their cargoes, and purchases ships for new trade routes. Vengeance would be sweet. 'He could taste victory.' I love the sometimes dim witted (where Emma's concerned), but fiercely loyal men of the Cavensham family. Their presence is a wonderful addition to the story.Lord Somerton keeps encountering Emma on her forays into what could be dangerous, or at the very least scandalous places, and coming to her rescue, or imposing rescue on her, whichever fits the bill. His thwarting of Emma frustrates her. The repartee they engage in is amusing and invigorating. I loved Emma's thoughts after the first such encounter, When 'his laughter followed her all the way to her carriage. Insufferable cur.'When Emma is driven to investigate her dearest friend Lena's husband, the despicable, hateful Lord Aulton, to make him pay for Lena's murder its Somerset who keeps rescuing Emma from her own fearlessness. With her brothers and father just a few paces behind.These rescues ultimately takes a course that is in keeping with the times.The last scenes left me somewhat teary with happiness.As far as I'm concerned this is a rare winner in the regency romance stakes, complete with intrigue, interest and wonderful lead characters.A NetGalley ARC
    • 4/5
      I was invited by the publisher to read this book. When I got the invitation I had been feeling down in the dumps and thought what better way to cheer up then reading a romance novel. After reading the book I am definitely feeling better.This book follows Nick and Emma. Both of them are really stubborn and never want to bee married; Nick because he doesn't want to let anyone in after his father basically disowned him, and Emma because she doesn't want a man to control her. I tended to like Nick more than Emma as Emma started to get annoying in the second half.Nick and Emma's relationship grows throughout the book and grows especially fast after they are forced to marry. Their marriage seemed to be working until something threatens to tear them apart. Ultimately, of course, I loved where they ended up at the end.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the galley.
    • 3/5
      Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. This was second book in the series. I loved Nick, had already enjoyed him since the last book when we met him, as being Alex's best friend. Now Emma, kind of annoyed me, she came off as a brat to me, I understood that she was supposed to be a feminist in her day, and that she wanted to justice for her friend Lena, but I just felt that she came off as annoying and immature. I was however glad to read about Claire and Alex's relationship, and to see how they were doing.