Oh my goodness! The Luck of the Bride by Janna MacGrego is the first of her books that I have read. It was amazing. I am so happy there are more books to read. The book made me so emotional, from being angry for the heroine and her family for their situation, to balling my eyes out. There were so many twists and turns, it was a great story. You will fall in love will March Lawson and Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpine

I was received an advance readers copy and am voluntarily reviewing the book. I highly recommend the book and would give it 10 stars if I could

Wow! This book is fabulous! A wonderfully strong heroine, March, loves and sacrifices for her family with little concern for how much things affect her. Wealthy, loyal and accomplished, Michael, the Marques of Langford, has a secret shame that he forever lives in fear of its discovery. How they enter into each other's lives and the tale that follows is captivating and marveling in its depth and expert storytelling. This author might just be my new favorite.

The Luck of the Bride is fantastic from start to finish, read it and I'm positive you'll agree. I can’t recommend this one highly enough.

I received an ARC of this book, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book really pulls at your heart and left me in tears during one scene. You can't help but admire March who keeps her family together after the death of her parents and struggles to keep food on the table. 

Watching Michael (McCalpin) and March grow closer and fall in love was great but along the way there is tons of drama and obstacles that need to be resolved before they get to their HEA.

One thing that really bothered me was that March was so quick to forgive Michael when he didn't believe her innocence and had to get proof that she did not steal from him. I think that if the same thing happened to me, I would need time to recover from the betrayal and not give my forgiveness so quickly. I also didn't like the coincidence that the two suitors were really called away by emergencies when the Lawson women needed their support, that was just a little too much bad luck piled on bad luck.

Another part that I was not sure about was the purpose of Jameson trying to discredit March as a rightful heir, that had nothing to do with his scheme to steal money and was just down right cruel. I also understand that they had sympathy towards his circumstances that he needed the money for a crippled child but they really let him off too easily for his crime. 

After reading many, many books, it takes a really good scene for me to be moved to tears and when March was saying good bye to her siblings, I felt their sorrow and it did move me to tears and anger at Michael! I loved that Michael's mother showed him this scene and was so instrumental in opening his eyes.

I have not read any of the other books in this brides series but it really was not necessary to enjoy or understand this book. I enjoyed the book and now want to know more about the previous books.

This is the first book I have read by Janna MacGregor.  Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me the book for an honest review.  As a young girl, March was thrown into a position as mother and father to her three siblings after the death of her parents to influenza.  She handled the affairs of the estate that included sheep, until things got very bad.  Working a scheme to get part of her trust to keep the estate going and food on the table, March gets caught up in quite a predicament.  When Michael, the person in charge of the money for the estate, gets word that money is being withdrawn with his permission, even though he did not provide permission, he begins to investigate.  Michael has his own disability to content with and now he has to learn to handle affairs that make him deal with that disability.  March's sisters need to be presented to society, Bennett needs to learn to be a man, and can Michael be that person to help with those tasks?  Very nicely written, romantic, with some sleuthing, family honor, and love.  This book has it all and cannot wait to read the rest of the series.

Miss March Lawson is trying to survive with her brother and sisters. Her guardians are ignoring their needs and she is desperate. March decides to get money from her trust to feed her family. The problem is she is forging her guardian’s signature on the documents. When the Marquess of MacCalpin finds out he confronts her.
This story is one of the most emotional I have ever read. You have Miss March Lawson who is trying her best to keep her family fed. Her brother the Viscount Lawson is too young to take up his title. He is nine going on thirty. The people who are suppose to help her are not, she also has to deal with a cousin trying to marry her sister to get his hands on the estate. 
MacCalpin finds out that March has been stealing from the estate. Yet there is someone stealing from his own estate also. The issue is that MacCalpin can’t understand numbers. He now has to find out who is stealing from the Dukedom. 
March and MacCalpin come together and learn to trust each other and themselves. I really recommend this book.

The book seemed very promising at the start. After her parents died due to an influenza outbreak, March at the young age of 17, even feeling devastated and overwhelmed herself assumes all responsibility for her young siblings and the estate. When their appointed guardian ignores them, including pleas for funds, it is up to March to figure out ways to survive. In desperation when they are near penniless, she resorts to forgery to enable monies from her trust fund to be released to her.

The guardianship of the Lawson family falls to Michael after their previous guardian dies. He’d initially passed it on to his solicitor to manage their affairs but when March’s forgery is discovered he is shocked to discover the state they have fallen into & immediately makes reparation by taking the whole family to London under the sponsorship and care of his parents.

Several things didn’t sit right with me in the writing which marred my enjoyment of the book.
Both characters were uneven at times. Michael is portrayed as a man of integrity yet even from the first seemed to behave rather uncharacteristically recklessly around March – kisses on the lips “to distract her” when she has an accident? With someone else in the room but whose back is turned? Incidences that were just too jarring.

Another thing that I did not like in the storytelling was the all too frequent references to March’s physical attributes:
“She rose from the chair with an inborn grace that enhanced the lush lines of her body”. I lost count of the number of times the word “lush” or luscious was used to describe her. Which didn’t go with her supposedly character, one of intelligence, independence and determination.

The writing seemed to go even more florid as the story continued.

The story of March and Michael and falling in love.  March is caring for her siblings for years after her parents die, and legal guardians do nothing to help.  She ends up doing bookkeeping and raising sheep, neither a typical profession or skill for women in historical romances.  Michael will one day be Duke but until then he's hiding a condition that makes it hard for him to deal with numbers and math.  So we have the imperfect hero and the  unusual heroine, and we watch them fall in love.  It's really sweet, all the ways we can remember - the first time you see someone, when you first share a laugh, when you just  enjoy their company and begin to look forward to  seeing them, until you finally understand you are in  love.  The moment of conflict is the only place that wasn't my favorite, I wanted Michael to stop and talk and not fall into the trap. However,  that was quickly resolved and didn't drag on.   The Luck of the Bride does well as a stand alone, though I'll be searching out the first two in this series.  Fans of historical romance should enjoy this one.

March's chance at a season ended with her parents' untimely death. Her job became parent to her younger siblings. An absentee guardian has left them in dire straits; March resorts to stealing from her own dowry and forging the signature of a marquess.

McCalpin has a secret and his brother helps him hide it, but it has caused him to neglect his duties to his wards, and when he learns one of them is embezzling funds, he's ready to to take action. Until, he sees their living conditions.

As he tries to remedy the situation and help the family, McCalpin finds himself warring with propriety and his desire for March. March only wants to make sure her siblings are cared for, even if it means sacrificing her chance for love and marriage. Can these two find common ground and will their flaws and gifts even the field for love? Fantastic story!

**received an ARC on netgalley**

A wonderful historical romance! March Lawson has lost her parents, leaving her behind with younger siblings she must raise on her own. Being limited on funds and unable to reach her solicitor, March is left to her own devices on how to help her little family survive.
Michael Cavensham discovers what March has been doing and goes to delve further into the situation. What he doesn't expect to find is a beautiful girl just trying to do what she can. This story has wonderful secrets to discover, although my only issue is how quickly things are forgiven towards the end. Other than that, I loved this story!

A Riveting Romance that I could not put down. Everything about the storyline and the characters captivated me. Their personalities, their conversations, their spark flying chemistry, and the sex scenes that were superbly written. I was a goner, charmed beyond words. 
The Luck of the Bride is so well written, Janna MacGregor has definitely captured and secured the heart of her readers with this story. This is my favorite of the series. She is an excellent writer with books that ooze heartfelt goodness. This story was blissful. 
The story had such a riveting story of family, loyalty, secrets, survival, and love. All March’s family characters are a delight to read about as well as the Duke and Duchess of Langham. I loved that we get to see our previous books in this series couples and see how their life is progressing. But the true substance and heat in this book was between March Lawson and the Marquess of McCalpin. These two characters dazzled me with their sizzling chemistry as well as their conversations. This had ALL THE THINGS I live for in Romance. I can’t recommend it enough. I Loved It!  
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this story! It was entertaining and with great characters and dialogue. I am looking forward more books from this author!

I like a story with a smart woman.  March does what she has to in order to feed her younger siblings, even embezzling funds, her funds.  When the Marquees of McCalpin, Michael finally decides to check on his wards, he is determined to help them.  As Michael and March fall in love, her cousin Rupert and the bookkeeper plot and make March look guilty for stealing, their love will be tested unless the plot can be uncovered.

I found this book to be a very enjoyable read from the very first page with the good storyline and the well rounded characters which kept me totally captivated until the turn of the very last page!

I really, really, really liked The Luck of the Bride. It was just so cute! Both main characters are nice, though Marsh is especially so. I simply adored her. I highly recommend it.

March and Michael worked well as a coup!e.  I liked that she was a strong independent woman who stepped up when her parents died.  Michael was interesting in his unique way.  I think the romance worked well, It was the extra drama and meanesd of some of the secondary characters that kept this from being a 4 star read.

A hero with a learning disability, a smart and hardworking heroine, and a Big Misunderstanding resolved in a manner that reminds me of books by Judith McNaught and Julie Garwood - these are the reasons why I enjoyed this book. 

March and McCalpin are both likable characters with complimenting qualities and enough flaws that you can't help but root for them to be together. I especially liked the vulnerability of McCalpin's inadequacy. It makes for a wonderful deviation from the normal Regency heroes who can do no wrong. 

I also liked the secondary characters, especially the young Viscount Bennett. He brought a lightness to a story that sometimes gets maudlin. It was also lovely to see the other characters from previous books in the series like Lady Emma and Nick. 

If I took out any points, it's for awkward forms of address, a couple of anachronisms, and a few "telling" and overly dramatic scenes that could have been toned down.

Note: I requested and received this ARC from St. Martin's Press through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

Sigh.. Be still my heart!!  This story just wrapped around my heart and once I started I could not put it down.  Janna MacGregor's well drawn characters came to life with her descriptive prose and I could actually see them in my mind.  The hero Michael Caversham, heir to the Duke of Langham has a secret and has been hiding it since he was a child.  He has been fortunate that his brother has stood by his side and helped him through the years. March Lawson has a secret of her own.  Her family has been living hand to mouth since her parents passed away and she was left in charge of her three siblings years ago.  Although there was money left in trusts, she has not been able to access the funds.  She finally catches the attention of Michael as he has become her guardian and she has been breaking the law to protect her siblings.  As he summons her to his home and the two meet.. Well all I can say if there are so many wonderful emotions in this story.  March has only looked after her siblings for years and never thought of herself.  Michael had no idea of her existence until recently.  Then there is the evil cousin who hopes to gain it all.  I could go on and on about this story because I loved it so much.  But I do not want to give it all away and I know you will feel the same!!  This is the first story in this series I have read and it can be read as a standalone.  But trust me, I intend to go back and read everything this author has written.  It was that amazing.  Yes, yes it was...

The Luck of the Bride by Janna MacGregor is book Three in The Cavensham Heiresses series.  This is the story of March Lawson and Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpin.  I have read the previous books (and Loved them!) but feel this can easily be a standalone book. 
March is the oldest of her sisters and when their parents died she took charge to help keep food and a roof over their heads.  Their Guardian at the time was not in his right mind really and they ended up being lost in the shuffle of things.  So March has step up to raise her sister and keep them going.  
McCalpin has a secret they would ruin things if it was found out so this makes him less trusting...guarded.  But when he gets wind of someone using his name he calls them forward.  McCalpin soon discovers that March is behind it and he learns her story and moves forward to help.  But things are never easy when dealing with love.

An enjoyable read with the best kind of heroine -- one who refuses to quit no matter the odds. March Lawson will take care of her family, even if she has to resort to embezzling (her own funds, really) to make sure they don't starve. Her trustee, an heir to the duke, discovers the embezzlement, and more than that, realizes how shamefully he has neglected his duties to the Lawson family. The three daughters and son nearly starved at times, and only their eldest sibling's ingenuity kept the family together. She is just a terrific heroine, and Michael Cavensham (the hero) would be just as wonderful if it weren't for a wrench in the book toward the end. Trust lost is hard to regain, and Miss March Lawson trusted someone again a little too soon. I'm all for HEAs but sometimes, the H needs to grovel a tad more. I agree with other reviewers who think the last portion of the book took an unnecessary direction. All of that said, Janna MacGregor's ability with a story and her sterling characters make this book one to savor.  {I received an eARC on NetGalley. Opinions mine.)

I liked both of the main characters but I have to give extra credit to March for her perseverance and love of her family.  She was just a teenager when she stepped up and took on huge responsibilities that she was not prepared for.  But it was all about survival.  
Michael did what he did to survive although it was in a totally different way.  Although it was somewhat different for him because he had a loving family to help and didn't have to wonder where his next meal was coming from.  He did have a secret that he found humiliating but you can see in the story that it made him more understanding of some people's flaws.  It also caused him to develop other strengths that had helped others and himself.  His brother, mother and father were also people who added to the story.
I enjoyed March's brother and sisters and how close she was to them.  She practically raised her brother like he was her own child.  She was the only mother that he knew because he was a year old when their parents died. 
I was happy to see as it got towards the end of the book I started to see more action and things got more interesting for me.  When her cousin Rupert publicly humiliated her at a ball that's when it all hits the fan more.  And things did start to get more intense.