As I've learned to expect, a beautifully written and fun read. Major writes wonderfully believable stories with flawed but truly good heroes and heroines

Michelle Major pens uplifting, engrossing and spellbinding contemporary romances that never fail to hit the spot and she is on top form with Falling for the Wrong Brother. A captivating tale about forbidden love, inconvenient attraction and healing from the past, Falling for the Wrong Brother kick starts Michelle Major’s dazzling trilogy featuring Maggie Spencer and Griffin Stone that will hold readers in thrall.

Mayor Maggie Spencer has always done the right thing. Duty and responsibility have always lain heavily upon her shoulders and she has always done what was expected of her, both personally and professionally. Getting married to Trevor Stone seems like the sensible and logical next stop and their union is seen by all of Stonecreek’s residents as the joining of two of the town’s most influential families. Theirs is not exactly the love affair of the century, however, Maggie knows that everyone is expecting her to marry Trevor. All the doubts she has been getting lately are merely last minute jitters, however, just before she is about to walk down the aisle in front of the entire town, she realises that there simply is no way she can marry a man she doesn’t love, so she runs away from the church and bumps straight into the other Stone brother, Griffin, who ignites feelings deep within her which she has certainly never felt with her fiance!

Stonecreek is a place full of memories for Griffin – and none of them are good! Having had a very difficult relationship with his late father, Griffin had skipped town after high school and joined the army, vowing to keep his visits home as infrequent as possible. When he had heard that his brother was getting married, his first instinct had been to refuse to attend. He has never been close to Trevor, but knowing how much his mother would love to have him at the wedding, he mustered up all his courage and decided to go back home – only he never imagined that he would find himself chasing after his brother’s runaway fiancee!

With her reputation in tatters after jilting one of the town’s most prominent sons, the last thing Maggie wants or needs is to have her head turned by her former fiance’s good-looking brother. Maggie has long had a crush on Griffin, but with everything that’s gone on, a relationship with him is simply out of the question…or is it? As the two of them find themselves spending more and more time together, Maggie and Griffin quickly realise that they are falling head over heels in love with another, but with all the obstacles standing in their way, dare they take a leap of faith and a chance on love? Or is their forbidden romance doomed before it’s even got off the ground?

A superb contemporary romance that will touch your heart and make you laugh and cry, Falling for the Wrong Brother is an addictive, engrossing and compulsively readable tale that is an absolute struggle to put down. Sparkling with warmth, heart and charm, Falling for the Wrong Brother is a story of hope, second chances and new beginnings with a terrific heroine who is smart, human and believable and a gorgeous hero who will make readers swoon!

A lovely contemporary romance that ticks all the right boxes, Falling for the Wrong Brother is another must-read by the fantastic Michelle Major!

What a story! I was not ready for this to end. I knew it was a trilogy but still, I need more! The Stones and Spencers have got to get their heads out of their behinds and let bygones be bygones.

The book warned me from the start in the front pages that it is only the first stage of the main love story, so I withheld judgment until the end. It is definitely the beginning of something solid, but has neither a “happily ever after” nor a “happy for now” ending for the main couple. Two secondary characters, each with strong ties to one of the main characters, do find their happy ending, though. That arc is a poignant story of Brenna learning to look beyond her image of herself and accept she has the right to a wonderful future with Marcus. The reader isn’t left hanging in every aspect.

I wanted to get that out of the way from the start, especially considering the note on my last review, but there’s no doubt Maggie and Griffin’s story has enough to fill three books. Theirs is a complex, tangled situation with personal and family history weighing against them.

It’s the Hatfield and McCoy or Capulet and Montague situation where a betrayal in the distant past has set the Spencers and Stones against each other, measuring success only as it reflects off the failures of the other. Their two families founded the town where Maggie has deep ties and Griffin rejected all the ways his heritage called to him long ago. Don’t think the feud a matter of history, either. It might not be played out at gun or sword point, but economics and town ordinances are good enough weapons to tear families apart. I enjoyed how the town’s history is mixed with the personal story and directly influences who they have become as adults.

Maggie and Griffin also have a personal history, one complicated by their reintroduction when Griffin returns home after a long absence as Maggie is literally running away from her wedding day and his kid brother. A school girl crush flares into something more from the moment he helps her escape, and it’s no longer one sided.

Nor are relations between the brothers anything to cheer about, making Griffin’s suspicions about the cause for Maggie leaving him at the altar even sharper. As far as character development, Trevor’s arc is strong, going from the petulant whiner to starting to take responsibility for his actions and making the first steps toward healing, though there’s a long way to go.

There’s a lot of tearing down and rebuilding in this novel, both metaphorically and in reality. Nothing is simple, but at the same time, the story doesn’t take shortcuts or focus on the malicious. This is even true when the potential exists and has come into play elsewhere, something I very much appreciated. Life is complex enough without evil rearing its ugly head.

I hope you have the sense of how real these people and the place came to be through the story. The characters engaged me and made me want to stick around to learn their full story. It’s a strong start to what I believe will be a worthwhile read.

P.S. I received this ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Only moments before getting married Maggie realize what a mistake would be if she went through it and left. Imagine her surprise when she ends up finding her exs brother, Griffin, driving along offering her help. The thing is the Spencer family and the Stone family getting married is kind of a big deal in this town and she didn't realize what kind of repercussions would happen. And after Griffin helping Maggie things slowly start to heat up between the two.

If I had known this book was a Trilogy and not its own book I would have waited for the next two books rather than reading it now and forgetting to probably pick it up later.

From what I've read this is a good start I really enjoyed it. It was interesting seeing how the Spencer family and the stone family have their little quarrels have ways of being really petty towards each other. It was interesting seeing the length the families would go to mess with each other. I did like the romance between Maggie and Griffin play out. Overall it was a pretty good book and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Maggie was hurrying away from the church and away from her family and friends and her remorseful, apologetic, and cheating fiance- Trevor. Maggie had ran away from her own wedding five minutes before she was marry Trevor which .was to be the joining of the two most powerful families in Stonecreek and most the people of Stonecreek were in the church waiting for the wedding to start. As Maggie hurried away Trevor’s brother Griffin pulled up and asked Maggie if she wasn’t going the wrong way and Maggie was determined to take no help from who had been away for ten years and wasn’t supposed to even be there as it was assumed he wasn’t coming to the wedding as he hadn’t bothered to reply to the invitation. Griffin had grew into an alpha man. Griffin had been the star of every one of Maggie’s teenage fantasies even though bad boy Griffin had barely acknowledged her whereas Trevor and Maggie had been very close since kindergarten. Griffin was three years older then maggie and they were a world apart. Griffin made it clear he thought Maggie was nothing but a spoiled princess. Maggie’s only sin had been to trust the wrong man. Maggie hated feeling fragile, hurt, hated Trevor for what he had done. Maggie’s ankle really did hurt so she had no choice and ended up getting herself in Griffins SUV. Maggie had purchased her grandmother's house a couple of years ago and that was where she was going. She knew if a bout a half hour her family would all show up. Maggie knew how she had brought shame to their family name. Everyone in town had presumed Griffin was being groomed to take over the family vineyard but Griffin’s father -Dave would never had allowed him to take over the business as Griffin could never please his demanding father. By the time Griffin was in his teens he didn’t even try to please his father.anymore. The last time Griffin had been in town was four years ago for his father’s funeral. Griffin hadn’t seen his brother Trevor since then either. Griffin went to the church and headed straight for his brother and punched him in his face. Trevor had been playing the broken hearted groom and should have got an award for his acting skills since it was his cheating that had caused Maggie to leave the church. Griffin told Trevor he could either tell him what he had done to Maggie here in front of everyone or in private and the two brothers left the main part of the church. Griffin had spent most of the last decade in war torn countries in the Middle East in the Army as a medic.
Then he worked for various construction companies after he got out of the Army. Griffin might not have a relationship with Maggie but the connection he felt had been immediate and almost palpable. When had Maggie turned into a beautiful and melancholy woman? Maggie hated to admit how much it hurt her that people who had known her since she had been in diapers could turn on her so quickly but she wouldn’t let it show. Griffin was suppose to be in town for a couple of months as he was rebuilding the tasting room at the vineyard. Even when Maggie was younger to present day when Griffin appeared her body started to hum like a high voltage power line. Maggie invited Griffin to sit after she had spent three hours walking around for three hours at the Spring Festival. Then he told maggie he had come to the festival to see her. They decided to leave the town and go somewhere else. Maggie and Griffin started to date.
I totally hated the cliffhanger ending of this book. I don’t always remember to look for the next book when it comes out. What really angered me i sI loved this book - it was a five for me- right up until the end. In my opinion that was so wrong. I will still give this book a four as it deserves that but i am not in the least not happy with this book and I now regret reading this. I had read this in one day as I wanted to see what was going to happen next. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book until the end, I do recommend with warning of the big cliffhanger ending.

I was totally on board with this book all the way. I thought it was one of the better written romance stories that I've read lately. I believed this right up to the point where I realized it was not a full book, but rather, it was the first part of a serialized story. There was no real ending, just a cliff hanger and a note to follow the story unfold over the next two books.

I don't know who thought this type of thing was a good idea, but to me it is an immediate NOPE. I read Harlequin romances not for their gripping story telling, but that I have a quick romantic read to which I can reach a satisfying conclusion in one sitting. I am absolutely NOT interested in having to wait and catch up with the rest of the story at some later date.

Ugh. Just ugh.