seriously romantic: the bride who got lucky by janna macgregor

the second book in the cavensham brides, the bride who got lucky, has independent-minded lady emma facing off with the reclusive nicholas st. mauer, earl of somerton. emma has been devastated by the loss of her closest friend, lena, lady aulton. especially given the circumstances of lena's death. emma knows that her husband killed her and is anxious to seek justice for her friend.

but at every turn she is thwarted. by nick, by the coroner's report, by lena's lady's maid who won't come forward. it is made clear to emma that given lord aulton's social standing, he will get away with murder. and as much as she tries, there is nothing she can do about it.

the thing is, that nick empathizes and understands what emma is trying to accomplish. he is disgusted by lord aulton's actions. he believes that emma has a brilliant and empathetic mind and wants more than anything to support her, but he also wants to protect her from harm. and her vendetta against lord aulton puts her in more danger than she realizes.

it's not just physical danger, lord aulton threatens emma's social standing, her financial well-being. he is merciless and downright evil. i'd say the one complaint i have about the novel, is that for a romance we spend a lot of time dealing with women's rights issues. and these are important things to think about, but emma spends so much time fighting the good fight that it feels like this is the main thrust of the story instead of the romance that blossoms between nick and emma.

i loved nick as a character and i thought he was the perfect foil for emma. she was harder to enjoy and i struggle with this because it's not that i disagree with any of her beliefs or positions. i don't at all. i agree with her 100%. and yet i found her determination and single-mindedness off-putting. and i hate that. because i don't want to be part of the patriarchal culture that wants to silence women on women's issues. but i also don't necessarily want my romance novels to lecture me about issues i already agree with. it's a tough balance and i think the issues are important. i just am not always sure of their delivery.

**the bride who got lucky will publish on october 31, 2017. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgally/st. martin's press in exchange for my honest review.

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