Review by Booklist Review
It isn't really stealing if it is your own money. At least that is what March Lawson tells herself when she, once again, forges the signature of Michael Cavensham, Marquess of McCalpin, on a letter requesting money from her dowry. Really, March wouldn't even have to stoop to doing this if Michael, her family's trustee, had just replied to all those letters she sent him begging for the money March needs to keep her family going. However, it now seems that March has finally gotten his attention since he has sent a letter back to March requesting a meeting. Apparently, Michael would now like to know exactly who it is in the Lawson family who writes his name better than he does! MacGregor (The Bride Who Got Lucky, 2017) successfully puts together a seemingly unlikely but ultimately perfectly matched pair of protagonists in her latest Cavensham HeiressesRegency-set historical romance, and then folds in an abundance of sparkling dialogue, a dash of deliciously tart humor, and just enough soul-searing sensuality to keep romance fans sighing happily in satisfaction.--Charles, John Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
The strong third Cavensham Heiresses Regency features likable characters, but the promising story is overwhelmed by purple prose ("the words gutted him as no knife could") and culminates in a lazy, too-easy conclusion. Plucky March Lawson shows resourcefulness and determination as she raises her three siblings after their parents' untimely deaths. Since the family trustees never responded to her pleas for help, March forged the most recent trustee's signature in order to funnel her inheritance to an account she could access. When Michael, the young, likable Marquess of McCalpin, is notified of her crime, he brings the Lawson family to his home while investigating their circumstances. He hopes to acquit the lovely March, but new evidence of embezzlement comes to light, and the spreadsheet threatens to reveal his shameful difficulty with numbers. Will the burgeoning scandal cancel their growing romance, or can they learn to trust each other despite evidence that doesn't add up? Unfortunately, all the tension fizzles out well before the end of the book. While sexy and entertaining, this one will likely leave MacGregor's fans disappointed. Agent: Pamela Ahearn, Ahearn Agency. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review by Library Journal Review
At her wits end when her pleas for the necessary funds to support her estate go unanswered, March Lawson, who's been caring for her younger siblings since the death of their parents eight years ago, begins making withdrawals from her own trust by forging the signature of the ogre in charge of it, whom she's never met. -Michael Cavensham, Marquis of -McCalpin, is not quite the villain March believes him to be, and when he learns of her "embezzlement" and the dire straits, he petitions for guardianship and sweeps the siblings off to London for the Season and into the midst of his welcoming family. Passion wars with pride and practicality as a determined heroine who is a genius with numbers and a responsible yet mathematically challenged hero deal with the threat of scandal and vicious forces that would to anything to bring March down and destroy their newfound happiness. VERDICT Brimming with family, hope, and tender sensuality, this shrewdly plotted, gently paced romance is especially satisfying. MacGregor (The Bride Who Got Lucky) lives in Kansas City, MO. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
The marquess in charge of a young heiress's dowry is terrible at accountingand their problems only multiply when they fall in love in MacGregor's (The Bride Who Got Lucky, 2017, etc.) latest Cavensham Heiresses book.March Lawson has served as the head of her household ever since her parents died eight years ago. She and her younger sisters are ready for their first season among the London ton, but the trustee of her bank account, Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpin, hasn't responded to her requests for funds. Even March's brother, the viscount, can't help her, since he's only 9 years old. When McCalpin catches March forging his signature to access her own money, he doesn't have the heart to turn her in for embezzlement. Instead, he appoints himself as her guardian and whisks March and her sisters to London for the season of their dreams. Antiquated banking laws make for fine moments of tension as March and McCalpin try to reconcile their bank accounts and their growing attraction for one another. While March worries she won't fit in with the rest of England's social elite, McCalpin wonders how he'll manage her estate when he can't even manage his own. And every time they try putting their heads together to figure it out, they end up kissing! But vicious gossip, a jealous cousin, and even more bookkeeping drama keep them from solving all their problems too soon. Shocking developments will have even the smartest readers wondering if one plus one will ever equal two.Math has never been sexier. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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