The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (Bad Luck Brides) [Mass Market Paperback]

Geralyn Dawson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bad Luck Brides | Publication Date: February 1, 2005

Jenny Fortune was desperate.Just because of a little "bad luck" associated with one of her finest creations, she was losing her customers in droves. Widower Trace McBride seemed to be her only solution. He had three hellion daughters in need of a woman's touch. And since wearing the gown at her own wedding seemed the best way to turn her luck around, Jenny was determined to convince Trace that they would make the perfect match. If only things had turned out to be that simple!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Utterly charming. . .I loved it." -- USA Today

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: HQN Books (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373770375
• ISBN-13: 978-0373770373
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Geralyn Dawson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty-five novels written in a variety of sub-genres including historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. She is a three-time Finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and a recipient of Romantic Times magazine's Career Achievement Award. Her novel THE WEDDING RANSOM was named one of Romance Writers of America's Top Ten Favorite Novels of the Year. The Detroit Free Press named her THE WEDDING RAFFLE as one of the best romances of the year.

Geralyn is currently writing romantic women's fiction for Ballantine Books under the pseudonym Emily March. Publishers Weekly named ANGEL'S REST to its Top 100 Books of 2011 list, and it along with HUMMINGBIRD LAKE and HEARTACHE FALLS each earned coveted starred reviews. The fourth book of the series, LOVER'S LEAP, is a January 2012 release with NIGHTINGALE WAY to follow in Fall 2012.

Geralyn invites you to visit her website at www.emilymarch.com and register for her e-newsletter, which includes contests and news about her upcoming releases.
You can follow her on Twitter at both @geralyndawson and @emilymarchbooks.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming, thoroughly charming romance, December 19, 2002

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BarkLessWagMore (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Luck Wedding Dress, The (Mass Market Paperback)

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Jenny Fortune is struggling to keep her seamstress business afloat. It seems that all three of Big Jack Bailey's daughters have met up with a streak of bad luck after wearing her masterpiece wedding dress. Being a suspicious fool, Big Jack Bailey determines MissFortune (as he dubs her) has placed a curse on the dress and sets out to destroy Jenny and her business.

Trace McBride, local saloon owner, widower and father of three wild girls also known as the "McBride Menaces", rents out the space Jenny uses for her business. Because Trace is extremely busy trying to earn money so he can build his girls' a dream house and gain back his respectability as an Architect the girls begin to spend a lot of time with Jenny and decide she is going to be their new Momma. Continually placing their women weary Father and Jenny in constant contact by their antics the Menaces are determined to force this stubborn pair to fall in love.

Jenny figures the only way to turn her luck around is by getting married in her own "Bad Luck Wedding Dress" and proving to her clientele that the dress and her creations aren't cursed. Trace seems like the most likely candidate, unfortunately, he has been seriously burned by his former wife and is dead set against remarrying. But his daughters, who are even more stubborn than he is, have other plans . . .

This story is filled with endearing characters. There's a wounded hero crying out for love to heal his tortured heart, a charming, understanding and unpredictable heroine and three adorable little girls who add touches of humor and warmth to this terrific love story. If you're like me and like your books brimming over with emotion, sensuality, tenderness and laughter you will cherish this book

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Luck Wedding Dress, April 22, 2009

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Karen "darkhorse" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (Bad Luck Brides) (Mass Market Paperback)

It was my good luck to read Geralyn Dawson's first in a series of Bad Luck Brides. I have read the trilogy of the menaces when they were adults and thoroughly enjoyed their childhood antics in trying to get a new mama. All of the characters were well developed. I loved it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling..., August 1, 2005

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Elaina S. (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (Bad Luck Brides) (Mass Market Paperback)

Geralyn Dawson is quickly becoming one of my favorite romance authors. After reading THE BAD LUCK WEDDING CAKE and THE BAD LUCK WEDDING NIGHT, I was dying to read the first installment, THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS. And to my pleasure, I was not disappointed.

THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS tells the story of the seamstress Jenny Fortune who moves to Fort Worth to pursue her dream of dressmaking. Her shop does very well until the superstitious Big Jack Bailey accuses Jenny of making a "bad luck wedding dress," which he claims caused the accidents of two of his daughters when they wore the supposed cursed dress. Jenny's business falls on hard times, for the people of Ft. Worth have no desire to buy bad luck dresses.

Enter widower Trace McBride. The father of the three McBride Menaces, Trace is in need of a mother for his rambunctious daughters. He soon realizes that Jenny would be the best choice for the job. The two agree to marry - Trace gets a mother for his children and Jenny gets financial support after her business does not bring in enough money.

And, of course, the pair fall in love. Jenny helps to heal Trace's demons, and she, in turn, receives the family she's always longed for.

THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS is an adorable story. Trace McBride is the kind of man any woman would dream of having: kind, tender, yet all too human. Jenny is fiesty yet bighearted. The chemistry between the couple leaps off the pages. The McBride Menaces, although naughty, are sweethearts who just need a mother's tender touch. By the end of the novel, you'll be sighing in contentment and brimming with the infamous "warm fuzzing feeling." This book is just that wonderful.

Elaina S.