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Authors: Geralyn Dawson
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Genre Fiction, #Family Saga, #Romance, #Romantic Comedy, #Western, #Teen & Young Adult, #Sagas, #Westerns
“Yes, ma’am.” His voice was strangled.
“So, I’ll model the Good Luck Wedding Dress for you on one condition, Mr. McBride.”
She was naked now. “Condition? Honey, I’m willing to do damned near anything.”
She picked up her tape measure and dropped to her knees before him. Licking her lips, she said, “Let me measure your inseam first?”
Fort Worth Daily Democrat
June 1, 1888
Talk about Town
by Wilhemina Peters
THERE IS an old saying that All the World Loves a Lover. Livestock is another matter entirely.
Yesterday evening the people of Fort Worth were treated to the spectacle of another McBride family wedding. The event eclipsed every other social occasion in our fair city in the past five years, and will without a doubt provide fodder for discussion for years to come.
The bride, Miss Emmaline Suzanne McBride, was resplendent in her mother’s gown, the Good Luck Wedding Dress that has brought Mrs. McBride such fame. The groom, Mr. Casey Tate, owner of the Lucky Lady Ranch southeast of town, appeared starstruck by his wife’s beauty, as well he should have.
Attending their sister were Misses Maribeth Elizabeth and Katrina Julianne McBride, gowned in exquisite designs of yellow organdy. The church was filled to capacity, the flowers abundant, and the music superb.
It was such a shame the McBrides chose to allow their younger children to attend the ceremony.
In an apparent effort to eclipse the McBride Menaces’ reputation for mischief, the younger children contributed to the ceremony in an unforgettable manner. Without a doubt, Fort Worth will recall this wedding for generations to come.
Whereas their sisters had turned mice and cats and dogs loose at their parents’ wedding, these children decided to move to bigger barnyard animals. Immediately upon the completion of the vows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and a pair of longhorn cattle were ushered inside.
But, my dear readers, it wasn’t the livestock that had the church pews emptying faster than a “Go in peace” on a windy-sermon Sunday. Allow me to say it in a word.
Polecat.
Yes, Fort Worth, you read it right. The youngsters turned a polecat loose at their big sister’s wedding. Mr. McBride’s shouted assurance that the family pet’s protective essence had been medically removed did little to stop the exodus from the church.
This reporter feels compelled to comment. I ask you this, Fort Worth. Our fair city suffered through the mischief of the McBride Menaces for years. Are any of us ready for the second wave? Can Fort Worth survive the challenge of Trace and Jenny McBride’s three boys, Billy, Tommy, and Bobby McBride—otherwise known as the McBride Monsters? Will luck be with us?
Keep your fingers crossed.
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.
Geralyn is currently writing romantic women's fiction for Ballantine Books under the pseudonym Emily March. The first novel of March's Eternity Springs series, ANGEL'S REST, was named a Top 100 Book of 2011 by
Publishers Weekly
magazine. It, along with the next two books in the series, HUMMINGBIRD LAKE, and HEARTACHE FALLS each earned coveted starred reviews from
Publishers Weekly
magazine. The fourth book of the series, LOVER'S LEAP will be published December 27th, 2011 with NIGHTINGALE WAY to follow in Fall 2012.
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Read all the books in the Bad Luck Wedding Series!
In order:
THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS
THE BAD LUCK WEDDING CAKE
SIMMER ALL NIGHT
SIZZLE ALL DAY
THE BAD LUCK WEDDING NIGHT
HER BODYGUARD
HER SCOUNDREL
HER OUTLAW
Read more about these and Geralyn's/Emily's other books at
