Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bad Luck Wedding Dress | 1996 | Emily March | Buy |
| 2 | The Bad Luck Wedding Cake | 1998 | Emily March | Buy |
| 3 | Simmer All Night | 1999 | Emily March | Buy |
| 4 | Sizzle All Day | 2000 | Emily March | Buy |
| 5 | The Bad Luck Wedding Night | 2001 | Emily March | Buy |
| 6 | Her Bodyguard | 2005 | Emily March | Buy |
| 7 | Her Scoundrel | 2005 | Emily March | Buy |
| 8 | Her Outlaw | 2007 | Emily March | Buy |
The Bad Luck Brides series, written under the name Geralyn Dawson, follows the McBride family of Fort Worth, Texas, where the women are rumored to bring bad luck to anyone who crosses their path. The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (1996) introduces this superstition and the first couple, and the series expanded through eight books ending with Her Outlaw (2007).
The middle books, Simmer All Night and Sizzle All Day, take the action abroad (overlapping with the Bad Luck Abroad subseries), while Her Bodyguard and Her Scoundrel return to Texas for more McBride-family romances. The series blends humor with historical settings and features strong-willed heroines who refuse to let superstition define them.