The Bad Luck Wedding Cake (38 page)

Authors: Geralyn Dawson

Tags: #Romance, #General, #Book 2 of The Bad Luck Wedding Series, #Historical, #Fiction

BOOK: The Bad Luck Wedding Cake

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Dear Readers,

I find it appropriate to be writing this letter on Valentine’s Day. I’ve just put the finishing touches on
The Bad Luck Wedding Cake
, and the heart-shaped cake I bake every year for my family is now ready to go into the oven.

This cake is not a Magical Cake by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it’s heavier than the Snow Cake Claire dumped in the trash can behind The Confectionary. It is a version of my Colorado-born mother’s high-altitude recipe that doesn’t quite have all the adaptations required for Texas baking. But even though it’s heavy as a doorstop, I love it. My kids love it. Having this heavy, heart-shape white cake with chocolate icing every Valentine’s Day is a family tradition. As you might have guessed from my books, we are big on family and tradition here at my house.

Most writers put a lot of themselves into their work and I am no exception.
The Bad Luck Wedding Cake
is sprinkled with pieces of my life. This story is set in my hometown of Fort Worth, and much of my research was done on family outings to the historical sites in town. I guess that’s why my oldest, Steven, keeps trying to convince me to set a book in Hawaii. My son John brought home the fortune-telling fish, and my daughter Caitlin is the original Katie-cat. That thumb-sucking is the reason for the orthodontist appointment we have next week. The part of Tye that makes him fall head-over-heels for his nieces is drawn straight from my husband. Steven is an awesome father, but little girls wrap him around their thumbs without even trying.

But the best research I do for my love stories is done each day here at home. This is where, every day, I learn something new about my family and about love.

Thanks for sharing your reading hours with me and my fictional families. I hope my story made you smile a lot, laugh out loud a time or two, and maybe even cry just a little. Here’s to family and romance and, most of all, to love. I hope you are as blessed in yours as I am in mine.

Happy reading!

Geralyn Dawson

Also writing as Emily March

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.

Visit her website:
www.emilymarch.com

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Don’t Miss Any of the Bad Luck Wedding Series

Book #1 THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS

Book #2 THE BAD LUCK WEDDING CAKE

Book #3 SIMMER ALL NIGHT (Bad Luck Abroad trilogy #1)

Book #4 SIZZLE ALL DAY (Bad Luck Abroad trilogy #2)

Book #5 THE BAD LUCK WEDDING NIGHT (Bad Luck Abroad trilogy #3)

Book #6 HER BODYGUARD (Bad Luck Brides trilogy #1)

Book #7 HER SCOUNDREL (Bad Luck Brides trilogy #2)

Book #8 HER OUTLAW (Bad Luck Brides trilogy #3)