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Geralyn Dawson Books in Order

Geralyn Dawson has written 15 books, published between 1993 and 2008. The first book is The Texan's Bride (1993) and the newest is Always Look Twice (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1993–2008
Confirmed
7 of 15 titles
Pages on record
4,399 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
73–110 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,399 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Geralyn Dawson writes romance and also publishes as Emily March. The catalogue holds 15 books between 1993 and 2008, with historical, western and suspense romance among the recorded subjects and Texas a recurring setting. Three series stand under the name: Bad Luck Brides, Holy Terrors and Good Luck Grooms. The Detroit Free Press picked The Wedding Raffle (1996) for its best romances of that year, and Dawson has taken a Romantic Times career achievement award. Titles include The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (1996), The Wedding Ransom (1998) and Her Bodyguard (2005).

How many Geralyn Dawson books are there?

Geralyn Dawson has 15 books, released between 1993 and 2008. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Geralyn Dawson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Geralyn Dawson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Texan's Bride by Geralyn Dawson (1993)
  2. Cover of Capture the Night by Geralyn Dawson (1993)
  3. Cover of Tempting Morality by Geralyn Dawson, book 1 of the Emily March Standalone Novels series (1995)
  4. Cover of The Bad Luck Wedding Dress by Geralyn Dawson, book 1 of the Bad Luck Brides series (1996)
  5. Cover of The Bad Luck Wedding Cake by Geralyn Dawson, book 2 of the Bad Luck Brides series (1998)
  6. Cover of The Wedding Ransom by Geralyn Dawson, book 2 of the Wedding series (1998)
  7. Cover of The Bad Luck Wedding Night by Geralyn Dawson, book 5 of the Bad Luck Brides series (2001)
  8. Cover of Her Bodyguard by Geralyn Dawson, book 6 of the Bad Luck Brides series (2005)
  9. Cover of Her Scoundrel by Geralyn Dawson, book 7 of the Bad Luck Brides series (2005)
  10. Cover of Never Say Never by Geralyn Dawson, book 1 of the Holy Terrors series (2007)
  11. Cover of Her Outlaw by Geralyn Dawson, book 8 of the Bad Luck Brides series (2007)
  12. Cover of The Loner by Geralyn Dawson, book 1 of the Good Luck Grooms series (2008)
  13. Cover of Always Look Twice by Geralyn Dawson, book 2 of the Holy Terrors series (2008)
  1. 1
    The Texan's Bride1993 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993342
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  2. 2
    Capture the Night1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  3. 3
    Tempting MoralityEmily March Standalone Novels #11995 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995370
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  4. 4
    The Bad Luck Wedding DressBad Luck Brides #11996 · 379 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996379
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  5. 5
    The Wedding RaffleWedding #11996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  6. 6
    The Bad Luck Wedding CakeBad Luck Brides #21998 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998384
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  7. 7
    The Wedding RansomWedding #21998 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998368
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  8. 8
    The Cowboy's Runaway Bride / The Kissing Stars1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  9. 9
    The Bad Luck Wedding NightBad Luck Brides #52001 · 371 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001371
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  10. 10
    Her BodyguardBad Luck Brides #62005 · 378 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005378
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  11. 11
    Her ScoundrelBad Luck Brides #72005 · 379 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005379
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  12. 12
    Never Say NeverHoly Terrors #12007 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007336
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  13. 13
    Her OutlawBad Luck Brides #82007 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007384
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  14. 14
    The LonerGood Luck Grooms #12008 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008384
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  15. 15
    Always Look TwiceHoly Terrors #22008 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008324
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Geralyn Dawson characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Geralyn Dawson books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Bad Luck Brides in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Bad Luck Wedding Dress
  2. 2. The Bad Luck Wedding Cake
  3. 5. The Bad Luck Wedding Night
  4. 6. Her Bodyguard
  5. 7. Her Scoundrel
  6. 8. Her Outlaw

Wedding in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Wedding Raffle
  2. 2. The Wedding Ransom

Holy Terrors in order

2 books
  1. 1. Never Say Never
  2. 2. Always Look Twice

Emily March Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Good Luck Grooms in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Loner

Standalone books

3 books

3 Geralyn Dawson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Geralyn Dawson books in order?

You only need to read Geralyn Dawson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Geralyn Dawson

Start with The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (1996), the first Bad Luck Wedding book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Texan's Bride (1993).

What is the newest Geralyn Dawson book?

Always Look Twice (2008) is the newest Geralyn Dawson book released so far.

Is there a new Geralyn Dawson book coming?

No next Geralyn Dawson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Geralyn Dawson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Geralyn Dawson title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Geralyn Dawson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,399 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Geralyn Dawson books, 8 of 15, were published in the 1990s.

What the Geralyn Dawson books are about

12 of the 15 Geralyn Dawson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.