title: Lucky Charm (Lucky Trilogy)
author:  Carly Phillips 
description: Phillips launches a trilogy about the Corwin cousins and a long-standing curse. Derek Corwin is determined not to fall in love andtrigger thecurse against all Corwin men, so he rejects his high-school sweetheart, Gabrielle,and marries a woman he got pregnant on a one-night stand. Years later, divorced and seeking to reconnect with his preteen daughter, he is stunned to discover his enduringfeelings for Gabrielle when she returns to Stewart, Massachusetts, as a well-known author famed for debunking paranormal claims. But evil forces are at work in the town, and Gabrielle must determine whether they are truly paranormal, or simplythe result of human malevolence. --Lynne Welch
zlib_text: **Praise for the novels of**  
   **carly phillips**
  
  “Fast-paced and fabulously fun, Carly Phillips entertains with witty dialogue
  and delightful characters.”
  
  — _New York Times_ bestselling author Rachel Gibson
  
  “In this launch of a new trilogy, Phillips does what she does best: deliver
  stories that are light but not silly, with believable characters and plots
  that flow into satisfying stories. Fans will be stalking stores to get all
  three of these.”
  
  — _Romantic Times BOOKreviews,_ 4 1/2 stars, on _Lucky Charm_
  
  “ _Lucky Charm_ kicks off Carly Phillips’ new series with pizzazz. There is
  love and laughter aplenty in this terrific story.”
  
  —Betty Cox, _ReaderToReader.com_
  
  “Contemporary pizzazz with a good old-fashioned happily-ever-after.”
  
  —Michelle Buonfiglio, _Romance: B(u)y the Book, WNBC.com/romance_
  
  “ _Cross My Heart_ engages readers with a light and perky story that will
  absorb you from start to finish….”
  
  —Lezlie Patterson, MCT News Service
  
  “Phillips has penned a charming, fa