Three sisters and one enchanted wedding dress…
When three single sisters inherit their Scottish great-grandmother’s wedding dress, they also inherit the legend that comes with it: put on the dress, look in a mirror, and reveal their future. The dress is more than just silk and lace, for magic has been stitched into the seams of the heirloom. For the MacLellan sisters, the enchanted wedding … sisters, the enchanted wedding dress promises a legacy of everlasting love.
Can something old lead to something new?
Jamie MacLellan is content with her life. Her business as a certified public accountant is going well, she owns her own home, and she never wants to live anywhere but Vermont, near her sisters. Why bother getting married, when no man could measure up to her father’s example of a loving, respectful husband? Then she tries on her grandmother’s wedding dress. Is the shadowy man she sees in the mirror her future, or just a trick of the light? Jamie may have vowed to stay single, but could the handsome lawyer she’s been dating could be “the one”? Then she meets his sexy twin brother, who, with a simple look, sets Jamie’s heart racing.
Caleb Sullivan has clients all over the world who appreciate his skills as a traveling personal chef. The footloose and fancy-free lifestyle isn’t always as glamourous as it seems, and sometimes Caleb secretly longs to settle down, but for now, there’s a lot of food to cook and a lot of world to see. But Jamie MacLellan’s crystal blue eyes have him dreaming unexpected dreams.
How can Jamie fall for a man who’ll be away more than he’ll be home? She’s a happy homebody who loves her roots. He’s a traveling vagabond. But it was Caleb that Jamie saw in the mirror. Will she turn her back on a chance at a once in a lifetime love, or is Jamie ready to embrace the promise an enchanted old wedding dress holds for a new future?
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I love the premise of the enchanted wedding dress. It’s a delight just like the cover of this book.
A “special” wedding dress brings clues to true love for three sisters who have sworn off happy-ever-after.
When I was a girl, I loved the story “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” While not exactly the same story, how delightful to have come across the adult version to enjoy. Old and New is a wonderful book and another winner for Lucinda Race; I’m looking forward to reading the remaining books in this trilogy.
Beautiful cover! I read the premise and bought a copy right away. I’m one of three sisters, and I loved the witty banter and sibling relationship portrayed in this book. That sisterly bond never dies. The writing hooked me from page one, and I read it over a weekend. I will be investing in the rest of the trilogy.
The premise of the magic in an heirloom wedding dress that promises love to whoever puts it on, is the basis of this series. The love and support from the sisters is heartwarming, something that family is all about. The book pulled me in right from the first and I will definitely read the rest of the books in the series.
Jamie vows never to get married, but her great-grandmother has a little magic in mind. Will the heirloom wedding dress help Jamie find her one true love? What a wonderful story to read. It won’t disappoint.
Borrowed – the next MacLellan Sisters story is on my reading table!!! Can’t wait to finish it.
This story follows Jamie, a woman who has sworn off marriage. Her great grandmother has sent her a wedding dress – a magical one – and if worn, it will tell her future. Jamie cannot resist. She tries it on and low and behold sees a man! Is it the one she is currently dating? She then meets Caleb, who is far from perfect, but he sets her heart on fire. Could he be the one? Read and find out!!
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress (The MacLellan Sisters Trilogy Book 1) by Lucinda Race, was really a great love story. There are so many things about this story that makes it a great love story. I think what I like the most about it, is the strength of the family, how the family bonds are threaded throughout the entire book. Not only with the sisters in this little tale but also the brothers. Because you know if you have a love story involving sisters then you also have to have brothers. This is a story about three sisters, Jamie, Kenzie, and Grace and their friends Steve and Caleb. It’s a love story that you will feel good reading and you will feel even better at the end. Do be aware there is one little mature situation but it in no way distracts from the story. When you need a feel good read this one will do the trick.
Wow! did I get into this book 🙂 I couldn’t put it down! I just got swept up in the whole story with the three sisters and their Grandmother <3 The author does a wonderful job pulling you in! I enjoyed the character build-up and the easy to read and follow the storyline. Looks like I found another author I love to read! I can't wait to read more!
Jamie, Kenzie and Grace are all career drive ladies. A relative passed away and they are given an family heirloom along with a prophecy will these things actually come true. Or is it all a old fairytale. This is a very heart warming story about sisterhood and bonds. This is a heart-warming story to read.
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress Book 1 (The MacLellan Sisters Trilogy)
Lucinda Race
4 out of 5 stars
Old and New is the first book in the MacLellan Sisters Trilogy. This was the first book I have read by Lucinda Race but as I have found often with new to me authors lately, it will not be my last. I am the middle child, between two sisters so the sisterhood aspect of this novel, or trilogy is what drew me in initially. Old and New was an engaging read with imagery that transports you to the same time and place as the characters. I was interested in the story and the characters from the first page to the last and I am excited to know there are more books to come. If you are in the mood for a charming read, I really do recommend this one.
I am so going to love this trilogy from Lucinda Race! Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress, is the first in the trilogy and sets things up rather beautifully for a wild and magical ride until the end. I adored this book and the premise, along with the sisters, and fell in love with them pretty quickly. The banter in this novel makes you feel as if you are right there, as it flows beautifully. I can’t wait to see how the next few books unfold as well.
In this one we meet all three sisters, Grace, Kenzie, and Jamie, with Jamie being the eldest and the first sister that we get to know really well in this book. The girls lost their Gran and an extremely valuable package with an enchanted wedding dress and more from her after her death. Each of the girls doubt that the dress will do anything for them and rather enjoy the single life. So what happens when Jamie takes the plunge and slips on the dress? For the magic and more details you will have to read this gem for yourself. I cannot wait until I get my hands on the next book in this series!
Wow, this book was an amazing read that kept me guessing throughout. At first, I was a little frustrated by the largely one POV but then I realised that helped add to the mystery. The characters were supremely well developed – at times they frustrated me and at times I was cheering them on – just like you would anyone in your life I’m sure. This was the first of Lucinda Race’s books that I have read, but it won’t be the last – beginning with the other two books in this trilogy!
This is the first book that I have read from this author and wow she blew me away. This book is the perfect way to start an addictive sereis. I love a good small town romance but this author exceeded all my expectations. You can’t help but to fall in love with these characters. I could not put this book down until the end. It only took me a couple of days to devour this amazing story.
Jamie never wants to get married. She loves her job and family that’s all she needs. Jamie gets a package from her deloveded great grandmother. She opens it and she finds a beautiful wedding dress. Jamie was told that this dress is enchanted but she doesn’t belive it. One night she has a coursity tontry it on so she does because she knows she will never wear a wedding dress again. When she puts it on she sees a male figure. She tells her sisters and they think that he is the one for her. Jamie doesn’t believe it until she meets two guys that she absolutely likes. Will Jamie find the one or was it all just a dream?
Great Romantic book. Lovely storyline. Great easy read. Lovely characters. There is a warm feeling throughout the book. It is so adorable how the while book unfolds to do with the wedding dress. I loved this book- it is like getting a big hug from someone you know.
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress (The MacLellan Sisters Trilogy Book 1) by Lucinda Race is a wonderful romance story. It is nice to read something that is original and different from the norm. The story flows nicely although at times it seemed a little rushed but you are soon swept away on the journey from Vermont to Scotland and I love Scotland so it was easy to see the author’s vision. I loved the family dynamics and camaraderie, their support and friendship and family bonds to each other.
The story focuses around the MacLellan sisters and a wedding dress with a legend.
I am looking forward to see what Lucinda gives us next.
“Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all”, except this time, the magic is not in the mirror, but is on the onlooker of the mirror, who is to don a specific attire. The seeker is supposed to try on a “wedding dress” and look into the mirror to foresee her prince charming.
The series is a trilogy about three sisters, which makes me think that each book belongs to one sister. The plot of the first book revolves around the oldest sister Jamie. Jamie along with the two sisters Grace and Kenzie visits her grandparent’s homestead in Scotland, after their grandmother passes away. Their father inherits the farm.
Their grandmother leaves them a wedding dress, their family heirloom as an inheritance to the sisters along with a letter and a brooch. The sisters first laugh it off, but out of curiosity, the oldest, Jamie tries the wedding dress just to know if the mirror will show her current date as her prince charming.
But the fate, the wedding dress and the mirror have a surprise planned for her when she is caught unaware between two twins, one who fits her requirements perfectly and the other who stirs her heart. Whom will Jamie choose?
A very sweet romance story, perfect to be made as a rom-com movie. Loved it. A breezy love story!
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress (The MacLellan Sisters Trilogy Book 1) by Lucinda Race
5 of 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this romantic novel with a magical twist, it’s book one in a trilogy by Lucinda Race which centres around the MacLellan sisters. Jamie, Kenzie and Grace are sisters who are all independent, feisty and single. This novel concentrates on Jamie who at the beginning of the story vows that she will never get married. However all that changes when an enchanted wedding dress from her great-grandmother arrives. The wedding dress is a family heirloom which is also supposedly enchanted. Family legend says that any descendant of their great-grandmother who tries the dress on will see her future revealed in the mirror. Unable to resist her curiosity Jamie try’s the beautiful dress on, and to her astonishment she sees a shadow of a man in the mirror. Jamie does not believe that Steve, the lawyer she has been dating is that man and when his twin brother Caleb arrives she instantly knows that it’s Caleb who is the man she’s fated to be with. As well as having to overcome the fact that she is already dating his brother, Jamie also has to decide what she wants her future to be, as Caleb lives a vagabond life.
As well as the romance between Jamie and Caleb the storyline also focuses on the relationships between the very different but very loyal sisters. I loved all three of the sisters characters and enjoyed getting to know Jamie in this novel and look forward to finding out more about Kenzie and Grace over the next two books in this series. I found this to be a wonderfully written story with lovely characters that I really cared for and I felt immersed in their world whilst reading this story. It’s an easy read as the storyline flows along nicely and the plot has enough going on in it that it kept me happily turning the pages. Lucinda Race is a new author to me and I am pleased to have discovered her and I look forward to reading future books by her. ‘Old and New’, is a lovely whimsical family drama and romance which is a perfect book to escape into and one which I definitely recommend.
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress by Lucinda Race is the first book in the MacLellan Sisters trilogy. This is a fun story with some great characters, especially the 3 sisters. I loved the idea of this book. An enchanted wedding dress that reveals the future of the wearer – who wouldn’t want to try it on!!
The author has done well with the story and created a fun and entertaining book. It is quite a fast paced book, which maybe wasn’t always needed, but the author has still managed to create a story that will keep you turning the pages. For me my favourite part of this book is the characters. As an only child I would have loved to have sisters like this to grow up with. They came across as so close and so caring it was lovely to read about.
This is the first book that I have read by this author and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
Old and New: The Enchanted Wedding Dress is the first book in the MacLellan Sisters Trilogy by Lucinda Race. Lucinda Race is an author that I have read before so was really looking forward to reading more of her work.
This is a great romance book but it is quite different from a lot of romance books that I have read before. Much of the book is centred around the three MacLellan sisters Jamie, Kenzie and Grace and a lot of time is devoted to scenes where the three of them are together finding out about their recently departed Grandmother and the enchanted wedding dress that they have been sent following her death. The three sisters are very different and I loved getting to know all three of them. I loved how close they are to each other and the support that they give to each other.
In this book we are concentrated on the oldest sister Jamie and her budding relationship with lawyer Steve. Jamie is waiting on the sparks flying and the butterflies giving her the signs that he is ‘the one’ only they don’t appear except when his brother Caleb makes an appearance.
I loved reading about the three sisters and the Sullivan brothers. There is such great camaraderie when they are all together and I could read about them for hours. I really can’t wait for the next book to see what Lucinda Race has in store next for the MacLellan sisters.