Falling in love, getting married, and giving birth to a bundle of joy. Isn't that what every girl dreams of? For Jenny Harris, that is the perfect plan...or so she thought. Why then is she pregnant and wondering if her fiancé is really going to make it to the altar? Oops? Is there a plan B or is Jenny just going to wake up one day and find out that there truly is not a happily ever after? It doesn't help that her potential life partner, Dean, has a bunch of faults, including the fear to commit and a horrible smoking habit that he just refuses to break. As her due date quickly approaches, Dean quietly exits and leaves the adorable Jenny all alone to face her fears of motherhood. With a newborn and no job, Jenny scrapes together her dignity as she forges ahead in her new life filled with adventure and mayhem at every turn. Luckily, her divorced parents come to her aid and what enfolds is a delightful look at the joys of motherhood told from a single mom's perspective. Just when Jenny thinks she's got the hang of things and is willing to put the past behind her, Dean waltzes back into her life and stirs up enough trouble to send her into a tizzy. How can she deny her firstborn the privilege of knowing her father when he supposedly wants to be a part of her life? Will Jenny be able to forgive the man who trampled her heart and left her when she needed him most? Can she really trust a man who chose to be with his band rather than the woman he pledged to love? THE BRIGHT SIDE OF DISASTER is a delightful, light story that depicts what it's really like for a single mom learning the ins and outs of motherhood without the help of a spouse. Laugh out loud funny, Center conjures up the right balance of humor and reality to entertain the reader while perhaps teaching a well learned lesson of what's most important in life...... finding oneself without losing oneself in the process

Book Summary

Jenny Harris always expected that she’d fall in love, get married, and have a baby–in that order. Now, very pregnant and not quite married, she actually doesn’t mind that she and her live-in fiancé, Dean, accidentally started their family a little earlier than planned; she’s happy to have so much to look forward to. But Dean–whom Jenny loves enough to overlook his bad facial hair, his smoking habit, and his total commitment to a cheesy cover band–is acting distant, and not in a pre-wedding-jitters kind of way. The night he runs out for cigarettes and just doesn’t come back, he demotes himself from future husband to sperm donor.

And the very next day, Jenny goes into labor.

In the months that follow, Jenny plunges into a life she never anticipated: single motherhood. At least with the sleep deprivation, sore boobs, and fits of crying (both hers and the baby’s), there’s not much time to dwell on her broken heart. And things start looking up. She learns how to do everything one-handed, makes friends in a mommy group, and even manages to give dating tips to her sweet, clueless father–who’s trying to court her sassy mother again, fifteen years after their divorce. She also gets to know a handsome, helpful neighbor–with a knack for soothing babies–who invites her out dancing. But Dean is never far from Jenny’s thoughts or, it turns out, her doorstep, and in the end Jenny must choose between the old life she thought she wanted and the new life she’s been lucky to find.