Featured Author: Kara O'Neal!

I am a HUGE fan of Kara O'Neal's work, so it is with Great Pleasure that I have her as Featured Author this month. Take it away, Kara... 

Hello, fellow bookworms!

As I write this, it’s a clear, cool, spring day and the wildflowers are blooming. Texas in the spring is a riot of color. I can’t even begin to describe it, so I’m going to let my husband’s picture speak for me….

Those are bluebonnets surrounding one sweet paintbrush. I wait for spring like kids wait for Christmas, and all because of the flowers. They inspire me and remind me that God makes beautiful and astounding things.

So, when I was planning my next series, I had to base my heroines off Texas wildflowers. It’s been a lot of fun researching all the flowers, and even more fun to plan the covers! My husband designs all my covers. I’d love to know which is your favorite! One lucky commentor will win an ebook of the romance of their choice!

All right, I’ll stop talking, or writing, (Ha!), and let’s get started with Annalee, also known as Miss Green Eyes…

MISS GREEN EYES

Wildflowers of Texas Series

Book 1

Corpus Christi, Texas, 1903

Annalee Gillespie has had her world shaken. Her father has died, leaving her as the sole owner of the Circle G. But when the will is read, she's given the shock of her life. She must make the trek up the Chisolm Trail with her foreman, the most irritating man in creation, and complete the tasks given to her, or control of the Circle G falls into another's hands.

Ewan Judge, while capable, smart, and frustratingly handsome, has needled and teased Annalee throughout the years, but somehow she has to learn to get along with him. He is, annoyingly, the best cowboy in Texas. So, she accepts the challenge and finds herself in the midst of more than one enemy.

Available at Amazon on Kindle and in Paperback. Have some other type of eReader? No worries! Get your copy HERE.

THE RAIN LILY

Wildflowers of Texas Series

Book 2

Houston, Texas, 1905

Adeline Gray was once the center of attention, the spark of society, but one mistake gets her disowned by her family. She wants to leave Houston, but she needs a job and finds her salvation in the household of Keaton Hayes, working as a nanny to his recently orphaned and adorable nephews.

Keaton is a mystery, a bachelor, who is successful and chivalrous, and keeps every lady guessing. And Adeline is falling for him. She can't fall for him. She can't stay in Houston, surrounded by her past mistakes.

But there are more dangers lurking than just the fear of losing her heart, and Adeline must learn to fight back, or everything she could ever want will be gone forever.

Available at Amazon on Kindle and in Paperback. Have some other type of eReader? No worries! Get your copy HERE.

PRICKLY POPPY

Wildflowers of Texas Series

Book 3

Brownwood, Texas, 1883

Two years ago, Hazel Rutherford fled from her lying, greedy fiancé. Now, her young cousin is within his sights, and Hazel must return and rescue her. Which means facing a manipulative villain.

But her uncle won't let her go alone…

Kit Kirby is the man tasked with escorting her and protecting her while she's in Brownwood.

Kit Kirby. Saloon owner. Hell raiser. The man that all the ladies—from five to eighty—swoon over. All except Hazel, that is. Since the day she met him, they've done nothing but fight.

He calls her prudish. She calls him irresponsible. He calls her prickly. She calls him a conceited hell-trap. There's no way she'll make it to Brownwood with her sanity intact.

But when Kit changes the game and kisses her, she'll be lucky if she gets through the ordeal still the owner of her heart.

Available at Amazon for Kindle and in Paperback and for other eReaders from your favorite online retailer HERE.

SUNFLOWERS FOR HER

Wildflowers of Texas Series

Book 4

Buckshot, Texas, 1885

After a horrific storm rips through her hometown, Millie Stewart finds that her neighbors are in dire need of help. She sets out to do everything she can, but when her brother leaves her high and dry, she has to operate Stewart Mercantile on her own. The town is depending on her.

John Fletcher—smart, reserved, and mysterious—comes to town, sets up shop, and brings with him the knowledge needed to clear the log jam on the river, giving everyone a chance at survival.

John is a tad scary in Millie's opinion. Never mind that he's handsome. Never mind that he's generous. He makes her feel things. He makes her heart skip a beat, and suddenly, with barely a warning, she's in love. Only he doesn't seem to return the sentiment.

Her brother returns, but only to rob her blind. A little too mad and a whole lot tougher, Millie sets out to find him and give him what-for. Little does she know, someone is chasing her.

John won't let Millie go to battle alone, especially since she's the reason his heart is beating again. Can he get to Millie in time? Or will her ne'er-do-well brother's villainy take everything John holds dear?

Also available at Amazon for Kindle and in Paperback and for other eReaders at your favorite online retailer HERE.

Kara O’Neal is an award-winning author of over thirty historical romances. Humor, family, love, and romance take center stage in her novels, and her characters have been touted as “real, complex, and down-to-earth”. Her books are available in print and ebook.

When not writing, she’s a teacher, but she’s always a mother to three talented children, and the wife of a man quite worthy of being called “hero”.

Telling stories is her passion, and she does so with memorable characters and unique plots certain to keep you reading late into the night!

Find/Follow Kara at the following links...

Website / BookBub / Facebook / X / Pinterest / GoodReads / Instagram

If you like hearing about Kara's Wildflowers of Texas series, check out her other two.. Texas Brides of Pike's Run and Gamblers & Gun Slingers series.

TEXAS BRIDES OF PIKE’S RUN SERIES

Awarding-winning, historical western romance series, that’s gives the reader a little bit of Little House, a little bit of Anne of Green Gables, and a whole lot of love and romance!

Reviews for TEXAS BRIDES OF PIKE’S RUN

“I love how each book introduces me to someone who leads to another book. It’s interesting to go back and read some of the first books and see how their behaviors are so spot on. It seems as if the entire series is already planned out in the author’s mind from book one.”

“O’Neal’s ability to have different, unique personalities in one novel is impressive.”

“This should be a mini-series!”

Available at Amazon and other Online Retailers.

GAMBLERS & GUNSLINGERS SERIES

Award-winning, historical western romance series that takes the reader back to the Wild West and brings to life heroines who don’t back down and men determined to keep their women safe!

Reviews for GAMBLERS & GUNSLINGERS

“It has been quite some time since a book took me from laughing to crying, from suspense to love!”

“Felicity’s Fortune reads like a classic Western movie and firmly belongs on my re-read shelf!”

“This tale transported me to a Western town with rowdy gamblers and pious church-goers. I got serious Westworld vibes.”

Available at Amazon and other Online Retailers.