Trail of Sunflowers

Isa Williams has always been the black sheep of her simple, dirt-farming family. Rather than caring about good weather for crops, Isa is intrigued by mathematics, Latin, and traveling the world. After several years away from home to earn her degree, Isa plans to spend the holidays with her family before secretly traveling abroad. Her plans are interrupted, however, when her brother's insufferable best friend insists on chaperoning her from Austin to Dogwood. Before long, the old friends fall back into their childhood habits of bickering and competing. Only...Junior has started looking at her differently.

Former Texas Ranger John "Junior" Stone has avoided Isa like the plague since she was seventeen. The bounty hunter knows it's only a matter of time in her presence before she wheedles every secret, every shame, out of him. She's too clever, too astute-and more determined than a coonhound with a scent. Keeping her at a distance is difficult with every obstacle that arises during their journey, forcing them together time after time. As they fall back into their old ways of teasing, wrestling, and getting under each other's skin, Junior experiences the genuine fear that his feelings for her are far from brotherly.

Passions from the trail are stowed away when they arrive at Dogwood, but the secrets, building emotions, and a threat from Junior's past are a growing wall between them. No matter how happy Isa makes him, his honor prevents Junior from betraying his best friend. Will he and Isa have a future together, finding that elusive happiness everyone around them appears to have? Or will the next Atlantic ship to Europe abscond with the only woman he has ever loved?

Trail of Sunflowers is a lengthy Historical Romance set in 1890s Texas. It is the third book in A Texas Bloom Series but can be read as a standalone. Due to violence, graphic language, and explicit sexual scenes, it is recommended for readers 18+. For trigger warnings, read the Content Page in the sample.