Introducing K. S. Jones
Where did the idea for the story come from?
My son married a beautiful commercial airline pilot. One day, I started to ask her questions about her profession. (Many years ago, I was an airline reservationist at a popular ski village, so jets and airports weren’t completely foreign to me.) I enjoyed our talk so much that after the visit was over, my thoughts began to create a fictional story about a female pilot who flew those big jets, and then I envisioned the male protagonist as a man who grew flowers. Almost a role reversal, so to speak. That’s how ONCE IN A BLUEBONNET MOON was born.
Give a quote from the books, one that says little but speaks volumes.
Once seated, Addy asked for sweet tea from the waitress but passed on ordering food. “I didn’t know the B and B was grilling steaks for dinner. I didn’t want to hurt his feelings by turning him down.”
“Him?” Janet asked.
“Yes, him,” Addy said. “The guy is a doll, but he has a daughter.”
“Does he have a wife too?”
“Widower.”
Janet sat back in her seat with folded arms. “Interesting.”
“Oh, c’mon, Janet. I’m married to my airplane.” She sounded like a man-hating rebel, and she knew it, but nothing was further from the truth. Men just weren’t drawn to her. Her feminine wiles didn’t ride on feelings of playfulness, emotion, or fun. She was used to being pushed aside for more enticing females. Mainly, she blamed her lack of social skills. She just couldn’t connect. Addy reached for a tortilla chip and dipped it into salsa before eating it. “So, tell me about this millionaire who needs a pilot.”
Give a short summary of what the book is about.
As an airline pilot, Addy Piper has always found peace while soaring through the skies, away from the pain of her past. However, after facing an industry-wide furlough, Addy not only loses her plane and friends but is thrust into a life she never expected.
In search of a place to stay while interviewing for a job as a private pilot for a Texas Hill Country billionaire, Addy books a room at a bed and breakfast that looks strikingly similar to her childhood home. The Bluebonnet House is run by Jack Brown, a widower left to raise his six-year-old daughter alone. Although Jack knows he should have closed the B&B after his wife’s passing, he can’t let go of the memories and the dream they shared.
As Addy and Jack navigate their loneliness and grief, they find solace in each other. But both are convinced that love is not in their future. As they confront the painful memories of their past, they must decide whether to open their hearts to one another or risk losing the chance at a future they never thought possible.
Why do you think people will want to read it?
The new True Hearts of Texas series features modern-day stories with a unique Texas twist. Each book features an official state symbol in its storyline. Book #1 is TASTEFULLY TEXAS, which features chili in its storyline, but ONCE IN A BLUEBONNET MOON is Book #2, and I’ll bet everyone can guess which state symbol is featured in this story… Yes! Bluebonnets are the Official State Flower of Texas.
Every story in this new series takes place in Texas, the beautiful Texas Hill Country, to be exact, but each book introduces the reader to a new set of main characters who are tied to the previous book in unexpected ways. Savvy readers might even be able to foresee which characters will play the lead in the next book!
What genre is it?
Contemporary Western Romance
How many pages is it?
318
Where are you located?
I live in Texas, about an hour northwest of San Antonio. Not only do I write about the beautiful Texas Hill Country, but I live there too.
Description
Award-winning Author K.S. Jones continues the True Hearts of Texas series with another sweet ‘n’ steamy contemporary western romance!
For pilot Addy Piper, the sky became a refuge from her past. Stripped of a family as a teenager, loneliness settled where love belonged. Now, with an industry-wide furlough, she’s lost her plane, her friends, and life as she knows it—again.
In need of a place to stay while interviewing for a private pilot gig, Addy chooses a Bed and Breakfast—the house nearly a replica of her childhood home—from an outdated brochure kept hidden away in her “special places” box.
Jack Brown, owner of the Texas Hill Country B & B, admits he should have closed it four years ago when his wife died, but every time he looks at his six-year-old daughter, he sees her mother and just can’t let go of the dream. Estranged from his family after a terrible accident, Jack has banished every blood relative, isolating himself and his daughter.
When forced to confront painful memories, the bruised and broken pieces of their hearts will open, or close completely, to a future no one, especially them, believes can exist.
Excerpt
Jack stopped fumbling through the room keys, then gave an awkward throat clearing. He nodded to the framed photograph. “That’s Kaitlin and me not long after we inherited this house from my grandfather. Turning it into a bed-and-breakfast was her dream.” His blue eyes landed on Addy. “She died four years ago.”
“I’m sorry.” Her apology escaped as a whisper. “I didn’t know.”
A widowed man and a single female guest—alone together in a house at the farthest edge of town—it didn’t sound like a stay her reputation needed, especially when she was applying for a local job. She studied the framed business license on the wall behind him, and then she glanced around the room. It had a familiar peace about it, but still…
“Anyone else staying here this weekend?”
“No,” he said.
She took a breath. Even the air in the place set her at ease. “Look, I’m sorry, but maybe I should go to a hotel instead.”
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