Lone Star Princess

Lenora Worth

Jun 2018 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

 Annabelle Castle is a rebel without a cause…until her stepsister, the head of the glamorous Castle Department store, offers her the chance of a lifetime. Too bad the opportunity to finally play a role in the Castle's future comes with strings attached—the man who gets under her skin. 

Former cop Johnny Darrow is head of security for the Texas-based Castles. He excels at his job and nothing gets to him...except Annabelle. Even as he dragged Annabelle out of many public relations disasters with the paparazzi, he knew there was so much more to her than the headline-grabbing, rich girl. Now that she's matured and determined to turn over a new leaf, he finds her irresistible. She's smart, creative, and makes him feel things he hasn't after a personal tragedy. 

When Johnny's assigned a job as Annabelle's bodyguard, he must push his feelings aside. Can Johnny keep his focus to protect Annabelle or will his feelings for her put everything at risk? 

Ratings and reviews

I loved reading the story Lone Star Princess by Lenora Worth, book two in her Castles of Dallas series, a delightful story about learning about oneself and how strong one can actually be. Acting like a brat and being disruptive has always gotten the attention Annabelle has wanted in the past. Now she needs to find that inner strength to live up to her older step-sister’s expectations and fulfill the duties assigned to her. Annabelle is full of doubt thanks to the belittling she received from her mother. Johnny, now in charge of security at the main store, cared about the employees of the store and watched over them as if they were family. He enjoyed teasing and flirting with Annabelle and she gave as good as she got, but these two have deeper feelings for each other. This leads to a wonderful and sweet story about forgiving oneself for their past mistakes, finding the perfect love and discovering their inner strength. Annabelle and Johnny were sweet together and perfect for each other despite the obstacles Johnny put in their way from the demons of his past. I also enjoyed seeing Annabelle come into herself, taking responsibility and working hard to prove she had changed since the arrest of her mother. This was a fun book to read and easy to visualize the story as it occurred. I totally loved these characters and didn’t want to put this book down. Ms. Worth did a fantastic job creating her characters, making them realistic, keeping the story interesting, making me forget the world around me and not letting me go until I turned the last page, wanting more. I highly recommend this book to other readers and look forward to the next book in the series. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

I absolutely adore reading a book that is based in the little obscure town that I live in by the name of Grapevine, Texas. This book is actually based at a fictional mall around here so it had me thinking here would they put it. Let me fill you in on the storyline and you will see what I am talking about. This is the second book in the Castles of Dallas series and while we met this sister in the last book we just got started getting to know her really. If you did not read the last book no worries this book can be read as a stand alone just fine. (But the first book Undercover Princess is really good.) Annabelle Castle is the step-sister to Eleanor. In this book we see a new and improved Annabelle thanks to her mom going to prison and Eleanor believing her her and making her the manager of visual merchandising of Castle stores. Then Eleanor throws Annabelle and the head of security Johnny Darrow together for the building of the new Castle store which is located in that little town i was talking about ...Grapevine, TX. This book is different from the first book, in it is more a push-pull romance. It might now move as fast but it is just as good a book and i enjoyed it every bit as much. I am so looking forward to the third book in this series and wondering where the author will take us in the DFW Metroplex or across the ocean ti Italy? Only time will tell.

In this second book in the Castles of Dallas series we get the story of Annabelle Castle and Johnny Darrow. Annabelle, the former bad girl of the family, is working hard to gain the respect of her sister. She's been enjoying the visual display work she's been doing but when given the daunting task of setting up and entire new store she's not sure she has what it takes to get the job done. Security specialist Johnny has been sent with her to the new location to make sure everything goes smoothly and without surprises. While working together on this project these two really get to know each other and discover there is far more to know than either let's the world see. Their story is sweet and their banter is funny. I couldn't help but root for them. I would recommend this one.