A Texas Wine Trail Series
Escape to the Hill Country of Texas with this one-of-a-kind book series. You’ll visit real places along the Texas Wine Trail outside of Fredericksburg, while enjoying a fictional, uplifting story. Each book has a guide in the back to all the wineries, restaurants, and locations described so you can visit yourself!
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Cactus Christmas (book #1)
October 2021
New York Times best-selling author, Kate Summers, is facing divorce in her 40's, and up against a hard deadline. She rents an Airstream on the Texas Wine Trail to find inspiration, but discovers much more…She meets Zach, a medical doctor from the Northeast scouting for a winery to invest in. They decide to spend a week enjoying tastings, but just as they are getting to know one another, he has to return suddenly back home. The holidays are hard for Kate, as she lost her mother two years ago. This Cactus Christmas is prickly and sweet as Kate must heal her heart, try to reconnect with her estranged sister, Lillie, and find her way on her own.
Will she finish her book? Will she meet Zach again? Will timing ever be right?
A delicious story of finding yourself (again), second chances at love, and taking huge risks that payoff.
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Cactus Wedding (book #2)
April 2022
Kate has successfully completed her book tour with her new novel on the New York Times Best-Seller list, and is back at Open Air Resorts in her own Airstream trailer. On New Year’s Day, her sister Lillie comes to visit from France with some unexpected news that inspires Kate to take a trip back to the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, Zach is working to get his tasting room open in Fredericksburg, and Chloe is attending UT in Austin. Spring is bluebonnet season in the Hill Country, and as Kate is planning the perfect wedding, Zach has a conflict with one of his business partners from California that threatens to thwart the entire deal. Will he stand by his morals, or have to turn away from his dream of having a 100% Texas winery? Will their new relationship withstand the twists and turns of the Texas wine business?
Cactus Wedding is a hopeful story for those who believe that community, faith, and a little grit can make anything happen.
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Cactus Cradle (book #3)
October 2024
Strange things are happening in the Hill Country—someone is tampering with vines and equipment, and the locals are pointing the finger at the California newcomers. Zach’s tasting room is growing in popularity, and he and Dennis are getting ready to harvest their merlot grapes, when they discover sabotage. Chloe makes a new secret friend, and tries to help uncover the mystery on the wine trail before it’s too late.
Kate has finished her fourth book, and Margaret wants her to go on tour for a year, taking her far away from the Hill Country, Zach, and her sister Lillie. Her friend Caroline comes to visit and shares more unexpected news. As tensions rise, Kate must decide whether to stay with Zach, or follow her biggest dreams.
Cactus Cradle is a story of community, and how just a few people can make a difference for better or worse.
“CACTUS CHRISTMAS holds at its heart a powerful message for anyone who has experienced loss, whether it's of a loved one, a marriage, or the belief in one’s own dreams."
— IndieReader
What People Are Saying
“Heather Renée May’s Cactus Christmas is an uplifting and immensely readable novel about a woman’s journey back to happiness and love after a divorce, framed in a gorgeous Texas Wine Country setting.”
— IndieReader
"There have been lots of guides written about Texas wineries, but this is the first work of fiction that I know of that has embraced them so dearly. When was the last time you read a novel with mentions of Roussanne and Mourvèdre? May did a great job of intertwining information about Texas wineries through Kate’s story. She paints a vivid picture of our wineries, Fredericksburg, and the Hill Country as a whole. It’s almost like having a guidebook sprinkled throughout a fun novel. I’m hopeful that folks that enjoy Texas wineries will enjoy Cactus Christmas, and Texas wineries will have some new fans through May’s writing."
— Andrew Klein, TXWineLover
“Heather May used the principles she promotes on her podcast… to turn her dream of writing a book into a reality.”
— Wacoan
Purchase In Person
Visit the Texas Wine Country for yourself and buy these books at the following participating wineries; Texas Heritage Vineyard, Longhorn Cellars Vineyard, and Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards.