Promise, a ranching community in the Hill Country, is a place with a mysterious past and a secret or two hidden under its everyday exterior. It s also a place where family and friendship are the things that really matter.… Nell s Cowboy Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning Twin Canyons into a dude ranch. One of her first guests is Travis Grant: a celebrity of sorts, a wannabe cowboy and an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids adore him-and she has to admit she s drawn to him, too. But it s too soon to be thinking of love and marriage again. Isn t it? Lone Star Baby When Amy Thornton shows up in town pregnant and alone, she s looking for some guidance and compassion, so she turns to Reverend Wade McMillan. He might be a minister, but he s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. But is it as a man that he responds to Amy? Or as a man of God? Maybe it s both. Amy needs the town s help to get back on her fee