She had a relatively late start in writing, breaking into publishing in 1982 when she was already forty years old. How can one woman handle it all?The answer lies with a God who holds the keys to yesterday, today, and tomorrow-and to the heart of the one man whom Jules could ever love. And disturbing memories stirring up a growing relationship with her sister. A promise to a dead friend and two needy little lives. But when cancer takes the life of her best friend, Jules finds herself caring for her friend's two small children as well as the Blue Bayou.A drought-stricken farm. And now Pop is gone, leaving Jules with his struggling Washington State potato farm with a sister excluded from his will and with a heart wounded by the sacrifice she has made on behalf of her father.It looks like strengthening her relationship with her sister and improving the prospects of the Blue Bayou farm will be Jules' chief concerns. Now the man Jules loves best can't stand the sight of her.Only for Pop could Jules have made such a sacrifice. "Debbie Macomber brings the people of Promise, Texas, to life as she blends drama, romance and adventure.Jules broke off her wedding to Cruz practically at the altar. So is it as a man that he responds to Amy Thornton when she shows up in Promise, pregnant and alone? Or as a man of God? Maybe it's both. Wade McMillen might be a minister, but he's also a man. But Nell isn't ready to fall in love again. Her kids adore him-and she has to admit she's drawn to him, too.
And one of her first guests is Travis Grant, an Easterner known for his books about the West. Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning her property into a dude ranch.
Because Promise is built on family and friendship.
Yet it's the kind of place that represents the strength of small-town and rural America. Promise, a ranching community in the Hill Country, has a mysterious past. Welcome to the town of Promise, deep in the heart of Texas
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