Guarantee, a ranching community in the Hill Nation, includes a mysterious recent. Yet it’s the sort of place that represents the effectiveness of small-town and rural America. Because Guarantee is made on family members and friendship. Effort and endurance. Laughter and, above all, love.

Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two kids, is turning her property into a dude ranch. And one of her first guests is normally Travis Give, an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids appreciate him-and she has to confess she’s drawn to him, too. But Nell isn’t prepared to fall in appreciate again. Or can be she?