Author(s): Debbie Macomber

Fiction

Return to Promise The town of Promise, Texas, is a good place to live, to raise a family, to spend the rest of your days with the person you love. Cal Patterson and his wife, Jane -- also known as Dr. Texas -- certainly think so. The last thing they expect is a threat to their marriage. But in September, disagreements begin to escalate -- with the 'help' of an attractive young woman who's got her eye on Cal. After months of emotional upheaval brought on by doubts about their marriage, Cal and his wife separate, and Jane returns to her childhood home in California, taking their children with her. Cal, now alone on his ranch, is forced to confront what he really wants in his life, what he needs. Jane is confronting the same questions...How seriously does Cal take his marriage vows? And how important is Promise to Jane? Is there hope for a reconciliation -- in time for Christmas? Buffalo Valley It's a season of change for a small prairie town. Buffalo Valley, North Dakota, has discovered a will to survive, to prosper. But the outside world has discovered Buffalo Valley, and a big retail conglomerate plans to move in. which would surely destroy the small independent businesses that have begun to succeed.
Which might even destroy the town...It's a season of change for a man named Vaughn Kyle. Just out of the army, he's looking for a place to live, a life to live. And after finding a young woman named Carrie Hendrickson, Vaughn knows that he wants to stay in Buffalo Valley and fight for its way of life.