<I>Welcome to the town of Promise, deep in the heart of Texas!</I><I> </I><P>Promise, a ranching community in the Hill Country, has a mysterious past. Yet it's the kind of place that represents the strength of small-town and rural America. Because Promise is built on family and friendship. Hard work and endurance. Laughter and, above all, <I>love.</I><I> </I><P>NELL'S COWBOY Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning her property into a dude ranch. And one of her first guests is Travis Grant, 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 Nell isn't ready to fall in love again.<I> Or is she?</I><I> </I><P>LONE STAR BABY Wade McMillen might be a minister, but he's also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. So is it as a <I>man </I>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....<P>www.DebbieMacomber.com