Author Amanda McDonnell finds herself stranded in a small Texas town that's not even on the map. She is soon confronted by a mystery and caught up in an impossible fantasy. It seems the characters she had discarded from her stories have come to life in Elderberry, Texas—and now they're demanding their happy endings.

In the midst of trying to understand the impossible and to give these strangers the happy endings they desire, Amanda finds the one man with whom she could write her own happy ending.

She's gives herself the best possible advice: Just trust your heart. You won't go wrong.