In the rugged mountains surrounding northern Arizona, the wealthy owner of Apache Tears ranch wipes tears from his old eyes. Cancer roars through his body with no regard for his plans for the rest of his life or the plans for his heirs. The letter telling young Kate Mitchell of her grandfather's death, lunches a journey that will take her to meet the estranged families of her mother and father. Agreeing to the requirement that she stay at the beautiful Garrison ranch for a minimum of nine days, she boards the amazing Gulfstream 650 jet. Excitement and apprehension fill her mind as she travels to Arizona for the reading of her grandfather's will and his Memorial Service. Breathtaking sunsets, deception, murder, kidnapping, and romance entrap the young Kate. Family secrets and a gathering storm of violence from drug and human smugglers will soon bring danger and test Kate's courage and the bravery of others.