Waltz Across Texas is a love story of two people who lead a difficult life trying to start a home during the Great Depression. Roy was a musician who never took a lesson but was gifted with an ear for music. This ability was the catalyst that brought him into contact with Alice, a beautiful dark haired beauty. When they met at a friends' house it was love at first sight. The love story opens up a world lost in time but forever remembered as a Waltz Across Texas one last time. Though they wanted for materials items, they were blessed with friends who were brought together by the music of Roy and his violin. The novel weaves a thread of love that weaves characters together. It is told through the eyes of their daughter.