Sequel to the award-winning Dudes Rush In.

It’s 1954, and San Francisco writer Phoebe Kelley is enjoying the success of her first novel, Lady in the Desert. When her sister-in-law asks her to return to Tribulation, Arizona to help run the H Double Bar dude ranch, Phoebe doesn’t hesitate.

Phoebe Kelley McFarland is a restless war widow and writer living in 1952 San Francisco. She decides to quit her job and spend six months on her in-laws’ dude ranch in Tribulation, Arizona, called the H Double Bar.

She helps out in the ranch’s office and hopes to finish the novel she is working on. When some travel writers come to stay, Phoebe sees a chance to connect with professionals. But Tribulation lives up to its name.