Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

Now a Denver Post bestseller

"Addictive. Highly recommended!"--Paulette Jiles, New York Times bestselling author of News of the World

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas.

Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary.

1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year's time she's fallen in love--both with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life is not easy in the flat, brown corner of the state where winter blizzards are unforgiving and the summer heat relentless. But Ellen and Charlie face it all together, their relationship growing stronger with each shared success, and each deeply felt tragedy.

Ellen finds purpose in her work as a rancher's wife and in her bonds with other women settled on the prairie. Not all of them are so lucky as to have loving husbands, not all came to Wallace willingly, and not all of them can survive the cruel seasons. But they look out for each other, share their secrets, and help one another in times of need. And the needs are great and constant. The only city to speak of, Cheyenne, is miles away, making it akin to the Wild West in rural Wallace. In the end, it is not the trials Ellen and Charlie face together that make them remarkable, but their love for one another that endures through it all.

Jane Smiley of Vogue Magazine deemed award-winning author Sandra Dallas a quintessential American voice. She is the author of several books, including The Bride's Home, Prayers for Sale, and Tallgrass. Her books have been optioned for cinema adaptations and have been translated into a dozen languages. She is a two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award and the Willa Award for Women Writing the West. Dallas worked for Business Week for 25 years as a writer covering the Rocky Mountain region before turning to fiction in 1990. She and her spouse live in Denver, Colorado.