cheryl l. davis

A drought has devastated the Kansas prairie, forcing Emmaline's husband to seek work in Salina. Left behind to care for their infant son, Emmaline struggles with loneliness and a sudden fever that consumes the only child she has been able to provide her husband. When a lone wolf stalks the farm, Emmaline fears he'll kill the animals but soon realizes that what he really wants...is her child.