"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. ... Ellen finds purpose in her work as a rancher's wife and in her bonds with other women settled on the prairie. ... They look out for each other, share their secrets, and help one another in times of need. And the needs are great and constant. ... 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"--,Provided by publisher.