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Little House on the Prairie meets Yellowstone! Following an Indian raid in which their parents died, three-year-old Matt Jamison and his sister Catty, only a few months old, are taken in by Ben and Anne Clayton on their Arrow A cattle ranch in Wyoming Territory. The Claytons raise Matt and Catty as their own children alongside their daughter, Eve. Matt's ties to them are as strong as if he were their actual blood son. A summer of drought and plains fires threatens the very survival of the Arrow A ranch. Knowing that telling the Claytons or Eve of his love for her will betray all the moral values they have instilled in him, Matt leaves home, without telling them why, to work as a cowhand on a northern ranch, a long distance from Eve. With the future of the Arrow A in grave danger, Ben Clayton considers Matt's leaving without an explanation the deepest betrayal of the Clayton family's united front. The 1886-1887 ""Winter of the White Catastrophe"" sweeps down on them. It changes the face of cattle ranching forever, and the Claytons, along with the other ranchers, must cope with the reality of drastically diminished herds and the appalling necessity of building barbed-wire fences over the open range. An outlaw attack shakes the deepest roots of the Claytons' once inviolable family beliefs. Matt finally returns to the ranch, where he must face the knowledge that his love for Eve and his leaving sealed the fate of those he loved most.

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""Sometimes love needs a little help from fate and faith, but The Longing of the Day only serves to prove that love is just a heartbeat and a prayer away. Louise Lenahan Wallace has penned a touching tale of hardship as she takes her readers on a journey of the heart. The Longing of the Day will brand itself upon your heart and soul; don't miss this special book."" -Calico Trails Romance Magazine ""It's well written with great character development. An inspiring western drama.""-Old Book Barn Gazette ""This is really good work, about as ready for publication as anything we'll ever get! I loved reading it. The people just jumped off the page at me . . . from the first page, your characters came alive . . . as with your characterization, this writing grabs the reader and won't let go.""-Pacific Northwest Writers Association Contest Review

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Louise Lenahan Wallace was born in the Sacramento Valley and now lives on the hooky part of Washington state, where she was the board's public relations representative for her local chapter of the American Cancer Society. She was secretary and also edited Footnotes, the state square dance magazine for her local square dance group. Louise worked for attorneys-typing, editing, proofreading, and finalizing legal documents. She received her BA from Western Washington University. She has been published in Grit Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul, and Chicken Soup's Joy of Christmas; in addition to The Longing of the Day, she has four other books: Day Star Rising (the sequel to Longing of the Day), Length of Days, Day Unto Day, and Children of the Day.

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