"Nicole doesn’t just tell stories. She conjures them. Her words smell like sagebrush after rain & sound like boots on old pine floorboards. It’s the kind of writing that reminds you there’s still mystery in this world if you know where to look. The West she brings alive isn’t the one in postcards—it’s the one with dust in its teeth and magic in its bones. Go read. Slowly. You’ll thank me later." – Ken Lewis, Smoke and Pine