Nine of Stars

In "Nine of Stars," the first novel of the Wildlands series by Laura Bickle, Petra Dee, the daughter of an alchemist, confronts a deadly winter in the eerie town of Temperance, Wyoming. As a mysterious creature begins butchering wolves and rumors of the vengeful Skinflint Jack resurface, new sheriff Owen Rutherford arrives with his own haunted past and an unsolved murder case. With her partner Gabriel in danger and her coyote companion Sig by her side, Petra must navigate the chilling threats lurking in the wilderness before it's too late.