Come Snowfall

by Cindy Hiday

The sweeping Western tale of a young girl's enduring spirit and courage.In the summer of 1880, twelve-year-old Alice Calder is left alone to run the family's horse ranch on the outskirts of Baker City, Oregon, after her ma, pa, and little brother die of smallpox. The ranch is all she has left of her family, and she will do whatever it takes to hold onto it, even if that means greeting strangers at the business end of her Winchester rifle.But when a man bearing an uncanny resemblance to her ma rides up and claims to be her Uncle Hank, Alice must decide whether to turn away blood kin or accept his help. It's a decision that will ultimately lead her on a journey of strength and resourcefulness across two territories, as she comes to terms with the meaning of family and just how far she's willing to go to save it.

315 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 24, 2020

About the author

Writing in the spirit of adventure and happy endings, Pacific Northwest author Cindy Hiday has won numerous honors, including first place in Willamette Writers' Kay Snow Fiction Awards for her historical adventure, Come Snowfall. Her humorous literary novel, Father, Son & Grace (republished as Destination Stardust), is a five-star Readers' Favorite and local book club choice. When she isn't writing, Cindy enjoys growing her own produce, hiking old-growth forests in search of the next waterfall, and strolling long sandy beaches.

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Reviews

[Whoschu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great book about 1880 Oregon. Alice is a teenager trying to keep the ranch going after her family dies. When her Arapaho uncle rides in, she's not sure if he's going to help her keep the ranch or take it from her. Just as she feels comfortable having him around, he gets taken and she has to track him across Hell's Canyon and western Idaho, trying to save him.