The Loop by Nicholas Evans (1998, Hardcover)

Synopsis
The Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana is being menaced by a pack of wolves--an endangered species, and the focus of the town's hatred. Helen Ross, a wolf biologist, tries to protect the wolves and raise the town's consciousness. Unfortunately, she falls in love with the son of the rancher who is the wolves' worst enemy.

Key Details
Author:	Nicholas Evans
Language:	English
Publisher:	Delacorte Pubns Inc
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	038531700X
ISBN-13:	9780385317009

Size
Length:	434 pages
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	26.4 oz

Publisher's Note
A breathtaking story of love, family, and man's relationship with nature--by the acclaimed author of "The Horse Whisperer". Helen Ross, a 29-year-old wolf biologist, goes alone into the hostile Montana countryside to protect the wolves there from those in the nearby town of Hope who seek to destroy them. "The Loop" charts her struggle, and her dangerous love affair with the son of her most powerful opponent.

A pack of wolves makes a sudden savage return to the Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana, where a century earlier they were slaughtered by the thousands. Now shielded by law as an endangered species, they reawaken an ancient hatred that will tear a family, and ultimately the town, apart.At the center of the storm is Helen Ross, a twenty-nine-year-old wolf biologist sent alone into this remote and hostile place to protect the wolves from those who seek to destroy them. The Loop charts her struggle, and her dangerous love affair with the son of her most powerful opponent, the brutal and charismatic rancher Buck Calder. A haunting exploration of man's conflict with nature and the wild within himself, an epic story of deadly passions and redemptive love set against the grandeur of the American West, The Loop is destined to capture the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere.