The Shape of June

Russ Linder hasn't slept through the night since his wife drowned in Birch Creek eight months ago. Alone on a failing cattle ranch in Cut Bank, Montana, he'd do anything for one more evening with her—and a soft-spoken widow from his grief group knows exactly how to exploit that desperation. The ritual costs only blood and a few whispered words. What answers is patient, ancient, and very, very hungry.