A Healing Way: Two Dogs, a Coyote and an Old Soul by David Weiskircher

To know heart-wrenching loss means you've known heart-blossoming love.

Remy and Baux, two Australian shepherd puppies, find themselves abandoned in a cemetery. Because they're not full-blooded, the human owners have tossed them aside like yesterday's trash. They're not only separated too early from their mother, but they also lose their litter mates. They know they're scared and hungry, but what they don't know is that a winter's storm like none other heads their way. They're all alone. Or are they?

One day, after they've watched a funeral during which they see emotion like they've never seen before, a coyote steps into their midst. He seems to be knowledgeable, and certainly doesn't mind telling stories, some going as far back as to ancient Native American beliefs about coyotes. Do these stories have any meaning to Remy and Baux, or are they just tall tales? Most important, is the coyote friend or foe?

Meanwhile, miles away, as the storm barrels in, a man...