Lure of the Dim Trails

This is an interesting twist on a Western, where an author returns to the land where he was born to get some "e;local flavor"e; for his novels. He gets much more than he expected, going on long trail rides and nearly freezing the end of his nose off in the winter shacks. Something-it couldn't possibly be the beautiful Mona-could it?-keeps him on the range all year. (Goodreads)