Just Another Desert Sunset - Coyote series book 1, #1

Coyote wants to be human, but when he's granted his wish he finds out it's harder than he thought. He doesn't understand the behavior of these two-legged creatures who walk by him smelling of rosewater. He tries not to listen to Raven's dire predictions about his future, the bird's insistence that it is his karma to be a coyote. When Coyote meets Sara all bets are off. Her sun hair and sky eyes draw him to her in ways he's never experienced.
But what he'd hoped for is dashed when he discovers the shaman's cruel trick-he will always revert back to animal form as soon as he falls asleep. When the shaman's mutilated body is discovered on a mountain trail, animal control goes after the lone coyote that's been hanging around. Despite Sara's claim that the coyote saved her life, Coyote cannot escape the roaring beasts or the stinging dart that puts him into darkness. As is this wasn't enough, Sara is coming up against her own problems.
Her estranged husband is blackmailing her.  She doesn't want to go back to Duluth with him but she feels she has no choice. Are the feelings between Coyote and Sara strong enough to bridge the enormous distance between them or will Raven's predictions come true?