Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Guest Post: Staggered Cove Station by Elle Brownlee



Hello, hello! I'm Elle Brownlee and it's great to be here to share something about my latest book with you. Staggered Cove Station is a romantic suspense with hunky Coast Guard heroes, and I couldn't be happier about that.

It's the first book in my new Coast Guard Rescue series. Each book will feature different characters in different locations, but I knew I had to start in Alaska. There are myriad reasons why!

I wanted to open the CGR series with a bang, really set my heroes against the elements, and make the landscape as much a character as the station crew. Alaska was the perfect fit, just begging to be that place. The Coast Guard station needed to be remote, and the rescue work a high-stakes challenge, but worth every bit of effort given to it--no better than to put it in Alaska. I love the great outdoors and all things wild, and it doesn't get much outdoorsier or wilder than Alaska. Alaska is high on my bucket list of places to visit (there's 20 [20!] glorious National Park sites in Alaska, each remoter than the last) so this way I got to pore over pictures and maps and videos for "research." And I wanted somewhere that felt far away and completely different to Dan--a rescue swimmer on a secret mission newly transferred to Staggered Cove--while still being somewhere he could report for duty and somehow make into a home.

Hope you enjoy the adventure--and the read!

<3 Elle



Staggered Cove Station is book one in my new Coast Guard Rescue romantic suspense series. There’s thrills, chills, mystery, and hunky guys to the rescue. It releases March 20 from Dreamspinner Press.

Blurb:

Rescues are wild in the Alaskan terrain. So is romance.

Sun-kissed California guardsman Dan Farnsworth might be at home in the water, but he’s out of his element at remote, rugged, and freezing Staggered Cove Station. Acclimating proves hard enough, but he’s also digging into how the station’s previous rescue swimmer was lost at sea. Was it an operation gone bad... or something more sinister? Add to that instant tension between him and his partner, no-nonsense Alaska-born Karl Radin, and Dan has his hands full.

As his investigation heats up, so does the attraction between Dan and Karl—even if they don’t completely trust each other. But as suspicious events escalate to sabotage, Dan starts to fear he and Karl won’t get the chance to become more than reluctant coworkers.



Book URL:

Dreamspinner Press



Author Bio:

Elle Brownlee has always followed her creative, adventuring spirit. Growing up she loved westerns and taking long hikes. On these explorations she’d craft miniature worlds with moss and rocks while making up stories about everything that happened there. This often included dashing cowboy heroes. As an adult, not a lot has changed. She still loves westerns, long hikes, and allowing her imagination to roam. Usually with a pot of tea at her elbow. Her romances feature flawed but relatable characters in immersive settings, told with wit, tenderness, and a sly note of sarcasm. Though a cynic in many ways, Elle believes love can conquer all. Every story is a little bit naughty, a whole lot of nice, and will always end with happily ever after.


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