Jane Carlile Baker

Rogue Wave Jane Carlile Baker

Bonnie O'Sullivan turns to put apples in her shopping cart to find her daughter, Fallon, smiling toothlessly-but her best friend's daughter vanished. Disappeared into nothing, and never found. Bonnie rescues sea otters as a biologist at Monterey Bay Aquarium, but her love of adventure doesn't extend to her daughter as Fallon matures. Haunted by the kidnapping, Bonnie confines Fallon to Seascape, their ranch stronghold. Red-headed Fallon responds by perfecting rebellion. Now a shadowed gunman has fired at Bonnie from a ridge on the ranch. Who is he? Why is he shooting at her? Quinn, Bonnie's ocean-hopping Irish husband, is no help. He easily dismisses Bonnie's fears and believes it's time to give their daughter more freedom. After the shooting, he and Fallon find a gold coin where the gunman stood on the ridge. What does it mean?-Does Graciela Castaneda, Fallon's beloved nanny, have any part in the mysteries?-Will Fallon barrel race herself to freedom? -What will a courageous, but overprotective, mother risk to provide her daughter a safe harbor?Rogue Wave, the first novel in the Seascape Saga, answers the question, "How do we find the courage to face fear?Jane Carlile Baker loves Morgan horses, the Pacific Ocean, and sea otters. Baker has previously published four biographies: My Father's Love; Triumphs and Tragedies, Corregidor and Its Aftermath; Image of a Black Father; and Toughnut Angel, The Tale of a Real-Life Adventuress of the Old West. She blogs at janecarlilebaker.com and lives in Northern California with her husband, Art, and her therapy dog.