Rogue Wave. Seascape Saga #1

By Jane Carlile Baker

Description:

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.

Why the author wrote this book:

To explore the topics of child abduction, illegal immigration, cartels and fear.