Cave Rescue Courtship — M.L. Buchman / Matthew Lieber Buchman

Petty Officer Vera Chu lives her dream of serving aboard a US Coast Guard cutter. Newly assigned to patrols of the treacherous Columbia River Bar only affirms her resolve.Lieutenant Hammond Markson flies his Dolphin rescue helicopter as if it's a part of himself.Only when a desperate rescue on the storm-tossed Oregon Coast cliffs throws them together do they find out how truly exciting life can be.