{"product_id":"distant-echoes-9781401690038","title":"Distant Echoes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt feels like paradise, but deadly secrets lie beneath the waves off the coast of Kauai.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes Kaia Oana thinks her dolphins are more humane than humans. As a mammal intelligence researcher, Kaia has learned a thing or two about the goodness and intelligence of dolphins--and as a natural scientist in close proximity to weapons developers, she's learned a thing or two about humans as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a tourist catamaran explodes off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Kaia and her trained dolphin, Nani, rush to aid the search and rescue effort. After hours of searching, an exhausted Kaia is pulled from the water by Lieutenant Commander Jesse Matthews of the U.S. Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Matthews is accustomed to following protocol--and a civilian-dolphin rescue is not typical operating procedure. But when his colleagues ignore the possibility that missile research had something to do with the sunken catamaran, Jesse recruits Kaia and her dolphin to help him conduct his own investigation. The olive-skinned mermaid had impressed him--in more ways than one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their rogue investigation takes them into the waters surrounding the sunken boat--and their personal chemistry takes them into other uncharted territory--Kaia and Jesse discover that they have become targets themselves. Someone doesn't want them snooping around that wreckage . . . someone desperate enough to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003cb\u003eColleen Coble\u003c\/b\u003e has written several romantic suspense novels including \u003ci\u003eTidewater Inn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRosemary Cottage\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Mercy Falls, Lonestar, and Rock Harbor series. Visit her website at www.colleencoble.com Twitter: @colleencoble Facebook: colleencoblebooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717808951570,"sku":"9781401690038","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b27c8730-4c16-4aa8-b7f7-0aa43e007691.jpg?v=1734627037","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/distant-echoes-9781401690038","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}