title: Do Seals Ever . . . ?
author:  Fran Hodgkins 
description: <span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fran Hodgkins</span><span> is the author of numerous childrens books, including </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Andre the Famous Harbor Seal </span><span>and </span><span style="font-style:italic;">How People Learned to Fly. </span><span>She lives in Rockport, Maine.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Marjorie Leggitt</span><span> currently teaches botanical illustration at the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.</span></span>
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  In one of the most remote locations  
  A SEAL meets his match...
  
  
  Stationed in Africa, SEAL “Pitbull” Percy Taylor is on leave and flying to
  Kenya for a safari. Until bush pilot Marly Simpson is forced to crash-land
  their plane on the savanna. Stranded together, the itinerant pilot and the
  roving SEAL find a connection neither dreamed possible. And when Marly and her
  plane disappear, Pitbull rallies his SEAL team...to save the only woman he
  could ever truly love.
  
  
  MISSION: SIX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Are you looking for a soul mate?” Marly’s brows rose.
  
  
  “Oh, hell no,” he answered. “What would I do with a soul mate when I’m never
  in one place long enough to grow roots?”
  
  
  She nodded. “Exactly.” Marly tipped her head toward the plane. “Besides, I
  have my soul mate.” She patted her hand against the plane’s fuselage. “He
  doesn’t argue with me much, he sweeps me off my feet and he carries me
  anywhere I want to go.”
  
  
  Pitbull frowned. “Your plane?”
  
  
  Marly shrugged. “I don’t have