title: Eli: More Than Just a Kitten with Ambition to Go on a Mission
author: Sherralee Tinney
description: Raised in Carman Manitoba Canada, Sherralee grew up an animal lover, particularly horses and considers herself fortunate to have been raised with many different types of animals. This privilege enabled her to study the anatomy of animals so she could work on improving her sketches of them. While living in Carman, she was awarded various art awards one of which was a juried provincial art show where her work went on tour with other artists in the area. She studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Capilano University (College then) in North Vancouver, B.C. and after graduating she successfully went to work developing her career in the advertising and print world. Sherralee currently lives happily in the Spruce Grove/Stony Plain area in Alberta with her husband, children, and has two horses, two dogs, four cats and a tank full of fish.
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  Nobody is going to hurt her—not on his watch
  
  
  
  
  
  A DEA stealth mission has brought coast guard Lt. Commander Eli Pelletier
  home. But when he ends up aiding rescue swimmer Aubrey Wynn during her own
  harrowing mission, powerful emotions reignite between them. Except Aubrey
  doesn’t want Eli’s protection. She wants answers.
  
  
  
  
  
  Twelve years ago, Eli broke up with Aubrey without telling her the real reason
  he was leaving Pacific Cove. How can he try for a second chance if he’s forced
  to deceive her again? Amid suspected drug trafficking and a sabotaged
  Christmas contest, Eli must find a way to regain Aubrey’s trust without
  compromising his career or endangering the woman he loves.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Eli, I’ve been in the coast guard for ten years. This is a difficult and
  demanding profession we’re in.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Aubrey leaned back and stretched her long, shapely legs in front of her.
  
  
  
  
  
  He could so easily entangle his feet with hers.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Rewarding, too, of course,” she added. “B