Alaskan Rescue by Terri Reed: Fast-paced, lots of action and intrigue. Alaskan Rescue by Terri Reed is the first 
book in Harlequin’s new continuity.
Ariel Potter has a good life raising Alaskan Huskies and training and working her own sled team. This is her life and she loves it. For the most part she is on her own. Her parents are always off traveling the world working sled competitions. They didn’t pay all that much attention to Ariel as she was growing up as they were absorbed with sled races and raising sled dogs. Ariel is always happy to spend time with her good friend Violet James and is going to be her maid of honor at Violet’s upcoming wedding to Lance Wells. Violet talked Ariel into going on a special pre-wedding off-trail hiking excursion in Chugach State Park along with Lance and his best man Jared Dennis. Things go horribly wrong and Ariel ends up being rescued by Alaska State Trooper Hunter McCord and his K-9 partner Juneau. That’s just the beginning of the danger Ariel and Hunter will face.
Hunter McCord is a dedicated Alaska State Police K-9 officer. His K-9 partner Juneau is a great tracker. It was Juneau who first found Ariel Potter in Chugach State Park after the tour company reported that the group did not check in. Hunter’s protective instincts are quickly aroused when he first rescues Ariel. He fights his attraction to Ariel because he doesn’t trust women. His widower father was fleeced by a con artist woman pretending to love his dad and running off after draining his dad’s bank account. Maybe Ariel is more trustworthy. Time will tell.
I really liked the two main characters. It’s always fun to read about a guy and a gal fighting their attraction to one another and then having real life events prove that they want to act on their attraction and have a Happily Ever After. Both Ariel and Hunter have issues to sort out as they work on a relationship. All the danger and intrigue adds to the swift relationship development. I loved all the action in this story and I look forward to the next book to see how the overall arc continues as what really happened on the mountain has to be discovered.
Book Info:
Publication: April 13th 2021 | Love Inspired Suspense | Alaska K-9 Unit #1
A mountain search-and-rescue mission
turns into a fight for their lives.
Sent to find a wedding party that disappeared during a hike, Alaskan state trooper Hunter McCord and his K-9 partner, Juneau, discover bridesmaid Ariel Potter hanging from a cliff. But this was no accident—she was pushed—and her hiking companions are missing. Now it’s up to Hunter and Juneau to find them…and make sure whoever wants Ariel dead doesn’t finish the job.
From Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Alaska K-9 Unit
Book 1: Alaskan Rescue
Natalia J
Thank you for your review!. I saw this book on Walmart this past weekend ,and took a picture to add on my books to read.I was iffy on getting it because I wasn’t sure how it was going to be once I read the synopsis. I’ll be definitely reading it next .