Finding Elodie (2020)

## Series

SEAL Team Hawaii, Book 1

Originally published on April 13, 2020

## Official Blurb

> Renowned chef Elodie Winters’ dream job, private chef to a powerful family in New York, quickly becomes a nightmare when her employer turns out to be the head of a notorious mob family. Now on the run, she thinks she’s finally safe, having landed in the middle of the Arabian Sea, cook on the Asaka Express cargo ship. When the ship is taken by pirates, she can’t believe her bad luck…but it’s about to take a turn for the better.
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> Scott “Mustang” Webber is pulled from his current mission, along with the rest of his SEAL team, to prevent an act of piracy in the Middle East. They’re all surprised when the first person to radio for help is a woman. He soon senses “Rachel Walters” is hiding something, and offers his help. He’s both shocked and pleased when she actually comes looking for him in Hawaii months later. He’d felt a connection with her on that cargo ship…one he’s looking forward to exploring further.
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> Keeping Elodie safe in Hawaii turns out to be easy…until it isn’t. Long days in paradise have a way of making one complacent. Now Mustang is working against the clock and the elements themselves, as he faces his greatest mission ever—finding Elodie.
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## Characters

### Main Character(s)

* Scott "Mustang" Webber
* Elodie Winters

### All Characters (in order of appearance)

* Captain Walter Conger (ship captain)
* Elodie Winters (AKA Rachel Walters AKA Melody)
* Manuel (second cook)
* John (ship crew)
* Troy (ship crew)
* Scott "Mustang" Webber
* Pierce "Midas" Cagle
* Marshall "Aleck" Smart
* Stuart "Pid" Hall
* Jagger "Jag" Bennett
* Duncan "Slate" Stone
* Admiral Light
* (Lieutenant)
* Bryce (ship officer)
* Bo (ship officer)
* Danny (ship crew)
* Hamza (pirate)
* (Zodiac pilot)
* Djama (pirate)
* (Pirate)
* Ari (ship crew)
* Pablo (ship crew)
* Blake "Rocco" Wise
* Decker "Gumby" Kincade
* Beckett "Ace" Morgan
* Mark "Bubba" Wright
* Cole "Rex" Kingston
* Forest "Phantom" Dalton
* (Sailor)
* Valentino Russo (ship officer)
* Paul Columbus
* Andrew Ferry AKA Steven Miller
* (Aleck's boat contact)
* Perry (Elodie's boss)
* Kaikilaonāoneko‘olau "Kai" (Elodie's coworker)
* (Charter boat pilot)
* (Charter boat tourists)
* Kalani (Elodie's landlady)
* Dylan Huttner (Mustang's commander)
* Kahoni (Elodie's boss)
* (Police officers)
* (Paramedics)
* Baker Rawlins
* (Kai's mother)
* (Kahoni's daughter)
* Elizabeth Lexie Greene

### Characters Mentioned (but not appearing)

* (Danny's wife)
* (Danny's child)
* (Danny's child)
* Caite Wise
* (Paul's grandfather)
* (Paul's father)
* Jerry Columbus (Paul's son)
* John "Tex" Keegan
* Roberto Del Rio (not by name)
* Mags "Raven" Crawford Justice (not by name)
* Ben (Elodie's classmate)
* (Elodie's friend from culinary school)
* (Philadelphia restaurant owner)
* (Midas's father)
* (Aleck's father)
* (Aleck's mother)
* Mountain Mercenaries (not by name)
* Silverstone
* Eagle Point Search & Rescue (not by name)
* Rex
* (Base admiral)
* Dagmar Brander
* (Lexie's father)
* Magnus Brander (Dagmar's twin brother) (not by name)

## Locations Mentioned

* Honolulu, Hawaii
* Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
* Pearl Harbor
* Battleship Missouri Memorial
* Ewa Beach
* Waikiki
* Waikiki Beach
* Helena's Hawaiian Food
* Barbers Point Beach Park
* North Shore
	+ Laniakea Beach
* ABC Store
* Dole Pineapple Plantation
* Maunawili Falls Trail
* Oahu
* Kailua
* Ala Moana Mall
* Pinnacle
* Penguin Bank
* Kaena Point
* Makapuu
* Waimanalo
* Smokey Ranch Barbeque
* Diamond Head
* Ko Olina Marina
* Ala Wai Harbor
* Halekulani Resort

## References

* A recipe for Hawaiian Kalua Pork appears in the *Happily Ever After Cookbook*.