Case Nichols has made a career out of tackling salmon issues head-on. As a tribal resource manager, he’s working beside people whose survival has been tied to the ocean for eons. He’s the kind of protective man who doesn’t think of himself as hero, with an old scar he thought had been dealt with.Chelsea Westerly knows all about old scars. She’s brilliant, stubborn, generous, and kind. With the means to build a safe life, she’s got the heart and determination to make it happen. So w...

In Seward, Alaska, the tides keep their own secrets—and so do the people who live by them. Secret Bay follows four lives woven together by saltwater, found family, and the hope that love can wash away the past.Ginny makes videos for a tribal organization over winter and pulls in the net on the family seiner when salmon return. She’s hyper-observant, the person you want in a crisis, but the one person she’s never been able to outrun finds her again, forcing her to k...

Dive into the tumultuous waters of Alaska's salmon fishing industry with the second season of the Thunder Bay Seiner Series, where family bonds are tested, love blossoms, and the fight for survival takes on new meaning.In Res Bay, as the commercial fishing world grapples with the aftermath of a devastating salmon hatchery virus, Mack and Pete Nichols face fierce competition and the looming threat of a corrupt enhan...

In Alaska’s wild waters, some storms can’t be outrun.Along the shores of Alaska’s rugged coastline, Mack Nichols works the life other men only dream of—commercial fishing for wild Alaska salmon in the most pristine waters on earth. Master of his boat, catching salmon as if they were looking for him, he loves every minute of his unique life. But when a storm unlike any other forces him to take refuge, Mack...

Home from the season-from-hell, the seiners face even more difficulties. Mack's got his hands full, and a houseful, and nothing's going the way he'd planned.Justin hoped that Ginny's decision to stay in Alaska meant they'd finally get to know each other better but when Dylan shows up everything he’s hoped for takes a nosedive.Ginny's on her own—again. Why, oh why, does everyone leave her hanging, changing her world with a f...

Gorgeous, pristine, unspeakably beautiful: all the words used to describe Alaska describe Kachemak Bay, yet Mack Nichols hates it and his brother Pete seconds that opinion. But they need to earn a living and now they have to deal with Hurley again-and on his home turf. The fight's on when Hurley decides to teach them both a lesson while they've got nets out and crew on deck, but it's Mack's ex-wife Hattie showing up that really turns his world upside down.Justin may have been the q...

Aurora Bay is both a standalone novel and book 7 in The Thunder Bay Seiner Series. It opens where Aialik Bay ended, following the seiners and their families through an emotional end of the year, culminating on New Year’s Eve.Case, given an unexpected second chance, didn’t even recognize his best friend, the only person he’s ever poured his heart and soul out to. Now she wants nothing to do with him and this time she means it.Leaving seining...

Last year’s salmon hatchery virus set the commercial fishing world in a spin. This year every boat that can float is heading for the Outer District in Southcentral Alaska, hoping to cash in.When Mack and Pete see the flood of boats in the Outer District, they’re afraid they won’t catch anything this season. It takes all their experience to make things work until the worst possible news flies in, changing everything.Faced with a family crisi...

Justin’s taken over the Calypso but he’s not sure his heart’s still in seining. Maybe it’s time to try something new? Between family and crew, it’s a world of change for the Nichols family as another season begins, opening commercial fishing areas that have been closed for too many years.Aialik Bay picks up where Taylor Bay ends, following the seiners through the next year of life and commercial fishing along the north coast of the Gulf of Alaska.Still at t...

Pete Nichols is back on the Calypso, desperate to make up for taking a year off from commercial fishing, but absolutely nothing is going right—from his finances to his family. When one son unexpectedly quits, his twin announces intentions that leave everyone’s jaw dropping.Res Bay is the second books in the Thunder Bay Seiner Series - a contemporary saga exploring the intertwined lives and loves of a commercial fishing family working the rough...

Saltwater, salmon, and sabotage.Rocky Bay drops you onto the deck of the Stormy C with the spray on your face, diesel in your nose, and the kind of stakes that tighten your grip on the page. It’s a survival story, a working-life drama, and a wilderness mystery all threaded through an unforgettable Alaskan season.Mack Nichols is the skipper you want at the helm in a storm. Recently divorced, loyal to a fault, and dead set against the “enhanced” salm...

For fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wildand Greg Buenzli’s And Then We Hit a Rock comes Leslie Johansen Nack’s emotional follow-up memoir about her battle with addiction following a traumatic childhood—and her inspiring journey toward healing and happiness.“This is a memoir that will stay with readers long after the final page, not because of its trauma alone, but because of its honesty, grace, and refusal to look away.”—Seattle Book Review