Laurie Wood: The Idea Behind Northern Protector
The idea behind Northern Protector
The idea for Northern Protector took a lot of thought processing. I knew when I wrote the first book, Northern Deception, that the second book would be about the police officer who was mauled by the polar bear and whoever he fell in love with but I had zero ideas on what the central story would be around. First, I tried to pair him off with Sarah Thorvald, who was the Conservation officer who saved him by tranquilizing the polar bear. I wrote about five chapters and they just wouldn’t gel on the page for me. No chemistry!
Then I decided to re-read Northern Deception to get any other ideas, and one sentence leapt out at me. I described Ruby Gallagher, who owns the town Café & Emporium, as having a daughter and granddaughter who plays with the toddler who has Down Syndrome. These two had no names or history. It was just the one sentence to get little Sophie parked so that the hero and heroine in Northern Deception could go out and do their thing. But it leapt off the page at me and bang! I had my heroine for Ben Koper, and she had a daughter.
Once I had that, a vision of her came into my mind and the rest took me a couple of hours to flesh out her character and back story. So, this book was tougher to write but once I settled on the question “What’s the worst thing that can happen to two teenage girls who go to a summer party at a cabin out of town on the tundra?” I had my book.
Northern Protector (Heroes of the Tundra Book 2) is actually the third book in the series, if you count the Christmas novella, Northern Hearts. If you love romance, danger, suspense, police procedurals, smart 6-year-olds, and exotic wilderness locales, then you’ll love it.
Constable Ben Koper is still healing from the polar bear attack that almost killed him. Nine months after it happened, he returns to Churchill, Manitoba, a changed man—scarred more than just physically. PTSD is his new shadow, haunting his every step, and he can’t seem to kick the pain meds he shouldn’t need anymore. He’s determined to prove, to himself and his colleagues, that he’s still up to his job. Failure isn’t an option.
ER nurse Joy Gallagher spent the entire last winter texting with a healing Constable Koper. What started as friendly concern from this single mother has grown into full-fledged romantic feelings, and she’s eager to level up their friendship and introduce him to the idyllic comfort of small-town life. Until a teenager is murdered at a summer party. The crime is strikingly similar to the cold case murder of Joy’s foster sister, stirring old trauma Joy has never fully dealt with.
When another victim is snatched in town, Ben and Joy must confront their own demons, and join forces to track down an elusive killer. The race to rescue the next victim before it’s too late will test Ben and Joy to their limits. Can they survive their encounter with this heinous killer, or will the past destroy them.?
About the author
Laurie Wood lives in Central Canada and writes inspirational romantic suspense with an edge of danger. She’s also a military wife who’s raised two wonderful special needs children to adulthood. They’ve lived all over Canada and are still on that journey. When she’s not writing she can be found at her spinning wheel, knitting, or hanging out with her dogs in the garden. She loves to hear from readers and always replies so feel free to get in touch with her.
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Buy Links:
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Protector-Heroes-Tundra-Book-ebook/dp/B08NTTX4WQ
Amazon.ca: https://amzn.to/2KfyoYq
Anaiah Press: https://bit.ly/3pGPrD6 (Print copies)
