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State of Romance: Settling in on the last frontier

Kim Lowe
Special for USA TODAY
"Stolen" by Shiloh Walker.

On this day in 1915, the United States Coast Guard was born from the Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Coasties have served in every way from 1790 through the current global war on terrorism. Most Coasties I know have served in Alaska in Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Sitka and Valdez. In honor of the Coast Guard, State of Romance visits Alaska, the Last Frontier.

The stark beauty of the Alaska wilderness draws paranormal creatures from Eve Langlais' Kodiak's Claim (Kodiak Point No. 1), Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dance With the Devil (Dark-Hunter No. 3), Richelle Mead's Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy No. 5), Nalini Singh's Blaze of Memory (Psy-Changeling No. 7), Gena Showalter's The Darkest Surrender (Lord of the Underworld No. 8) and Kelley Armstrong's Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld No. 10).

The arctic weather creates chilling romantic suspense in Cherry Adair's On Thin Ice, Shiloh Walker's Stolen, Tiffinie Helmer's Edge, Stephanie Rowe's Ice and Pam Champagne's Alaskan Heat.

Romantic comedy thrives in the Land of the Midnight Sun with Molly Harper's How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf, Meg Cabot's She Went All the Way and Addison Fox's Baby, It's Cold Outside.

The pioneering spirit adds dramatic effect to historical romances from Kate Bridges' Wanted in Alaska, Bonnie Leon's Touching Clouds, Meagan McKinney's The Merry Widow and Janelle Taylor's Golden Torment.

Teens can explore Alaska through Amy Plum's After the End, Emily Evans' The Boarding School Experiment and Sharon Short's My One Square Inch of Alaska.

Add to the list of romance books set in Alaska using #stateofromance on Twitter.

Next week we visit Louisiana, the Pelican State.

Kim Lowe is an Air Force veteran, Air Force spouse and romance book blogger at SOS Aloha. You can reach her at sos.aloha@yahoo.com.

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