Bear Claw Diner owner Charlie Cooke is dreading a trip to the Alaska State Fair despite the enthusiasm of nearly everyone else around her. Her teenage experiences staffing the cotton candy machines have ruined an annual event most other people look forward to, so it’s with great reluctance that she accepts her best friend Annie…
It’s just another busy Alaskan tourist season day at Charlie Cooke’s Bear Claw Diner until one of her guests abruptly starts choking at his table before falling over unconscious. Paramedics whisk young Ethan Johnson away to the nearest medical center, and a concerned Charlie drives there with his lunch date, Zoe, since only family members…
Charlotte “Charlie” Cooke has been running the Bear Claw Diner in Elkview, Alaska, for over a year now after her mother, the diner’s original owner-operator, decided she wanted to retire and travel the world with her husband, Charlie’s dad. Now that Charlie’s settled into a good groove with both the diner and her cat—the delightfully…
