Capture the Moment: A Clean Sweet Summer Romance Novel with a Park Ranger and a Wildlife Photographer in Grand Teton National Park

She's ready for adventure--isn't she?

Kate Cunningham is facing the opportunity of a lifetime. As a zoo photographer, she's spent years photographing animals in carefully controlled environments, but now National Geographic has dangled an irresistible prize: If Kate can snag a unique photo of a legendary bear in Grand Teton National Park, they just might publish it. It's the kind of challenge Kate has been waiting for, and she's eager to prove herself in the wild. 

With more enthusiasm than experience, Kate soon realizes that capturing an image of this bear isn't as simple as she hoped. Fortunately, she crosses paths with Grant Cooper, a seasonal park ranger who knows the terrain--and the bears--better than anyone. His tracking skills could be exactly what Kate needs to succeed, and it doesn't hurt that he's easy on the eyes. But they're not the only ones with an interest in the park's most famous bear. And his motives are far from innocent.

A clean, kisses-only contemporary romance and summer read by Suzanne Woods Fisher for wildlife, travel, and photography enthusiasts set in Grand Teton National Park.

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Published May 6, 2025

320 pages

Average rating: 10

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jenlynerickson
Jun 03, 2025
10/10 stars
“Casual but serious. Relaxed but focused. Laid-back but purposeful…I wish I could be fearless…Bold and brave. What’s the worst that can happen if I put myself out there?” Kate Cunningham wonders before having “fallen into the river while photographing otters, forgotten to silence her phone while trying to catch sight of 399, and was now tagged as Zoo Girl by the truly professional wildlife photographers…There was still a story to be told about a grizzly named 399, and she was going to go after it. And the handsome ranger with the seawater eyes was going to help her get it.” “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it? Over and over, she repeated those words. And, on their heels, Thank you, thank you, thank you, God…she had actually seen Grizzly Bear 399, up close and personal. If only she'd had her camera for that astonishing moment when the bear locked eyes with her. “Less than two weeks had passed since Kate had arrived in Grand Teton National Park, yet she felt like a different person. Being here had taught her so much about herself. For the first time in her life, she realized that seeing things differently was a gift, not a burden. So maybe God hadn't made a mistake in wiring her brain the way it was. She wasn't a mistake.” She was a miracle. And Someone was looking after her. A beautiful tribute to the real life 399, Suzanne Woods Fisher’s Capture the Moment is about the “impressive collaboration here between rangers, law enforcement, and even a wildlife photographer” catching a poacher, saving a bear. And it concludes with “The kind of kiss that swept a girl away from here and now, making time and space fade into the background. The kind of kiss that made tomorrow seem like a blank canvas, full of hope and endless opportunities. A perfect note…to end on.”

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