Zigzagging through a treacherous maze of compelling questions with unpredictable answers, truths embedded within lies, people hiding behind masks, and in the end, discovering a true and lasting love.
His Sweet Obsession an Western Historical romance, written by Twilla Kay Lamm and recently released by the Wild Rose Press.
Tormented with no answers about the death of her fiancé, Doctor Sabrina Clay seeks the truth—was it suicide or murder? If there is an answer, she must find it. On a hot day in Fort Hex, Kansas, Sabrina’s and Ethan’s lives intersect. They’re soon entangled in a web of deceit as attraction simmers. They each risk a second chance at love while discovering the truth.
He felt his heart seize. He
wanted to hold her, and he wanted to tell her she wasn’t alone. But if he did,
what would she do? He edged closer, hoping to absorb some of her pain.
“We pitched the medical tent
and waited.” She pressed the palms of her hands on her cheeks. “After the cold
winter, the sun was bright and felt so warm. In the center of the beautiful
meadow, American soldiers, some wearing blue and some wearing gray, marched
forward. The drummers were young boys…only eight or nine—children in war.” She
covered her ears. “Rump-pa-pa-pump…rump-pa-pa-pump. We waited for the
killing to start.” She laughed without humor while tears sluiced down her face.
“Civilized people waiting for the killing to start. Isn’t that a joke?”
He untied the yellow bandana
around his neck and offered her the fabric.
She accepted the scarf and
brushed his hand with her fingers.
He felt his breath snatch,
and his lungs refused to fill. He swiped his right hand over his mouth, while
an overwhelming desire to protect her hurled straight into his heart. He firmed
his jaw, grinding his teeth.
“An hour later”—she blotted
her tears—“the battle was over.”
He heard the quiver in her
voice and balled his fists. How could he help her? What could he do?
“I could no longer smell the
flowers…only the stinking sulfur odor of the gunpowder and the coppery scent of
blood.” She crumpled his bandana. “The birds no longer sang…only the men crying
out. All the beauty was gone, buried beneath a layer of bodies. Some men were
dead and some were dying, and the blood soaked into the ground like a summer’s
rain.”
He wanted to say something,
but what? She carried the scars of a battle-hardened soldier, she had witnessed
the horrors of war, and she was fighting visions she could never un-see, just
like me.
“For two days, we worked—in
the heat—with the mosquitos and the flies—and the putrid stench of rotting
bodies. The wounded just kept coming…without arms…without legs…and without
faces.” She scrubbed the bandana over her face.
He helplessly listened.
“At night, I peeled off my
shoes and socks because they were stuck on from the blood.” She scrubbed her
hands with his bandana. “There are times I feel I shall never be clean again.”
He couldn’t afford to become
involved with her. Hell, she could be as guilty as Nelson. “Sometimes, war is
the only way to solve a situation.”
“Not a very good one.” She
sniffed.
“No, maybe not.”
Damn my investigation. He drew her against his chest and folded his arms
around her. He wanted to confess he was in love with her, but this was not the
time. God help me.
This was the moment he had
dreamed, and for now, she was his. He leaned back, focusing on her beautiful
eyes, and seeing nothing but trust. He lowered his head, and when his lips
touched hers, he discovered her mouth soft and yielding. She smelled faintly of
summer lilacs and tasted like sugar. As her sweetness coated the inside of his
mouth, he deepened the kiss and moaned. Frozen in a single moment with no past
or future, he sensed her surrender.
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Twilla
Kay Lamm is an Oklahoma writer who writes books about strong women and the men
who love them. Twilla began her professional career as a medical laboratory technologist.
After almost 30 years in the field, she went back to college and earned a
masters degree in early childhood. Twilla chose to teach and work with
underprivileged children and their families. When Twilla retired, she started
writing and discovered creating fictional stories is a lot like child’s play.
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