
A couple of months on a goodwill tour with fellow Mounties was better than sitting at home on forced mental health leave, and it was way better than trying to explain to a shrink that my errant comment was my way of blowing off steam, not a sign of a mental breakdown. Either way, I'd been stripped of my active role in protecting the community. On the tour, all I had to do was get to know the people in the communities, learn how we could serve them better, and demonstrate our exemplary code of conduct. That much, I could do. Or so I thought. One captivating woman and a passionate evening later, I was convinced she was the woman I would marry. Unfortunately, not everyone believed in love at first sight, and someone reported my tryst as a code of conduct violation. My commanders gave me two options: leave the tour or see a psychologist to determine if I was fit for making healthy moral choices. Forced to take the lesser of two evils, I chose the appointment. A little chit-chat and I hoped to be back at work. Easy enough. Then Tamrin, the woman I’d determined I was going to marry, ended up being the only psychologist in the remote area we were touring. How had I not found out her occupation before deciding I’d spend the rest of my life with her? If we admitted our bias for one another, I had to leave the tour. If we lied, we both infringed on our professional commitments to honesty. But the scarier possibility was that she might find out I was broken. I had twenty-four hours to determine which option was my best bet for convincing Tamrin I was worthy of being the only man in her life.
Author
Barbra Campbell writes dirty-sweet romance because she gets a kick out of helping couples overcome problems as they fall in love, even if it’s her fault they have problems in the first place. After pursuing degrees in Genetics for nearly a decade, she realized the ‘chemistry’ of romance was a lot more fun to write about than the biochemistry of how our bodies work. She shared her stories with the world, was a finalist in a bunch of romance contests, and traded her lab coat for a laptop. All of this was done with her college sweetheart by her side. He helps her pursue the HEA on a daily basis, even when she has her mind on sexy book boyfriends and cover models. When Barbra’s not writing, she’s likely to be taking a walk, petting one or more of her many animals, or playing the cello! Visit BarbraCampbell.com for more. Golden Heart Finalist Sexy Scribbles Finalist Hook, Line, & Sinker Finalist