Yuma: a short story romance

By Erin Lausten

I always thought love was found on exotic beaches and at hometown picnics, not on bombing ranges. But then again, life is never normal for an archaeologist. Here's the tale of how I met the love of my life, the only man for me.

Excerpt:
“Yep. That’s unexploded ordnance.” Jeffery commented. Both he and Matthew stood with their arms crossed against their chests, looking down at it with the manly consideration reserved for beat up vehicles, broken garbage disposals, and apparently artillery.
“Is it live?” I asked
“Don’t know.” Our trusty EOD expert replied. He pulled a GPS from his backpack and began plugging in the location for future reference.
“If I had stepped on it would it have blown up?” My mind flashed to the training video we had been forced to watch explaining the dangers of unexploded ordnance and the very real possibility of death or injury.
“Maybe.” He smiled.
I pursed by lips and squinted. “You’re messing with me.”
He shrugged and turned back the way they had come. I glared at his back, then walked a good ten feet around the ordnance and flounced through the brush. Matthew’s infectious laughter caught me before I could outrun it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Erin Lausten
• Release date: Apr 9, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458027597

Erin Lausten

History has been the single unifying interest in Erin Lausten's life from a very young age. After several years as an archaeologist she moved to libraries where she realized her true passion lay in writing the stories in her head. Combining romance, history and excitement she hopes her readers walk away from her books smiling and ready for more.She lives in Arizona with her archaeologist husband and three children.

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Yuma: A short story romance

By Erin Lausten

Copyright 2011 Erin Lausten

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Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona

I should have known I would fall in love on a bombing range. It was scorching. Sweat was trickling down the back of my neck and the only thing between me and the hot Yuma sun was a brown-felt pseudo Indiana Jones fedora. This was not romance, and yet, there I was staring wide-eyed and stupid at the man beside me.

Matthew wasn’t my type. I liked them medium build, blue-eyed, and blond. He was tall,