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The Fragrance of Her Name
Historical Romance, 378 Pages
“…The stranger gasped, released her hand and demanded angrily, “Who are you? What kind of trick is this?”
“Sir I assure you I’m only here to help. My name is Lauryn Kensington. I’m bound for my home in Franklin and I only…” she stammered.
“Kensington? Franklin ?” he mumbled seeming confused. Then much to her dismay, he began tugging at the lighter patch protecting one eye.
“Sir, please! I meant you no harm! I only, wanted…” Lauryn began, tears unexpectedly filling her eyes and threatening to spill.
He took her chin firmly in one hand, his thumb traveling caressively and rather intimately over her soft lips as he whispered, “Who am I?” She felt the moist tenderness of the soldier’s lips caress her own in the softest, rather saddest of kisses. The sensation of his lips meeting her, however brief, was almost unendurable in its perfection.
Then he pressed his unshaven cheek to her own soft one and whispered quietly into her ear, “The only person alive who understands exactly what you’re looking for.”
Love, the miraculous, eternal bond which binds two souls together. Lauryn Kensington knew the depth of it. Since the day of her eighth birthday, she had lived the power of true love; witnessed it with her own heart. She had talked with it, learning not even time or death can vanquish it. The Captain taught her these truths. And she loved him all the more for it.
But now, a grown woman, Lauryn’s dear Captain’s torment became her own. After ten years, Lauryn had not been able to help him find peace—the peace his lonely spirit needed so desperately; peace he’d sought every moment since his death over fifty years before.
Now, what of her own peace? The time had come and Lauryn’s heart longed to do the unthinkable—selfishly abandon her Captain for another—a mortal man who had stolen her heart, becoming her only desire.
Would Lauryn be able to put tormented spirits to rest and still be true to her own soul? Or, would she have to make a choice—a choice forcing her to sacrifice one true love for another?
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