Till My Last Breath

Desert Hills Trilogy, Book 1

By: Deborah Swenson

Narrated by: Melinda Cumming

Emily Sweeney, MD, is a vibrant young trauma physician at a major Seattle medical center who is tragically taken from the comfort of her 21st Century life. Suddenly, dropped into the 1880s unforgiving frontier, she is determined to survive, or die all over again. Using her knowledge and skills as a physician, Emily struggles to save a stranger in the desert hills of the Arizona Territory. In the end, can she return to her previous life and leave behind the man she's come to love?

Caleb Young, a once-prominent Boston attorney in 1880, is haunted by his past filled with lies and deception. Hoping to outrun his demons, he willingly leaves his privileged life behind. Heading straight into unforeseen trouble, he is shot for revenge and left to die in the desert hills. Now, dependent on a beautiful woman who appears out of nowhere using her hands and heart to save him, will he finally have a reason to live.

Two lives forged out of truth and trust, can their love survive, or will it take its last breath?

©2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Deborah Swenson (P)2024 Deborah Swenson

Parts of it were good

The story was pretty good but the romance part was corny and awkward and prudish. It didn’t seem realistic that an ER doc would be blushing over washing anyone’s body. The conversations between the protagonist and Caleb also felt school girlish. She talked a lot about “going back” but it was never discussed how that was even a possibility. I think with some editing it could have been better and less cringy.