The Sand Between Us: Revised edition

By Dr. Elizabeth Carter

In war-torn Baghdad, love was never meant to survive.

When Sergeant Mick Raines of the 82nd Airborne is deployed to Iraq, he expects nothing but heat, hostility, and the endless rhythm of war. Then he meets Layla al-Kareem, a brilliant young medical student whose quiet defiance challenges everything he believes about duty and enemy lines.

Bound by compassion and scarred by loss, Mick and Layla find a fragile peace in each other's arms-until betrayal, violence, and politics rip them apart. Years later, in a small American town far from the desert's reach, fate brings them face to face again-two souls marked by the same war, searching for forgiveness, and the courage to rebuild what was buried beneath the sand.

The Sand Between Us is a haunting love story about the cost of loyalty, the wounds that never heal, and the hope that survives even in the ruins of war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FZV8KWZH
• ISBN13: 9798273049543
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"