Joy [EXCERPT]
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Complete, First published Feb 12, 2020
Mature
Joy. 

Meaning? A great pleasure or happiness. 

For Joy DeVries, her great pleasure comes hand-wrapped with secrets and murder. 

Joy DeVries grew up a childhood star, and it came with as much baggage and scars as one would imagine. Nowadays, she's known as Joy Daisy, a kids show TV legend, and that's all she'd prefer people to see. If they look any closer, they might get a glimpse of the lust-driven, alcohol-consuming, unhinged woman she really is. 

However, Detective Colin Rooker is determined to get to know the woman behind the make-up and frills. He's taken with her, and she's intrigued by him. The only catch to this whirlwind romance? 

Detective Rooker is chasing a serial killer. 

And she's closer than he thinks.

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February 2021 Wattpad Editor's Pick!

Open Novella Contest III Accolades:

*Chosen as an Ambassador's Pick in Round 1!*
*Round Two Winner!*

Round 1 Milestone: Chapter three
Round 2 Milestone: Chapter eleven
Round 3 Milestone: Chapter twenty-one

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My entry for the Open Novella Contest III. Prompt #4. Because sometimes when I set out to write a nice fluffy contemporary romance... this happens.

CONTENT WARNING: Mature rating for sexual situations, drug use, violence, murder, death, gore... **BLANKET TRIGGER WARNING** If you're offended or triggered by anything, ever, then you probably shouldn't be reading this.
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