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Sandrine is reluctant to take the job as a ghost hunter, despite her ancestral gift. And when she meets her boss and future partners, every fibre of her being tells her to quit-but she needs the money. How hard can it be to dispel the ghost of a bird?

Soon, she finds herself fighting the advances of a medieval playboy, targeted by a flock of ectoplasmic ravens, and trying to solve the puzzle of the cottage in the lake. With disaster waiting around the corner, she truly has no time for a budding romance, right?

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My entry for the open novella contest 2021.

Prompts:

No 5: There is a terrible drought ravaging the land, but when the waters recede from the local lake/reservoir, they reveal something no one expected to find.

No 64. What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghost hunters quickly becomes something for which the term 'Worst Case Scenario' is the mother of all understatement.

No 61. I would've lived longer if it weren't for Lorraine. There's only one issue... who's Lorraine?


Words according to Wattpad:

Chapter 1 - 1495
Chapter 2 - 1455 - milestone 1 reached
Chapter 3 - 1469
Chapter 4 - 1552
Chapter 5 - 1563
Chapter 6 - 1620 - milestone 2 reached
Chapter 7 - 1564
Chapter 8 - 1700
Chapter 9 - 1637
Chapter 10 - 1797
Chapter 11 - 1605
Chapter 12 - 1561
Chapter 13 - 1690 - milestone 3 reached
Chapter 14 - 1842
Chapter 15 - 1762
Epilogue - 233

Total words published: 24545All Rights Reserved

adultfiction adventure castle cozy cozymystery drought ghost ghosthunting grownupreads haunted lake medieval mystery newadult onc onc2021 opennovellacontest opennovellacontest2021 paranormal raven writtenwithpride

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