Sleeping With Ghosts (#SYTYCW15 Top Ten)
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Thank you so kindly to all those of you who voted for Sleeping with Ghosts in So You Think You Can Write 2015! I'm now taking all but the opening chapters off Wattpad while I seek publication.
Of course, it will still be available for a short time on the competition website: http://www.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/sleeping-with-ghosts/
You can also check out a preview of my current work in progress, Night Swimming, here: https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/54899074-night-swimming-a-preview
Happy reading!
Lots of love
Nina x
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Sharp-tongued ghostwriter Claudia Nyman is getting serious. At least, that's the plan until she's hired by drop-dead gorgeous Daniel Cunningham, founder of grassroots travel company Atlas Adventure. Daniel may be a gentleman in the eyes of his employees, but his resolve seems to head directly to the nearest exit whenever he's around Claudia.
Claudia vows to end their clandestine office relationship after a sizzling business trip to Buenos Aires, but Daniel isn't prepared to give up that easily. Claudia is smart, talented and their chemistry is electrifying - so why is she always hiding in the shadows?
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