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    Ghost of A Chance
    Ghost of A Chance
    Ghost of A Chance
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    Ghost of A Chance

    By Karen Woods

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    Love endures even after death. Cathy Reynolds, although a ghost, has been trying to help her husband Jake through his mourning for her following her murder, almost a year ago. Now, on her birthday, Halloween, she has an opportunity to push Jake and Mary Edwards-Robins together. Mary’s been in love with Jake for a long time. Although reluctant, Jake’s far from immune to Mary. But does Cathy have a ghost of a chance of getting him to give in to his feelings?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSleeping Beagle Books
    Release dateOct 5, 2013
    ISBN9781301078325
    Ghost of A Chance
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    Karen Woods

    Karen Woods writes about the world she grew up in and her beloved Manchester – in all its light and shade – is in every book.

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      Ghost of A Chance - Karen Woods

      Ghost of a Chance

      Karen Woods

      Published by Sleeping Beagle Books

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      Copyright 2013 Karen Woods

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      GHOST OF A CHANCE

      by Karen Woods

      Chapter 1

      Jake Reynolds sat glaring alternately at the court docket for this afternoon and the miserable excuse for a lunch he was trying to force himself to eat before going back to the courtroom. He’d been either in his chambers or in the courtroom since seven this morning. Now he was taking his lunch hour at his desk in chambers with a fast food salad and a bottle of designer water, both of which were Peggy’s, his otherwise competent secretary’s, idea of a suitable meal. Frankly, he’d rather eat the plastic container than the unappetizing mixture contained inside. He put the clear plastic lid on the black plastic bowl and tossed the whole mess into the trash. Missing a meal wouldn’t kill him. Heaven knew he’d missed enough of them in the last eleven months.

      Today would have been Cathy’s fifty-second birthday. His late wife always claimed her Halloween birthday made her certifiably spooky. But the only thing that had ever frightened him was living without her. He’d lived with that terror for nearly a year now, since Cathy’s brutal murder last November.

      Happy Birthday, Cathy, he whispered, his voice pained. I miss you.

      He rose from his chair and went to the window. He stretched to relieve the tension in his muscles.

      Looking out across the street, he saw several small groups of young mothers with Halloween costume clad toddlers going from one shop and office to the next, participating in the Chamber of Commerce’s Safe Halloween for Tots program. Seemed like yesterday that his son Tony was that size. Yesterday. Only yesterday. Now Tony was grown and married, with a life of his own. Where had the years gone?

      Movement drew his attention to the window ledge. That black cat was here again. It looked much like the sleek, black Bombay kitten with golden eyes Cathy had been so fond of when they were first married. This one wore a red leather collar with a heart-shaped silver tone tag. The name Mystery was engraved on it. But the only thing mysterious about the cat seemed to be how it disappeared whenever anyone else was around.

      Jake opened the window and let the cat in from the ledge. As usual, it leapt into his arms.

      Hello, kitty.

      The cat purred and bumped its nose into his.

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