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    Dying To Be With You
    Dying To Be With You
    Dying To Be With You
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    Dying To Be With You

    By Lindsey Goddard

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    Shelly couldn't let Nicholas go. So she created a monster. And now, it's the monster who won't let go.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLindsey Goddard
    Release dateJan 7, 2014
    ISBN9781310649257
    Dying To Be With You
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    Lindsey Goddard

    Lindsey's fiction has been sprinkling the horror genre since her first small-press publication at the age of fifteen. She resides in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO with her husband, three children and a daft feline companion. For more information, visit: www.LindseyBethGoddard.com

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      Dying To Be With You - Lindsey Goddard

      Dying To Be With You

      By Lindsey Beth Goddard

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      Copyright 2014 Lindsey Beth Goddard

      Shelly loved Nicholas as much as anyone could love a corpse. She loved the feel of his lips, though they were cold. She loved his face, his neck, his chest, despite the paleness of his skin or the network of gray veins just beneath the surface.

      In her mind, he was the same man he'd always been. Wild black hair framed a masculine but charming face, the slightest bit of stubble on his chin as he smirked at her with pearly teeth. She shook her head, pushing the image away. Though she loved him, it was time to move on.

      The loneliness was unbearable - waiting around for him to reanimate, year after year. Knowing she'd only have a month with him before death came to claim him once more. It wasn't fair. She'd wasted her youth on a dead boyfriend who only rose from the grave one lousy month a year. She couldn't live like this anymore.

      But Nicholas wouldn't let go. His blood boiled at the mere mention of separating.

      Shelly sighed, squinting into the late morning sun. She

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