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    Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella
    Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella
    Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella
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    Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella

    By Caridad Pineiro

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    True crime writer Tracy Gomez is unsure of what to make of the unusual invitation from New York City attorney Peter Angelo: A one million dollar prize to anyone who can solve the mystery of three deaths which had occurred nearly eighty years earlier. Tracy desperately needs the money to fix up the old inn she’s just inherited and solving the crime will also provide welcome publicity to help her sagging writing career. But accepting the invitation brings unexpected challenges, like spectral help during a séance and Tracy’s attraction to the sexy attorney monitoring the contest. Does Tracy only have a ghost of a chance to discover the secrets of the past or can she win a prize far better than a million dollars?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaridad Pineiro
    Release dateFeb 23, 2014
    ISBN9781502227324
    Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella
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    Caridad Pineiro

    Caridad Pineiro is a transplanted Long Island girl who has fallen in love with the Jersey Shore. When Caridad isn’t taking long strolls along the boardwalk, she’s also a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with over a million romance novels sold worldwide. She is a founding member of the Liberty States Fiction Writers and has presented workshops at various writing organizations throughout the country. You can connect with Caridad at www.caridad.com.

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      Ghost of a Chance, Paranormal Romance Novella - Caridad Pineiro

      Copyright Notice

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events., locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

      Copyright © 2012 by Caridad Piñeiro Scordato

      Published by Caridad Piñeiro Scordato at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of Caridad Piñeiro Scordato.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher.

      Visit Caridad’s website at www.caridad.com.

      Cover design by Caridad Piñeiro Scordato

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Copyright Notice

      About the Author

      Additional Books by the Author

      Chapter 1

      Tracy Gomez had heard her share of contest prizes that were too good to be true, but it was hard to ignore this one.

      From the personal delivery of the invitation via bonded courier to the name of the very reputable New York law firm on the return address, everything about this contest seemed genuine:  A one million dollar prize to anyone who could solve the mystery of the Ryan deaths which had occurred nearly eighty years earlier.  An infamous case involving a politician, his actress wife, and newborn daughter.  It was a winner take all challenge set to take place at the former Ryan mansion, now a historic site in Sea Girt, New Jersey.

      As a local true crime writer, Tracy had some familiarity with the basics of the case.  Francis Skippy Ryan had been an up-and-coming State Senator.  His wife, Anna Dolan, had made a name for herself in an assortment of small roles on Broadway and attracted the eye of the handsome Senator.

      Romance ensued and soon the two were an item, making the rounds of the nightclubs and local hangouts.  Surprising everyone with their unlikely marriage and the child that followed barely nine months after.  Although tongues were wagging about the precipitous birth, the marriage itself seemed blissful.

      Until one morning when Skippy Ryan had been found hanging from the parlor room chandelier in his mansion.  His wife and daughter were nowhere to be found and judging from the blood and trashed state of the room, it was assumed Skippy had done them in and disposed of his wife and child in the waters near the oceanfront mansion.  Their bodies had never been recovered and with no other motive available, it had led to the commonly held belief that it had been a simple case of murder-suicide.  It had also spawned a host of legends about the former Ryan mansion being haunted.

      But clearly someone thought otherwise given the prize, Tracy thought as she turned the expensive invitation over and over again, debating the merits of participating in the competition.

      As she stood there, wondering who else had gotten an invite, an icy draft shivered along the floor, creating a reciprocal shudder in her body.

      Reason one to participate:  Money to fix the run down inn she had inherited from her grandmother.  It had been in the family for nearly four generations and Tracy didn’t want to sell it, but repairing and maintaining the building required major bucks.

      Reason number two:  A boost to her flagging writing career.  The numbers on her last book had been middling hence

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