Co-Author

by Arthur Mills

Romance writer Chelsie Crammer wants what any writer wants – to pen the next great novel. But when a character she creates leaps right out of her mind and into her heart (and bed), she realizes falling in love wasn’t part of the plan.

Read Co-Author if you...

• have a craving for paranormal, thriller and suspense stories (with a touch of romance)
• can’t resist a story with multiple plot twists
• love vivid and engaging characters
• want a story you could read over and over again

Co-Author storyline

She desperately wants her tenth novel to be different. Chelsie Crammer – talented, passionate and beautiful – hates being labeled a regional author of romantic fiction in the Pacific Northwest. She is ready to give up urban comforts and get a feel of the American countryside so that she might infuse fresh vigor in her work.

Chelsie and Brian hope the self-imposed exile will help her write the masterpiece she’s yearned for. A city-loving socialite, the desolation is a bit unnerving for her, though Brian quickly acclimates and gets a teaching job at a nearby school. The words aren’t flowing like Chelsie had hoped and she’s beginning to get stir crazy. She explores the attic one day in boredom and comes across a trunk belonging to the former male occupant. After the discovery, bizarre events transpire. New chapters are appearing in her manuscript. She suspects they’re written by her male character. To get closer to him, Chelsie names her female character after herself and feels they’re one and the same. It isn’t long before Chelsie falls in love with her co-author. Brian is beside himself with worry, but Chelsie’s obsessive behavior triggers a series of events that jeopardizes everything she and Brian have worked for. She’s desperate for her co-author to write the love scene in the final chapter. By the time he does, it may be too late for all of them.

Torn between fact and fantasy and lost in the shadowy labyrinth of true love and erotic passion, Co-Author creates a unique genre for itself – a paranormal thriller (with a touch of romance) that explores the secret lust and longing which each of us conceal deep within.

Prepare yourself for a heart pounding paranormal thriller and immerse yourself in this wondrous tale of fiction’s rendezvous with reality. Pull up a chair, sit down, relax, and journey into the paranormal!

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166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 27, 2015

About the author

Arthur Mills has covered the world, both literally and figuratively. As a traveler, he’s visited dozens of countries. As a reader, he’s been able to visit a hundred more. And as a writer? He’s been able to create a world all his own.

Arthur is the creator of Branching Plot Books, a book series devoted to the power of reader interpretation and interactive storytelling. Arthur has been able to pen novels to captivate people of all ages. Whether it’s the horror of The Empty Lot Next Door or the interactivity of The Crawl Space, Arthur’s primary goal in writing has always been to develop a deeper means of communication with the world—both real and imagined.

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was my privilege to be the beta reader for this book while Arthur was working on the final stage towards publishing. I saw his post in a writer's group asking for beta readers, which normally I will just ignore when I see such posts, but his book has an interesting title and the synopsis made me a curious cat. So that's how I came about reading Co-Author.

I thought the story was brilliant as I totally didn't suspect the real co-author behind it all. Though the Chelsie character was superbly annoying but I think it was much needed for this story to keep rolling the way it rolls. The curiousity to know who is the co-author in this story helps me to close an eye to Chelsie's annoying character. I think if you're a writer, you will enjoy this story quite a bit.

Can't wait to get my hands on the hardcopy!