How to Write a Love Story

How to Write a Love Story

Author: Catherine Walsh Listening Length: 9h 6m

One writer, one editor, one hot summer . . . Will this be a romance for the books? Ciara Sheridan’s father has left her with three things: a sprawling and distinctly ramshackle estate on the Irish coast, the outline for the finale to his bestselling epic fantasy series that he wanted her to finish—and writer’s block...

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Chapter Four

Ciara

A shout wakes me so abruptly that I jerk upright, momentarily forgetting where I am. My heart races. My brain screams danger. But all I’ve got is a sore neck and a dry mouth from napping.

At least it’s still daylight, the sun blazing high in the sky as I stumble out and scan my surroundings. It might have been just a dream, but it sounded too real for that, and as I stand there, listening, I hear it again.

From the direction of the noise, I have only one guess as to what’s happened, mostly because a very drunk Maddie did the same thing a few years ago. And sure enough, when I head into the trees and peek over the large hole in the clearing, my suspicions are confirmed.