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Alana Woods is an award-winning author and professional editor. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and a Graduate Diploma in Communication. Written for aspiring authors--writers learning the craft--this guide contains advice in relation to the recurring weaknesses in manuscripts the author has noticed during her years of critiquing and editing them.

A complicated affairCome immerse yourself in a tale of intrigue and suspense fuelled with distrust, deception, suspicion, criminals, traitors -- and love.Come to Sydney, sail the harbour and dive into its cobalt-blue waters with marketing executive Noel Valentine and charismatic David Cameron, as they skirt around each other, not trusting anyone including each other.Live life with Noel as she dives in the deep end of what she believes to be illegal business dealings by one of her company's clients, Techtronics, only to find she's bitten off much more than she can chew when she discovers just how far outside the law they are.Puzzle with David as he tries to make sense of both Noel and what is happening to the company he is investigating.Steady your heart as events start coming to a head with Noel finding herself contending with sharks of the finned variety in a dark and lonely sea as well as the two-legged ones who put her there.Hold your breath as David races against time to find Noel and bring the criminals to justice.Will Noel survive the attempts on her life? Will David come to terms with his past? And will they meet again or are they just two damaged souls with different destinies?A 96,000 word suspense thriller by Australian author Alana Woods, the Intrigue Queen of thriller fiction.

A legal affairA 126,000 word intrigue suspense legal thriller by Australian author Alana Woods, the Intrigue Queen of thriller fiction.What would happen, do you think, to a lawyer who flouts the law to represent a client?Newly arrived in Canberra, Australia's iconic bush capital, Elisabeth Sharman, senior legal officer, is thrown off-balance when the first case she's assigned is the defence of a 19-year-old youth accused of murder who is pleading amnesia.How do you defend someone who can't defend himself? It's a problem Elisabeth goes way beyond the normal call of duty to find out.But how do you distract your talented, very competent, and very attractive colleague so he doesn't stop you?By appealing to his ego, of course.Robert Murphy, Murph to his mates, admires Elisabeth's legal skills, and given she's gorgeous is more than willing to be seduced, but can't silence the questions reverberating in his head: Why is she doing this? Is she using me? Why am I letting her?As they delve deeper into the murder victim's past, uncovering a love affair spanning decades of deceit and domestic abuse, Elisabeth's subterfuge binds Robert closer and closer until all he wants is her heart.Does Elisabeth survive the trauma this case brings? Does Robert win or lose her? Neither question is answered until the very end.