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Cumming Novelist Reaches No. 1 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble Lists

Carolyn Ridder Aspenson's urban fantasy novel "Unfinished Business" reached the top spot on paranormal best seller lists at both book sellers.

Carolyn Ridder Apsenson's urban fantasy novel Unfinished Business on Oct. 15 claimed the No. 1 spot on both the Amazon Paranormal Ghost Romance best seller list and the B&N Paranormal Ghost best seller list.

Her self-published novel claimed the No. 55 spot on Barnes & Noble's Top 100 Nook Book list the same day. She also cracked into the top 100 in the Amazon Kindle store.

She stayed at No. 1 on Oct. 16 and is still in the top five on the Paranormal Ghost Romance list. Aspenson's novel broke into the top 10 on several additional Amazon and B&N lists.

Aspenson describes her novel as "paranormal chick-lit".

"It definitely touched a chord with anyone who has ever lost a loved one," EditingPro.com editor Christie Giraud said in a press release. "The writing was strong and the dialogue—which many people simply cannot write—was terrific."

The popular website, Chick Lit Plus, praised the novel, saying, "What a fantastic read! I couldn't put it down! I had to keep reading just to see what twist life was going throw out at Angela next!"

Book About a Mom Who Has Unfinished Business 

Sometimes the dead need our help and sometimes, we need theirs.

Angela Panther has a perfect life: A lovely home; an attentive, successful husband, two reasonably behaved children; a devoted dog; and a lot of coffee and cupcakes. But while her life might border on mundane, she's got it under control. Until her mother, Fran dies—and returns as a ghost. It seems Fran's got some unfinished business and she's determined to get it done.

Now Fran's got some nifty celestial superpowers and isn't opposed to using them to levy a little ghostly retribution on her granddaughter's frienemies and even her own daughter, which doesn't make Angela happy.

While Angela's shocked and grateful to have her mother back, she's not thrilled about the portal to the afterlife Fran opened upon her return. Now every ghost in town is knockin' on Angela's psychic door, looking for help—and it's a royal pain in the butt.

Now Angela's got to find a way to balance her family life with her new gift, and keep her mother in line. And it's a lot for one woman to handle.

Author a Cumming Resident

Cumming resident Carolyn Ridder Aspenson wrote her first novel, Unfinished Business, shortly after her mother died. She felt the need to let the world know a little about the woman who drove her absolutely crazy but loved her with an intensity unknown to normal people.

An avid fitness buff, Carolyn writes a monthly health and fitness column for Northside Woman Magazine. She also writes several freelance articles monthly for various Atlanta area media outlets, including the Forsyth Herald, the Milton Herald, The Revue and News, The Johns Creek HeraldCountyline Magazine and many Internet publications.

A native of Indiana, Carolyn called the northwest Chicago suburbs home for more than 18 years, but because she hates the way snow sounds when she walks on it, has spent the last 16 living in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband, son, two dogs and a cat. Her two daughters live close by.

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