by Liz Schulte
“I like a challenging woman. Stop avoiding my questions.”
I didn’t notice that someone else was approaching my table until she was standing in front of it. The woman was blurry through the fog of cigarette smoke coming from a nearby table. I found focusing on her easier if I only used one eye. Slowly she became clear enough to recognize—and the night just got better.
“What is this, harass Ella day, Susan?” I grumbled, mostly to myself though I made no attempt to hide it from her.
“Joe thought you might need a ride, El,” she said warily.
I stared at her deciding whether or not I wanted to be difficult. “And you just dropped everything to come and get me?”
Susan sighed. “Are you ready to leave?”
“Whatever.” I slid out of the booth. This wasn’t the first time the bartender called Susan to come and get me, and in the end it was pointless to fight against it. If Joe called Susan it was probably time for me to go home. Susan, Doug, Danny and I used to be regulars until all the pieces of our happy foursome shattered around us. I was the only one who still came and probably more often then I should. Joe was the last person left in this town who was nice to me, but then again he hardly spoke. I glanced back at Grant. “You are amazingly pushy.”
“I’ll see you soon.” He said with a disturbing amount of self-confidence.
Books by Liz Schulte
Mysteries
Dark Corners (Ella Reynolds Series Book 1)
Dark Passing (Ella Reynolds Series Book 2)
Ella Reynolds Series Book 3 (Coming 2014)
Dead Inside (Coming 2014)
Fantasy
Secrets (Guardian Series Book 1)
Choices (Guardian Series Book 2)
Consequences (Guardian Series Book 3)
Easy Bake Coven (Easy Bake Coven Series Book 1) – Coming December 2012
Hungry, Hungry, Hoodoo (Easy Bake Coven Series Book 2) – Coming 2013
Pickup Styx (Easy Bake Coven Series Book 3) – Coming September 2013
Ember (The Jinn Trilogy) – Coming October 2013
Tiddly Jinx (Easy Bake Coven Book 4) – Coming December 2013
Anthologies
Cupid Painted Blind (Sweet Little Lies – a Femi short story)
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (The Visitor)
Eternal Summer (Dark Remnants – An Ella Reynolds Short Story)
Learn more about Liz and her books at http://www.lizschulte.com, like her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLizSchulte, or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LizSchulte
Acknowledgments
There are always so many people to thank when it comes to a life of a book.
First, there are the people who helped me get the book publishing ready; my editors, Ev Bishop and Michelle Kampmeier, my fantastic formatter, and my fellow authors and beta readers, Mandie Stevens, Amanda Long, Olivia Hardin, Tawdra Kandle, Lola James, Melissa Lummis, and C. G. Powell.
Next I have to thank Promotional Book Tours for always hosting the best release day blasts and contests for my readers. You guys are the best!
I want to thank my friends and family for all their love and support. Especially my mom, my brother Richard, and Kim Lammers.
Thank you to my readers because without you, I wouldn’t be here. I would love to hear from you.
About the Author
Many authors claim to have known their calling from a young age. Liz Schulte, however, didn’t always want to be an author. In fact, she had no clue. Liz wanted to be a veterinarian, then she wanted to be a lawyer, then she wanted to be a criminal profiler. In a valiant effort to keep from becoming Walter Mitty, Liz put pen to paper and began writing her first novel. It was at that moment she realized this is what she was meant to do. As a scribe she could be all of those things and so much more.
When Liz isn’t writing or on social networks she is inflicting movie quotes and trivia on people, reading, traveling, and hanging out with friends and family. Liz is a Midwest girl through and through, though she would be perfectly happy never having to shovel her driveway again. She has a love for all things spooky, supernatural, and snarky. Her favorite authors range from Edgar Allen Poe to Joseph Heller to Jane Austen to Jim Butcher and everything in between.
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