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Last Chance- Holiday Extravaganza Closes for Sign Ups November 10

Authors- Put your book in the holiday spotlight with the 2017 Bewitching Book Tours Winter Holiday Extravaganza.

From December 1- 22 you will be featured with daily (Mon-Fri) Bewitching Tour Stops, Social Media Promotion and with a multi-author Facebook party in mid December
To participate you’ll need to provide details for one book you wish to promote including a high resolution jpeg of your cover and an excerpt.

You’ll also need to provide a Winter Holiday themed guest blog or a short holiday flash fiction story or poem. Your guest blog or flash fiction materials may feature Christmas, Yule, the Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or whatever winter holiday you choose to celebrate with your writing. Guest blogs may be recipes, DIY Tutorials, Holiday Music Playlists, Top Ten Gift Lists, or anything related to the holidays.

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A Bewitching Monday November 6

Music Playlist - From The Ash by Dave Heron #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ULC330gnxGj

A Character interview Changed, by Heather MacKinnon - Excerpt - Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/vL2f30gnxyi

Meet Liam from Wellington Letters by Cheryl R. Lane #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/hfZO30gnyw6

Interview with Tim Majka, author of Prey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/lpeo30gny0Y

"The Great and the Small" by A. T. Balsara #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/J29n30gny6f

Guest Post & #Giveaway: Unfinished by Amy Snyder #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/QfU630gnynl

Interview - The Great and The Small by A.T. Balsara http://ow.ly/3Pis30gnyZ9 #bewitchingbooktours

Interview + Giveaway: From The Ash by Dave Heron #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/BgmP30gnxHJ

Going Back to Salem for the First Time- Her Dear and Loving Husband http://ow.ly/iclO30gnyTp #bewitchingbooktours

My Eyes of Desire by Jamel Gross Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/d6dA30gnxWP

Goddess of the Wild Thing by Paul Deblassie III: Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/HLzb30gnxOp

Ghost Slayer by Majanka Verstraete #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ru0430gnxKs

My Eyes of Desire by Jamel Gross #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/JvpB30gnz6m

The Sea King by C. L. Wilson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/oKOv30gnyew

The Monster Of Selkirk Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/mWCT30gnyaJ

Wellington Letters by Cheryl R. Lane: Book Tour with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZQma30gnytZ

Unfinished: A Women's Fiction by Amy Snyder #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LNWZ30gnypx

My Eyes of Desire Jamel Gross #Poetry #Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/xJUH30gnxTW

The Great and The Small by A.T. Balsara Giveaway & Excerpt #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/iXly30gny83

Authors- Put your book in the holiday spotlight with the 2017 Bewitching Book Tours Winter Holiday Extravaganza December 1- 22
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The Sea King by C.L. Wilson
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Her Dear and Loving Husband - Book Tour and Giveaway
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Changed by Heather MacKinnon: Book Tour with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktourshttp://ow.ly/2Wwv30gnxDG

The Waiting Gate by J Merrill Forrest #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LMoF30gnykB

The Monster Of Selkirk by C.E. Clayton #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/dvX430gnyi5

The Beautiful Dead by Jun Prince: Book Tour with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/7dx830gny3U

Wellington Letters by Cheryl R. Lane
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Music Playlist - From The Ash by Dave Heron

Hello all, My name is Dave Heron, and I am the author of the post-apocalyptic novel, From the Ash. The story follows a young woman's—Phoenix— desperate journey across a barren wasteland that most of the United States has been left in. To get back to her home state of Maine, Phoenix clings to the hope that those she loves are there waiting for her.

I thought it would be fun to put FTA’s top ten songs, a soundtrack if you will, that I listened to most as I wrote this story. These songs brought that added emotion I needed, like fuel to the fire, to give the scene that extra oomph! 
Here is top ten songs of From the Ash!
10. Failure by Breaking Benjamin. This group is one of my favorites. Anything these guys put out, I devour.
9. Run Boy Run by Woodkid. Not sure how many people know about this guy, but he is amazing. His album ‘Golden Age’ is one of my favorites of all time.
8. Who Do You Love? By Tupac. This off of the ‘Loyal to the game’ album, which I’m pretty sure is a remastered track. I could honestly put Tupac on this list for every slot. 
7. Mein Teil by Rammstein. This is Doc’s theme song. Google it, if you dare! :) 
6. Alone I Break by Korn. For all of the head banging metal these guys churn out, this song is my favorite from Korn. The haunting vocals by Jonathan Davis on this track are some of his best in my opinion. 
5. Get Out Alive by Three Days Grace. I feel this one fits well for FTA’s current state….
4. Hurt by Johnny Cash. What’s a soundtrack without the legendary, Johnny Cash!?
3. Save Yourself by Stabbing Westward. This song has stuck with me since middle school. Yes...I’m old! 
2. Mad World by Gary Jules. I just...even thinking about that beautiful piano playing as Gary Jules begins to sing. What? No, it's just something in my eye!
1. Brothers in Arms by Tom Holkenborg. This is from my favorite movie of all time; Mad Max. That movie, along with its amazing soundtrack, were the inspiration for From the Ash. It left such an impression on me that when I left, I sat down immediately and wanted to create my own post-apocalyptic world. So, thank you for that, George Miller! 
There’s my list, what’s yours? Do you have a song, soundtrack, playlist that you need while your read or write? I’d love to see your top ten!
From The AshThe Phoenix SeriesBook OneDave Heron
Genre: Sci Fi/Dystopian
Print Length: 255 pages
Publisher: DevilDog Press
ASIN: B073BNC3XN
Book Description:
Five days. It took me five days to crawl out from the bowels of the rubble. I emerged from my tomb into a world nothing more than a wasteland; propelled into chaos where everyone has all but lost their humanity.
My name is Phoenix, and the world as I knew it ended that day; the day the human race was nearly eradicated, and my journey home began.
Amazon     BN     iTunes About the Author:
Dave Heron was born in Pittsburgh, PA, where he resides with his wife, children and fur-baby. His two young boys, Max and Bennett, keep life interesting and often inspire Dave's creativity. Between juggling work, rambunctious kids and nagging wife, Dave enjoys spending time writing various genres. His greatest inspirations come from authors such as R. A. Salvatore, Brandon Sanderson and Mark Tufo.
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Wellington Letters by Cheryl R. Lane

Wellington LettersWellington CrossBook SixCheryl R. Lane
Genre:  Historical romance; historical fiction
Publisher:  Cheryl R. Lane
Date of Publication: October 2017
ISBN:  1545598207ASIN: 
Number of pages: 244
Book Description: 
Two generations...two different war stories...two different love stories. Letters written about love and war.
This book follows William and Ginny's son, Liam, to Cuba in 1898 where he has joined Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in fighting against Spain in the Spanish American War. As a field doctor, Liam will help many, see some die, and also surprisingly fall in love.
Meanwhile back at home at The Forest Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, his father Dr. William Brown reads Liam's letters to the family and is reminded of a story from the War Between the States.
This story involves his cousin Judy being a spy and how she fell in love with a Union soldier. As William tells the story to his family, a secret is revealed that even his wife Ginny doesn't know about.
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About the Author:
Cheryl R. Lane was born and raised in Johnson City, Tennessee, and went to college at East Tennessee State University before marrying her high school sweetheart and moving to Virginia Beach, Virginia.
She started writing as a hobby when she was in college after purchasing a couple of Southern Heritage cookbooks, which were filled with pages of beautiful old plantation homes. She used to sit outside in her backyard and type on a manual typewriter at a picnic table under tall maple trees. 
She continued writing after moving to Virginia Beach and visiting beautifully restored homes in Williamsburg as well as plantations on the James River. She has been working in medical and now legal transcription while writing on the side, and finally decided to self-publish her first novel in December 2012.  She enjoys the freedom and creativity of self-publishing. 
She loves being outside in nature and her hobbies include visiting historical homes and gardens, reading, traveling, exercising, and going to the beach.  She is still married to her sweetheart after 29 years, and they have one son who is an actor and a Havanese bichon.
Website:  https://www.cheryllaneauthor.com/
Facebook Author Page:  https://www.facebook.com/CherylRLaneAuthor/
Facebook Wellington Cross Book Series Page:  https://www.facebook.com/TheWellingtonCrossSeries/
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Put Your Book in the Holiday Spotlight

Authors- Put your book in the holiday spotlight with the 2017 Bewitching Book Tours Winter Holiday Extravaganza.

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A Bewitching Friday Nov 3

A Bewitching Friday Nov 3

INTERVIEW - Her Dear and Loving Husband) by Meredith Allard #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/AiSK30gknxk

Damned Series by LM Pruitt http://ow.ly/O19C30gknnU #bewitchingbooktours

The Wellington Letters #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/5eMr30gkntI

Guest Blog + Giveaway: Changed by Heather MacKinnon #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/18dl30gkn55

Spotlight & Giveaway: Unfinished by Amy Snyder #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/7OgG30gko8D

Spotlight Stop: From the Ash by Dave Heron #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/G7HB30gkndx

The Great and The Small Book Tour + Giveaway
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A CHAT WITH J. MERRILL FORREST (The Waiting Gate)
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Ghost Slayer by Author Majanka Verstraete #bewithcingbooktorus http://ow.ly/O97v30gknp8

Damned Series by LM Pruitt http://ow.ly/O19C30gknnU #bewitchingbooktours

Prey - Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cwub30gknPw

Wellington Letters Wellington Cross Book Tour + Giveaway
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The Sea King by C.L. Wilson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/8W0d30gko3V

MY EYES OF DESIRE By Jamel Gross #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ci4430gknF5

The Waiting Gate by J Merrill Forrest #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Mx3d30gko9w

The Sea King by C.L. Wilson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/8W0d30gko3V

Spotlight & #Giveaway ~ My Eyes of Desire Jamel Gross ~ #Poetry #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/wSnw30gknCo

Featuring Deceived from the Bitter Harvest Series by Ann Gimpel
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Book Tour: The Sea King by C.L. Wilson #bewtichingbooktours http://ow.ly/iuek30gko2s

Tarnished Legacy Audio Book by Ann Gimpel #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YKE430gknVf

Goddess of the Wild Thing by Paul DeBlassie III #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/GS5M30gknuY

Ghost Slayer Excerpt #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/pfm630gkniT

From the Ash by Dave Heron: Book Tour Spotlight #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/QQmq30gkng3

Tarnished Legacy Audio Book by Ann Gimpel

Tarnished Legacy: Soul Dance Book 2Ann Gimpel
Narrated by Gregory Salinas
Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
Series: Soul Dance, Book 2
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 06-26-17
Publisher: Ann Gimpel Books, LLC
Tarnished Beginnings
Egypt is a haven for magic-wielders of all kinds. Vampires hold court, staying one step ahead of the priests who want them dead. Gypsy caravans roam the Nile, plying their wares.
Tairin Jabari was born in a caravan and has always believed she's Romani. Why wouldn't she? Her mother and father never suggested otherwise. The Rom have harsh rules. When Tairin's first shift catches her unaware at 13, her father disappears, and the elders move with deadly speed to punish her mother for mating outside the blood.
Hurt, lost, confused, and fearing for her own life, Tairin runs away, leaving her mother's smoking funeral pyre behind. With her survival on the line every single day, she and her wolf face hard choices.
Tarnished Legacy
Half Romani, Tairin's no stranger to hiding her mixed blood from gypsy caravans. What she can't hide is her perpetual youth, courtesy of her shifter heritage. She's overstayed her welcome where she is, but Germany is at war, and travel has become impossible for everyone targeted by the Reich.
Elliott's clairvoyance is strong. Seer for all the caravans in Germany, he catches Tairin eavesdropping outside their leader's wagon. He should turn her in, but he can't bring himself to do that. Instead, he interrogates her. Her magic is different, but he can't figure out quite what she is.
Any association between Romani and shifters is forbidden. Tairin should leave right now, tonight - before he discovers what she is and destroys her.
©2017 Ann Gimpel Books, LLC


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About the Author:
Ann Gimpel is a mountaineer at heart. Recently retired from a long career as a psychologist, she remembers many hours at her desk where her body may have been stuck inside four walls, but her soul was planning yet one more trip to the backcountry. Around the turn of the last century (that would be 2000, not 1900!), she managed to finagle moving to the Eastern Sierra, a mecca for those in love with the mountains. It was during long backcountry treks that Ann’s writing evolved. Unlike some who see the backcountry as an excuse to drag friends and relatives along, Ann prefers solitude. Stories always ran around in her head on those journeys, sometimes as a hedge against abject terror when challenging conditions made her fear for her life, sometimes for company. Eventually, she returned from a trip and sat down at the computer. Three months later, a five hundred page novel emerged. Oh, it wasn’t very good, but it was a beginning. And, she learned a lot between writing that novel and its sequel.
Around that time, a friend of hers suggested she try her hand at short stories. It didn’t take long before that first story found its way into print and they’ve been accepted pretty regularly since then. One of Ann’s passions has always been ecology, so her tales often have a green twist.
In addition to writing, Ann enjoys wilderness photography. She lugs pounds of camera equipment in her backpack to distant locales every year. A standing joke is that over ten percent of her pack weight is camera gear which means someone else has to carry the food! That someone is her husband. They’ve shared a life together for a very long time. Children, grandchildren and three wolf hybrids round out their family.
Find Ann At:
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http://anngimpel.blogspot.com
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A Bewitching Thursday

GUEST POST - Unfinished by Amy Snyder #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/xIE630giQBm

Author Heather MacKinnon: WTF-ery!? (What the flockery!?) with a twist + giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/UFBZ30giNj6

Guest Blog -Wellington Letters by Cheryl R. Lane https://teresanoel.blogspot.com/2017/...

A CHAT WITH HEATHER MacKINNON (Changed) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LJaY30giNh3

INTERVIEW - Prey (Blood Of The Ancients, #1) by Tim Majka #bewithcingbooktours http://ow.ly/klaJ30giQo2

The Sea King by CL Wilson
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A Great and the Small by A.T. Balsara: BookTour with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/I5RF30giQsu

The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women by Jun Prince #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/qY5G30giQqL

The Sea King Excerpt #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cA2w30giQvH

My Eyes of Desire by Jamel Gross #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/qC6G30giQkT

My Eyes of Desire by Jamel Gross - Spotlight #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/hEI730giQad

#Book #Promo…Her Dear & Loving Husband…#BookBoost #PNR #Giveaway #OnTour Meredith Allard #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/bnDu30giOaV

The Great and the Small by A.T. Balsara #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/c9jL30giQtQ

Her Dead and Loving Husband by Meredith Allard: Spotlight Book Tour with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/tnjb30giNLi

Ghost Slayer – Majanka Verstraete [excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/sxye30giNFJ

From The Ash by Dave Heron #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/lGod30giNo0

Damned Series by LM Pruitt #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/qedT30giNlD

Ghost Slayer by Majanka Verstraete

Ghost SlayerMajanka Verstraete
ISBN : 9781947649033
Release date: 24 April 2018
Genre: New Adult Paranormal
Publisher: Fire Quill Publishing
Book Description:
Twenty-one-year-old Kaelyn has spent half her life hunting ghosts and killing them. But she's not like the other ghost hunters who have to rely on spells and curses to banish ghosts back to where they came from, hoping that they don't come back. When Kaelyn kills a ghost, they stay dead.
But in Mortimer Hall, a behemoth of a house, Kaelyn is about to face the most powerful Twenty-one-year-old Kaelyn has spent half her life hunting ghosts and killing them. But she's not like the other ghost hunters who have to rely on spells and curses to banish ghosts back to where they came from, hoping that they don't come back. When Kaelyn kills a ghost, they stay dead.
But in Mortimer Hall, a behemoth of a house, Kaelyn is about to face the most powerful and life-threatening ghost she ever met, and what she doesn't know is that the ghost has been waiting just for her...


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CHAPTER 2
Sunlight peeked through the blinds. I rolled over, pulled the covers up to my chin, and groaned. Then the alarm clock started blaring like a fire alarm. I turned back around, hit it as hard as I could, and slumped back on my pillow.
There was no inch of my body that didn't hurt, and the pain in my head resembled that of a migraine attack coming on. Maybe I had a concussion after all.
I mumbled a series of curse words below my breath as I got out of bed. Ghost hunting or not, no way was I going to miss class just because I felt like I'd been hit by a train, then was dragged along for twenty miles until they dropped me on a bombshell that exploded right after. When I was done yawning so loud that my neighbors could probably hear it, I staggered out of my bedroom.
"Well, good morning, Sleeping Beauty," Mom said from behind the stove. She was holding a frying pan, the smell of pancakes filling my nostrils.
"Pancakes? Again?" I smiled, and my stomach growled, emphasizing how hungry I was. To me, all good things in the world started and ended with pancakes.
"Milk? Coffee? Hot choco?" Mom asked while I sat down at the table. The apartment wasn't spectacular, at all. It had a small kitchenette, a table and two chairs, a stitched-up couch that looked as if someone might've puked over it back in the seventies, and a stained carpet that seemed to come straight from a murder scene, complete with blood spills and all.
You'd think ghost slaying would pay well, but if you wanted to live under the radar, and work solo, it was tough finding cases. Besides, the apartment had all I needed. Apart from the living area, it had a decent sized bathroom, and two bedrooms. One of them had been rat-infested when I first moved in, but I'd finally gotten rid of that problem last week when pest control dropped by.
"Coffee." I scratched my head and yawned again. "What time did I get home?"
"About twelve-thirty." Mom hovered behind the kitchen counter and dropped a plate with pancakes onto the table. She made her way around to me and kissed me on the forehead, almost blinding me with her ghostly glow. "You look exhausted."
"Thanks for the compliment." I snorted, digging into the pancakes. "If you didn't make such great food, you'd be in trouble for that," I said, between bites.
"Eat with your mouth closed." Mom grabbed a cup of coffee and put it down in front of me. "You love being pampered, just admit it."
I shrugged, but we both knew it was the truth. Even though I was twenty-one now, and I could watch my own back when I went out ghost slaying, I loved when Mom made me breakfast, combed my hair, or did whatever the heck moms do. The only real perk about spending my days chasing after ghosts, was still having my mom around — even though she'd passed away.
"Lots of classes today?" Mom slumped down on the empty chair opposite me. With the morning light peering through the window behind her, I could barely make out her shape.
"Yeah." I took a sip from my coffee. "Parapsychology, two hours. Then I've got a study break for about one hour, and another two hours of developmental psychology, followed by an hour of English literature."
"Bah." Mom rolled her eyes. She shoved her chair back, and got up again to get me another load of pancakes. Whenever she was annoyed, she would walk. "I have no idea why you take that class. Isn't it enough you have to deal with ghosts every day?" She was talking about parapsychology, the class she'd insisted I drop from the moment I started going to college.
I shrugged and studied her while she floated about in the kitchen. She wore a long, wide dress, gypsy style, with beads and chains, and an herb pouch around her hips. Her braided hair reached down to her waist. The dress had once been a myriad of colors, from purple to green to red. Her hair had once been dark brown, and her eyes had once matched that color. Now everything was dulled to gray and surrounded by the glow of the dead.
"Are you still grabbing a drink with your friends tonight?" She peeked over her shoulder, an eyebrow arched.
Of course, Mom hoped I'd say yes. She wanted nothing more than for me to spend some time with my friends rather than with the recently or not-so-recently departed. "Yes." The word came out about as unenthusiastic as if I'd announced I needed a kidney transplant. "Although I don't know why you insist on it."
"You need to get out there. Socialize. No need to barricade yourself inside a cramped apartment with your ghost mother. You're twenty-one, for God's sake. It's time you made some friends."
I rolled my eyes before I gulped down another pancake. "We both know that making friends hasn't really been on the agenda." For the last decade, we'd moved from state to state, without settling down anywhere. We went from one town to the next, swiping the entire maleficent ghost population before moving on. Half of the jobs came without pay, and the ones that did barely offered sufficient funds to keep my head above water. But when I saw a case, I couldn't say no, no matter if it paid or not, or whether it was dangerous or not.
"Honey ..." Mom stopped when a shrill sound pierced the room.
I got up, knocking my chair backward onto the floor. "What the ..." Only then did I realize that the unfamiliar sound was the doorbell. I gave Mom a look. We never got company.
She nodded at me and moved to her bedroom.
"Close the door," I mouthed at her.
I grabbed the knife I'd used to cut the pancakes and walked to the door. Nobody ever showed up at our doorstep. Nobody good, anyway. My hand shook when I grabbed the key and twisted it. The knife felt like lead in my other hand, which I'd curled behind my back.
The door squeaked when I opened it. Hesitantly, I moved into the doorway, and my mouth dropped open at the same time I let go of the knife; it fell to the floor with a clattering sound. "What ..." The words got stuck in my throat. My tongue felt like a dozen bees had stung it, making it thick and unable to move.
"Seen a ghost?" The guy standing out in the hall cocked an eyebrow, smirking at me, a smirk he'd obviously mastered through practice. His brown hair, short back and sides, but long in the front, covered his forehead and his left eye. The other one, stark blue like the sky right before a storm, gazed straight at me. He was at least two heads taller than my 5'4". Muscles protruded from under his black leather jacket. He looked like a supermodel who'd taken a break to ride his Harley Davidson. The shadow of a two-day old beard marked his face, as well as a scar beneath his left eye that ruined his otherwise perfect cheek.
"You ..." I spat out the word, almost choking on the nasty taste it left behind in my mouth. "What are you doing here?"
"Not the welcome I was expecting, but all right." He threw an envelope at me. "Payment for yesterday's job."
I caught the envelope and stared at it as if it was the spawn of Satan. "You mean ... you're my employer?"
He licked his lips and conjured up a half smile. "I'd rather pay twice as much to a ghost layer from the other side of the planet than give you a job. Unfortunately, ghost slayers are rare and my client needed help fast."
Even though it had been half a decade, I'd recognize him anywhere. Not just the scar, the leather jacket, the face that had haunted my dreams — and nightmares — ever since I met him. But his voice, that cocky authoritarian voice he used on just about everyone, sounding like he knew all the secrets to the universe, and you were just a dumb newbie who'd never taken on a real challenge. Always challenging, always tempting. That voice, I'd recognize anywhere.
"What do you want?" I put my hands on my hips, and felt the soft fabric of the yoga pants I'd put on before crashing into bed last night. Suddenly eating a pile of pancakes without showering first seemed like the worst idea ever, and I wished I had a genie who could give me some decent clothes in a heartbeat. Tank tops and yoga pants aren't really impressive when you're facing your self- proclaimed worst enemy.
"I came to give you your well-earned money." He shoved past me into my house, stepping over the knife carelessly, invading my privacy without a care in the world.
I clenched my fists, wishing I was still holding the knife, because then I could do some real damage on him. But at the same time, I was glad I'd dropped it as it removed any temptation I might have to hurt him. Although I wanted to do just that, it wouldn't be smart and I'd hate myself afterward. Hurting ghosts was one thing, hurting humans, another — no matter how despicable they were.
"So how was the Main Street Basement Ghost?" he asked, while he slumped down on my chair, in my kitchen, and grabbed one of my pancakes.
Somehow I thought that if we ever met again, my anger would've lessened. That the fury that threatened to overwhelm me last time, would've evaporated over time. No such luck, though. It was back now, fire and flames, pulling at my resolve, setting me on fire, demanding I hurt him the same way he'd hurt me.
I took a deep breath and tried to relax, but my muscles remained tense, prepared to snap at any moment. Without looking away from him, I pushed the door shut. "Easy."
"Well, I should think so. It was an adolescent ghost." He shoved the pancake into his mouth. "Delicious."

"He did kill three people in the last fifty years alone." I grabbed the empty chair, my mom's chair, and sat down. "Again, what do you want? I don't buy your story. You didn't just employ me so I could get rid of that kid. I know you're up to something, Alex."
About the Author:
Author Majanka Verstraete has written more than twenty unique works of fiction. A native of Belgium, Majanka’s novels explore the true nature of monsters: the good, the bad, and just about every species in between. Her young adult books include the acclaimed Mirrorland (YA Dark Fantasy) and Angel of Death (YA Paranormal) series of novels.
Majanka is currently developing a new YA shifter series with a fresh take on fierce female detectives called THE ADVENTURES OF MARISOL HOLMES which will be published by Monster House Books in October 2018.
Her NA paranormal romance series, Ghost Slayer, has been picked up by Fire Quill Publishing. The first volume will be released in 2017.
When she’s not writing, Majanka is probably playing World of Warcraft or catching up with the dozens of TV series she’s addicted to.
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