-epub- | Only Hard Problems By Jennifer Estep

By Jennifer Estep (A fictional work inspired by the author’s signature dark fantasy style) Prologue: The Impossibility of Easy

For most people, the world was full of problems—small, manageable ones. But for Lila Thorne, the only problems worth solving were the hard ones. Easy issues didn’t faze her. A broken zipper? Boring. A math test? A nap. But when a curse took down half the city, or a ghost demanded a sacrifice, her gift kicked in with a snap of lightning and a crack of thunder.

Lila looked at the shadow. It was wrong—too fluid, too smiling . She knew a monster when she saw one. Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep -ePub-

“Ms. Thorne, there’s a woman in your lobby,” her secretary, Mica, called. “She’s… arguing with a shadow.”

Back at the laundromat, Lila let the shadow taunt her. It lunged—faster than a ghost should be able to move. She sidestepped, uncharacteristically unimpressed. By Jennifer Estep (A fictional work inspired by

The entity slithered forward, voice hissing like steam from a kettle. “We eat those who resist us. You, little problem-solver, are the only one strong enough to defy us. But defying isn’t helping, is it?”

“Boring,” she said, tossing a lighter at it. A broken zipper

“Maybe,” Lila said, pulling a vial of Felix’s holy water from her coat. “But I don’t need to beat you. I need to solve you.” She hurled the vial. The glass shattered, and the water hissed as it burned the shadow to smoke.