Doreen Cole loves Halloween, and everything that goes with it. She always overspends on candy for the neighborhood children, and always decorates so much that the neighbors remark on the gaudiness of the house. But Doreen doesn't care, those little infractions are worth the fun at Halloween, and she'll gladly pay the price of the spankings she receives for them.
This year, though, things are different. She and her husband, Walter, are now empty nesters, since the last of their three children has left for college. Doreen decides to host a murder mystery Halloween weekend in their huge house. She invites five other couples that will fit perfectly into their five extra bedrooms, and she sends out the invitations, and makes all the plans, without consulting her husband.
She figures she'll tell him a week before hand, he'll spank her for not telling him, and that will be the end of his anger. But when Walter finds out before Doreen is ready to let the cat out of the bag, she finds out that he During the party, however, a prankster makes himself known, and the fake hunt for a murderer turns into a full-fledged hunt for a Halloween jokester.
Melinda Barron loves to explore Egyptian tombs and temples, discover Mayan ruins, play in castles towers, and explore new cities and countries. She generally does it all from the comfort of her home by opening a book.
Melinda loves to lose herself between the pages of a book. The only thing she loves more is creating stories from the wonderful heroes and heroines that haunt her dreams and crowd her head. She believes love is for everyone, not just those who are a size 2. Her books are full of magic, suspense and love, in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Mel currently lives in the Texas Panhandle, with two cats, and a file stuffed with new ideas to keep her typing fingers busy, and your heart engaged.