Book in the Collection: One October Night Tell us about your characters in this story: Jacob Mosby is no hero. He’s a hardworking, hard-playing man determined to make his small-town contracting business a success. He’s also been bewitched by a one-night stand he had a year ago with Clara Wakefield. Although she left his bed without saying goodbye, and has barely spoken to him since, he’s decided to make her his wife before she runs away again. Unfortunately, for his plan to w

Book in the Collection: Halloween Humbug Tell us about your characters in this story: There are three main characters, a single mother and her precocious son, and their new neighbor, an uptight data guy who understands numbers a lot better than he understands people. What made you decide to join this set? You had me at “Halloween.” What is your favorite thing about Halloween? My memories of being a little kid trick or treating on a crispy fall night with a big moon and the w