Midnight Masquerade, a collection of Greg Chapman' s acclaimed and original fiction: Clown-for-hire, Harvey has the worst day of his lifeA childhood display of malice is resurrected thirty years laterA priest finds true faith means devotion to blood and painRevenge shows Emma what lies beneath her mask of fearA Halloween expert unleashes her own personal hell In these stories, you' ll discover how the masks we all wear hide our innermost fears, and how our choices can expose true horrors. Also included are Chapman' s acclaimed novellas, The Last Night of October and Vaudeville, and the short stories, Octoberville and Left on October Lane.

Dark Fantasy/Romance. 85371 words long.

Melissa Seymour loves Folly, a magnificent thoroughbred stallion whose winnings allow Melissa and her siblings to hang on to their home.Dominic Slade enjoys wealth and has plans for a stud farm, with Folly being his first purchase.Melissa refuses to sell. The only way to replace the income earned through Folly is by unlocking her trust fund through marriage.Neither are interested in marriage.But as trusted friends and loyal family turn strangely foe, Dominic and Melissa are forced to unite. Now the pair must come to grips with their true passions, or lose it all to a common enemy willing to do anything.REVIEWS:"Busbee reaffirms her long-held place at the top of her genre." ~Publishers WeeklyTHE LOUISIANA LADIES, in series orderDeceive Not My HeartMidnight MasqueradeLove Be Mine

Deirdre Gower’s aunt, the Duchess of Charney, had trapped Lord Belami into offering for her niece. Deirdre had accepted in order to escape having to marry someone she disliked. But now, at Beaulac for the New Year’s holiday, both participants were ready to renege on the engagement—until solving the mystery of the duchess’s stolen diamond threw them together. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett