Spellbound Sweets: A Samantha Sweet Halloween Novella Walter R. Bodine But what makes his work

But what makes his work haunting is his extraordinary ability to convey the tastes and smells of Marseilles

moved to Arkansas Territory

and the eccentric in order to provide a fascinating

A well-read student of both Confucianism and Taoism in his youth

as well as an award-winning editor

Spellbound Sweets: A Samantha Sweet Halloween Novella Walter R. Bodine But what makes his workIt's Halloween, one of the busiest seasons of the year for Samantha Sweet and the crew at her pastry shop, Sweet's Sweets. After baking a zillion pumpkin cookies, ghostly cupcakes, and an all black cake for a young witch's wedding, the gang is looking forward to a gala costume party at the neighborhood bookshop. But when one of the guests is murdered and a rare book vanishes practically in front of their eyes the evening takes a whole different turn