Nancy Lombardo, Erica Kalai, and Janna O'Neill are three friends attending a costume party in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night. Things That Go Bump In The Night tells the story of each woman and the otherworldly man who charges into her life. "Bloodlust" by Marilyn Lee: Schoolteacher Erica Kalai is always warning her female students against letting teenage boys sweet talk them into bed. But on her 40th birthday, she encounters a man dressed as her favorite anti-hero, Dracula. One look at the younger, strangely compelling giant, and Erica is soon out of her clothes and into his arms. It won't take her long to figure out, however, that she's put herself into the clutches of a real Dracula... "A Little Too Charming" by Treva Harte: Janna doesnβt believe in magic, or witches, or fate, or even love anymore. Such fairy tales as romance are for women who donβt have to live in the real world. What sheβd really like is some hot sex just to satisfy her hormones. Once Jana gets a good look at Ted Grimes she has a very hard time keeping her mind on business. He practically kisses her senseless before he even says hello. Something really weird is going on. Is Ted her destiny? Or is this man who's reputed to be a witch just A Little Too Charmingβ¦ "Naughty Nancy II - Book 4 & 1/2: Trek Mi Q'an" by Jaid Black: Nancy Lombardo is determined to become a new woman. No more wearing spectacles, no more pulling her hair back into a tight spinsterish bun, and no more spending every night alone and sexless. Nancy gets more than she bargained for when she's whisked away to a planet of Barbarians and claimed for a mate by an eight-foot tall shape-shifting predator.