Book excerpt: Autumn leaves aren't the only thing stirring in Pumpkin this Halloween. Avalon Lynch worked hard to escape the tarnish of her witching heritage. Everything she's ever wanted is within her grasp, until a visit home and a mishap with a skeleton binds her to an offspring of The Dugan—Pumpkin's equivalent of the Bogeyman. Nicholas Dugan loves autumn—the changing leaves, the ripening harvest and the tricks played on their neighboring town. He's content to watch the Halloween fun until a sinister prank reveals his family's dark past and their cursed future. Bound by their devotion to their families, Lonnie and Nick search for a mysterious prankster before his malicious tricks destroys both their futures.