Wordcandy loves Christmas books at Halloween

Jennifer Crusie has an all-new novella coming out on October 31st. It's called Hot Toy, and it's part of the collection Santa, Baby (which will also feature novellas by Lori Foster and Carly Phillips). New stuff by Crusie is always exciting, and this will be her first release since early 2004 that wasn't either A) co-written with someone else, which does not result in her finest work, or B) an expensive re-release of one of her older books.

Also, according to her blog, Ms. Crusie has no fewer than three other projects in the works: another collaboration (...meh) with Bob Mayer, a new collaboration with authors Anne Stuart and Eileen Dreyer, and her solo effort, an Agatha Christie tribute called You Again.