He smiled, and my heart started thumping wildly again. "Curiosity killed the cat, you know." He said, his voice soft as velvet. "But the cat also has nine lives... so why not use them?" I smiled back. His blue eyes gazed intensely into mine. My hands started to sweat, and I was suddenly aware of how close he was standing to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A New Year's Eve masquerade at a haunted mansion- what could go wrong? Brenna has always loved everything dark and spooky, especially the strange and morbid. But when she's dragged to a party at the local "haunted hotspot", she is thrust into a world she never imagined but always hoped for. A centuries-old curse, secrets, and a love triangle with a ghost? Will this average girl have what it takes to break the curse and solve the mystery of her own heart? (An Open Novella Contest Longlister - 2020) #3 in newyearseve (5/3/2020) #22 in hauntedhouse (5/3/2020)