The Vampire's Pastry Chef (ONC 2022)

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When single mother and baker Autumn Milford is hired to cater a high-end party in the Berkshires, she discovers the "special ingredient" she is required to use isn't just the quirk of an eccentric millionaire ...

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Autumn Milford has been determined to rely on no one but herself after her parents kicked her out at seventeen. With the money she's due to earn from catering a high-end party in the Berkshires, she'll finally have enough to open up her own storefront bakery. But her employer is not just another eccentric millionaire and his guests aren't your average denizens of high society. Autumn is about to discover that creatures of the night are real ... and they're eating her cinnamon rolls.

Corbin Westbrook would rather cut off his own head than host the once-a-decade gathering of the New England Knowing. There have been sightings of a Fallen in the area and it is Corbin's duty to ensure that the creature is disposed of. But to decline such an "honor" is ill-advised. Left with no choice but to throw the party, Corbin stays as far away from the event planning as possible ... until he meets the baker.

Hold onto your cinnamon rolls, it's going to be a sweet ride!

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ONC 2022 Prompt
20. You manage a catering company. The latest request has a few ... interesting menu items.

[Status: Complete]
[Word Count: 28,000]
[Content warning: PG-13 for mild swearing, violence, sensuality, and fade-to-black intimacy.]
[ [ Highest rankings ] ]
[#1 in Baking 2/26/22]
[#1 in Singleparent 4/1/22]
[#1 in Paranormalromance 4/14/22]
[#8 in Paranormal 4/11/22]
[#10 in ONC2022 4/14/22]
[#11 in Supernatural 5/3/22]
[#16 in Vampireromance 4/20/22]
[#20 in Romance 4/11/22]

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