Out of the Frying Pan

By Natasha Duncan-Drake

Dan works his magic with food as a new up and coming chef, what he does not need is his restaurant being destroyed by an explosion and ending up trapped with the UK's hottest food critic in what's left of his kitchen. When vampirism enters the equation it makes things a whole lot worse.

This book was a commission which has now reached the end of its exclusivity period. It is a short, exciting story with a male/male entanglement for all those who enjoy the paranormal romance genre.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wittegen Press
• Release date: Jan 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781908333384

Natasha Duncan-Drake

Natasha is a British author with Wittegen Press and has been publishing genre fiction since 2011. Her work includes everything from horror to young adult fantasy and she has never met a genre she didn’t like. A prolific producer of short stories and novels alike, Natasha currently has over twenty five titles in her back catalogue with further releases always imminent.Natasha has been writing since she was a young girl ever since she read The Hobbit at Primary School. She is a big fan of science fiction, fantasy and horror in all their forms and is a big advocate of fanfiction as a great tool for writers to polish their skills in a welcoming and supportive community.Before establishing Wittegen Press with her twin sister, Sophie Duncan, Natasha was a database and systems consultant. She combines these skills with her writing to create and manage her career in the bold new eBook market.

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Out of the Frying Pan

Magic, Vampires and Betrayal

Natasha Duncan-Drake

Out of the Frying Pan Copyright © 2012 by Natasha Duncan-Drake. All Rights Reserved.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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First Edition: Jan 2013

This Edition: Sep 2019

Wittegen Eros – Imprint of Wittegen Press

ISBN-13 978-1-908333-38-4

Thank you to Soph and Rob for their help with this title and thanks to the commissioner. I had a lot of fun playing with a vampire and a chef, I hope you enjoyed reading it as well.

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Out of the Frying Pan

Magic, Vampires and Betrayal

There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.

― Bram Stoker, Dracula

WAKING UP WAS, in Dan's opinion, thoroughly unpleasant. His head hurt, he ached, he was cold and when he tried to open his eyes it was as if a solar flare went off in his brain. When he finally did manage to blink back his eyelids and see something other than a bright blob, he realised he was looking at the battery powered emergency lighting in the cold store in the kitchen. That was even worse.

Memory began trickling back. He groaned.

Daniel, said a voice with a melodic Scottish accent, how are you feeling?

He groaned again; some deity or other had to really hate him. He had had Mr Peter Cathal, or rather 'call me Cathal, everyone does', in his restaurant eating his food—possibly the most famous food critic in the country, known for his fairness rather than being a high-handed jerk. It had been his dream come true, but nothing in his life was ever that simple.

Daniel?

The man in question appeared in his line of vision. He blinked at the handsome face looking down at him and tried to use the details to focus his reeling mind.

Cathal