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On a wild, helpless whim, Kate Bishop returns to sunny Los Angeles to find the comfort and security her life has recently lacked. A mysterious attack in Chicago has left her with literal and figurative bruises...and enough nostalgia for normal to accept her friend's offer of working part-time at her catering company. Between helping at glamorous weddings and high-society dinners, a horrible blind date and a frankly bizarre menu proposal sends her spiraling into a dark, secret world that promises the danger she'd hoped to leave behind.

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Written for #ONC2022 and #NONC2022, a community-run novella festival operating in parallel with Wattpad's 2022 Open Novella Contest. Inspired by prompts 76+20