Readers will be tantalized by this dark, romantic, and disturbing
fantasy of vampires, werewolves, and a strong no-nonsense heroine. --
School Library Journal
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Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her
hybrid-werewolf first love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage
that will separate them forever. Then, as she and her uncle are about to
unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them
scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their new hire into a
culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his
fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses -- or is there more to
this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces
clash, a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and
prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play
along before she loses everything?Tantalize marks Cynthia Leitich
Smith's delicious debut as a preeminent author of dark fantasy.