In Dorothy St. Jamesโs third delectable Southern Chocolate Shop mystery, a new batch of chocolate and troubles of the heart cause a string of disasters for the Chocolate Boxโs new owner, Charity Penn.
The vintage seaside town of Camellia Beach, South Carolina seems like the perfect place for romance with its quiet beach and its decadent chocolate shop that serves the worldโs richest dark chocolates. The Chocolate Boxโs owner, Charity Penn, falls even further under the islandโs moonlit spell as she joins Althea Bays and the rest of the turtle watch team to witness a new generation of baby sea turtles hatch and make their way into the wide ocean.
Before the babies arrive, gunshots ring out in the night. Cassidy Jones, the local Casanova, is found dead in the sand with his lover Jody Daltonโthe same woman who has vowed to destroy the Chocolate Boxโholding the gun. Itโs an obvious crime of passion, or so everyone believes. But when Jodyโs young son pleads with Penn to bring his mother back to him, she canโt say no. She dives headfirst into a chocolate swirl of truth and lies, and must pick through an assortment of likely (and sometimes unsavory) suspects before itโs too late for Penn and for those she loves in Dorothy St. Jamesโs third rich installment of the Southern Chocolate Shop mysteries, In Cold Chocolate.
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