In Dorothy St. Jamesβs third delectable Southern Chocolate Shop mystery, a new batch of chocolate and troubles of the heart cause a string of disasters for the Chocolate Boxβs 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 worldβs richest dark chocolates. The Chocolate Boxβs owner, Charity Penn, falls even further under the islandβs 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 Daltonβthe same woman who has vowed to destroy the Chocolate Boxβholding the gun. Itβs an obvious crime of passion, or so everyone believes. But when Jodyβs young son pleads with Penn to bring his mother back to him, she canβt 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 itβs too late for Penn and for those she loves in Dorothy St. Jamesβs third rich installment of the Southern Chocolate Shop mysteries, In Cold Chocolate.
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