A Domestic Diva Mystery

Domestic diva Sophie Winston is up to her elbows in chocolate party planning. It is the 60th anniversary of Amore Chocolates and she is in charge of the event in The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis. The family is well known in the fine chocolate business and the event will have chocolate in many different forms.

While she is planning the event, the company's CEO Joe Merano, goes missing. The family implores Sophie to find him and not let the police know he is missing. On the day of the event Joe is still missing, but the family wants the celebration to go on as planned. Everything seems to be running smoothly as guests enjoy one of the five chocolate cakes and many of treats.

The event goes off without a hitch despite Joe's disappearance, but as Sophie is gathering the remnants of the party trash, she discovers the body of a rival chocolatier in the guesthouse bathroom.

As she investigates she discovers many secrets the family members would like to keep. The ins and

outs of the relationships of family members, mismanagement at the factory and now the dead rival blend together to form a bitter chocolate mess. To confuse the issue Sophie has been receiving boxes of chocolate daily with no name or logo on them. She is unsure of what that means.

Another death occurs and Sophie delves deeper into the mystery, feeling threatened as she tries to discover the truth. There are as many suspects as their are chocolate treats. Natasha, naturally, is in the middle of one disaster after another and Sophie's ex-husband Mars (currently Natasha's boyfriend) tries to hide from her craziness at Sophie's.

I sense a theme in my reading lately. Chocolate is the vein running through many books. Anyway I enjoyed this mystery and loved the chocolate recipes. Now if I only had the nerve to try them. Sigh...

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