Chocoholic mysteries

When a Hollywood producer decides to make a movie based on Lee McKinney's romance novel, the small-town author finds herself entangled in a web of sweet talk and intrigue, complete with corpse.

As treasurer of WinterFest, Lee McKinney Woodyard copes with a multitude of problems, especially when the guest juror of the art show arrives drunk and Lee's husband finds the visiting dignitary's murdered remains the next day.

When Young Blackbeard became the biggest movie of the decade, the residents of Warner Pier caught pirate fever. TenHuis Chocolade is raking in the booty selling chocolate treasure chests. And in what comes to be known as the Summer of the Warner Pier Pirates, a mischievous band of costumed pirates starts boarding boats on the lake and performing a sea chantey before departing. The town couldn't be more amused - until a body washes up on shore.

Lee's newest hire at the chocolate shop, Forsythia "Sissy" Smith, has the court of public opinion against her in her husband's murder, despite having a solid alibi.

"Revenge is sweet for a killer on the loose-and it all started with the murder of Warner Pier's most hated clown.... Everyone who knew the bozo wanted him dead. Odd, then, that a complete stranger was accused of bursting Moe Davidson's balloons. But it's been a month since the miserable shop owner of Clowning Around was killed, and everybody's moving on, including Lee Woodyard. Her chocolate shop, TenHuis Chocolade, is next door to Moe's shuttered...

"The approach of Easter means a rush of business at TenHuis Chocolade, and Lee and her aunt Nettie need all the help they can get to make their famous chocolate bunnies and eggs. Unfortunately, new hire Bunny Birdsong is a klutzy basket case, dropping everything she picks up. But to Lee's surprise, she's a whiz with computers and fixing the store's Web site so they decide to keep her. However, Bunny receives a few visitors they could do without: Her...

"In this eighteenth mystery in the national bestselling Chocoholic series, a gang of crooks with a wicked sweet tooth wreaks havoc on the resort town of Warner Pier, and it's up to Lee Woodyard to rout the hungry rascals. A frantic late-night phone call from her right-hand woman Dolly Jolly brings Lee Woodyard to the scene of a break-in at the Warner Pier jewelry store next door to TenHuis Chocolade. To her shock, the suspect being held at gunpoint...