The Chocolate Cure

Roxanne Snopek

Jan 2017 · Love at the Chocolate Shop Book 4 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

 No more chocolate! No more meddling! No more men!

New Year’s resolutions are great. Announcing them in a crowded bar, with a chocolate martini in her hand? Not Maddie Cash’s finest moment. It’s time this new realtor got serious about her life and this time, she means it.

But when hospital volunteering lands her at the bedside of bruised and battered Mick Meyer, who has no knowledge of Maddie’s reputation – and no memory of the kiss he begged from her during that long, pain-filled night, her best-laid plans are put in jeopardy. It’s not just his sweet tooth that’s tempting her.

The hunky bush pilot with the concussion has an old family property to unload. Making this sale could be Maddie’s professional salvation. But when Mick turns on the charm, she’s in danger of forgetting all her best intentions... on chocolate... on meddling... and especially on men.

Love at the Chocolate Shop series

Book 1: Melt My Heart, Cowboy by CJ Carmichael 

Book 2: A Thankful Heart by Melissa McClone

Book 3: Montana Secret Santa by Debra Salonen

Book 4: The Chocolate Cure by Roxanne Snopek 

Book 5: The Valentine Quest by Melissa McClone 

More books coming soon

Ratings and reviews

This is a sweet book (pardon the pun) that I enjoyed reading. We meet Maddie as she's about to make a spectacle of herself on New Year's Eve, including making several new year's resolutions that no one believes she can keep. As part of Maddie's plan to improve her life, she begins volunteering at the hospital. She's in the ER when Mick is brought in after an aviation mishap. For some reason, despite being strangers, she is the only one who can keep him calm and ends up spending most of the evening at his bedside. What follows is an interesting relationship where they feel oddly connected to each other, but not really understanding why. Until the end of the novel, this felt overly contrived to me - it just didn't seem to flow naturally. It's purely my subjective opinion and a departure for me from the author's other books. Usually her character relationships draw me right in and keep me hooked. Fans of the author will want to read this book. And yes, it is a sweet novel both in chocolate playing a feature role and in the tameness of the romance. Readers that appreciate a hint of romance instead of a more explicit portrayal will enjoy this book.

Love continues to bloom at Marietta's chocolate shop. On a drunken whim Maddie Cash makes a New Year's resolution that is sure to fail as soon as she utters it! Giving up men, meddling, and chocolate? What was she thinking! Since she made this resolution in such a public way, she has no choice but to try her best to get through it. Then she meets Mick Meyer and things really get interesting. This is a wonderfully fun read and one I would highly recommend.

This was a great story. Maddie made some impulsive new years resolutions that would come back to haunt her. She is determined to be a better person. As she is volunteering at the hospital, she ends up meeting and helping Mick, a pilot who had an accident and needs to recuperate. He also has some land to sell, which would help Maddie save her realty job. Maddie and Mick were wonderful characters. She really brought out the best in Mick and helped him with his rehab from the accident. The only thing that would have made this story better would be if the book came with some of the wonderful chocolates they described in the book.

About the author

 USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROXANNE SNOPEK writes contemporary small-town romance, usually with a dollop of crazy, and a dog or two. Praised for her strong heroines and true-to-life heroes, her stories always contain complications arising from modern family dynamics. As a former veterinary technician, mother of three grown daughters and wife of mumble-mumble years, animals, kids and husbands are her forte. Emotional conflict, tears, angst... those wretched "growth-opportunity" moments your friends comfort you about... that's what she writes, and readers love it. Her romance novels have hit the Kindle Top 100 list numerous times as well as the Barnes and Noble Top 10 list.

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