Chocoholic mysteries

Small-town chocolatiers Lee McKinney and her aunt Nettie are once again caught in the middle of a homicide investigation when a local antiques dealer turns up dead and Lee's stepson becomes the prime suspect in the killing.

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.

Determined to smooth things over with her mother before her impending nuptials, after her aunt reveals a startling secret, bride-to-be Lee McKinney vows to solve the decades-old mystery surrounding the apparent suicide of her mother's fiancé.

As treasurer of WinterFest, Lee McKinney Woodyard is getting tired of the egos, arguments, and last-minute mix-ups, especially when the guest juror of the art show shows up drunk, a situation that gets worse when her husband discovers that the visiting dignitary has been murdered, in a mystery set in the luscious if deadly world of chocolate.

When a body washes up on shore after a band of pirates begins terrorizing Lake Michigan, chocolate shop owner Lee McKinney Woodyard must figure out the truth behind the Warner Pier Pirates before someone else turns up dead.

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.

When the resort town of Warner Pier is plagued by a series of strange break-ins that lead to murder, chocolatier Lee Woodyard must help her right-hand woman, Dolly Jolly, clear her boyfriend’s name of the crimes.