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For the Love of Chocolate
Delicious bonbons for the romantic chocoholic. Stories so luscious, they'll melt in your mouth, and melt your heart.
If you crave romance and can't resist chocolate, you'll adore this rich, tantalizing assortment of unexpected encounters, witty flirtation, forbidden love, and tender rediscovered passion...
MARGARET BROWNLEY's straight-laced gray-suited insurance detective is a bull in a whimsical Los Angeles chocolate shop and its beautiful, nutty owner, wants him out-- until she discovers his surprisingly soft center.
RAINE CANTRELL carries you back to the Old West, where men were men and candy was scarce...and a cowboy with the devil's own good looks succumbs to a sassy and sensual lady's special confectionary.
In NADINE CRENSHAW's London of 1660, a reckless Puritan maid's life is changed forever by a decadent brew of frothy hot chocolate and the dashing owner of a sweetshop.
SANDRA KITT follows a Chicago child's search for a box of Sweet Dreams that brings together a tall, handsome engineer and a tough single mother with eyes like chocolate drops.
Sit back with your favorite chocolate treat and devour these scrumptious love stories!
If you crave romance and can't resist chocolate, you'll adore this rich, tantalizing assortment of unexpected encounters, witty flirtation, forbidden love, and tender rediscovered passion...
MARGARET BROWNLEY's straight-laced gray-suited insurance detective is a bull in a whimsical Los Angeles chocolate shop and its beautiful, nutty owner, wants him out-- until she discovers his surprisingly soft center.
RAINE CANTRELL carries you back to the Old West, where men were men and candy was scarce...and a cowboy with the devil's own good looks succumbs to a sassy and sensual lady's special confectionary.
In NADINE CRENSHAW's London of 1660, a reckless Puritan maid's life is changed forever by a decadent brew of frothy hot chocolate and the dashing owner of a sweetshop.
SANDRA KITT follows a Chicago child's search for a box of Sweet Dreams that brings together a tall, handsome engineer and a tough single mother with eyes like chocolate drops.
Sit back with your favorite chocolate treat and devour these scrumptious love stories!
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 15, 1996
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About the author
Margaret Brownley
68 books775 followersBEST-SELLING AUTHOR MARGARET BROWNLEY has penned nearly forty novels and novellas. Her books have won numerous awards, including Readers' Choice and Award of Excellence. She's was a two-time Romance Writers of American RITA® finalist and has written for a TV soap. She is currently working on a new series. Not bad for someone who flunked eighth grade English. Just don't ask her to diagram a sentence.
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July 20, 2021
Although I started the book with a lot of interest, the second story sidelined me for weeks. I had trouble even wanting to read that story. Finally, I jumped to the last story, hoping to get enthused again. At the end, I'll list my favorite to least favorite.
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT (Margaret Brownley) --
Unfortunately, this is a contemporary story (my least favorite kind) about an art thief who leaves a distinctive chocolate nougat (from Holly Brubaker's chocolate shop) wherever he steals art. Now insurance detective Mark Spencer is watching Holly's customers, looking for the culprit. But things take an ugly turn when the art thief steals the Andy Warhol Hershey framed art that Holly owns. Holly happens to be an orphan who was left on a step with a Hershey's candy bar in the basket. To my mind, the case (and all its loose strings) was too neatly bound up at the end.
THE CHOCOLATE SHOPPE (Nadine Crenshaw) --
This story takes place in London in 1662. It's between a Puritan and her lack of conviction regarding her faith, her autocratic father, the man she's betrothed to, and the man she wants. This story was unique but the author destroyed it by telling it in the order she did.
SWEET DREAMS (Sandra Kitt) --
A boy (who lost his father last year) is in a candy store, buying a Valentine's Day gift. He doesn't have enough money but a nearby stranger offers to lend the (large) amount he needs. That stranger is with his nieces and nephews (who know the boy). When his mother hears of how he could afford the expensive candy, she marches over to see the stranger (who gave the boy his business card). She thinks her son was enticed into something she didn't like. Lo and behold, MacKenzie is a nice man.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT (Raine Cantrell) --
Miss Hallie Pruitt (owner of a legacy from her grandmother that allows her to live on her ramshackle farm alone), has been taking care of Cade McAllister for months. He was robbed and nearly beaten to death. When found by Dr. Burnswait, he asked Hallie to tend the stranger until he could be on his way. Now, Cade has had the cast removed and is moving about a bit better. He is intrigued by the kind, bossy, opinionated woman who has tended him so carefully. Through an interesting happenstance, Cade has found out that Hallie is fond of him. Should he stay or should he go? And then the two men who tried to kill him before now return to finish the job.
**
Favorite-to-least (by author's name): Cantrell, Brownley, Kitt, Crenshaw.
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT (Margaret Brownley) --
Unfortunately, this is a contemporary story (my least favorite kind) about an art thief who leaves a distinctive chocolate nougat (from Holly Brubaker's chocolate shop) wherever he steals art. Now insurance detective Mark Spencer is watching Holly's customers, looking for the culprit. But things take an ugly turn when the art thief steals the Andy Warhol Hershey framed art that Holly owns. Holly happens to be an orphan who was left on a step with a Hershey's candy bar in the basket. To my mind, the case (and all its loose strings) was too neatly bound up at the end.
THE CHOCOLATE SHOPPE (Nadine Crenshaw) --
This story takes place in London in 1662. It's between a Puritan and her lack of conviction regarding her faith, her autocratic father, the man she's betrothed to, and the man she wants. This story was unique but the author destroyed it by telling it in the order she did.
SWEET DREAMS (Sandra Kitt) --
A boy (who lost his father last year) is in a candy store, buying a Valentine's Day gift. He doesn't have enough money but a nearby stranger offers to lend the (large) amount he needs. That stranger is with his nieces and nephews (who know the boy). When his mother hears of how he could afford the expensive candy, she marches over to see the stranger (who gave the boy his business card). She thinks her son was enticed into something she didn't like. Lo and behold, MacKenzie is a nice man.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT (Raine Cantrell) --
Miss Hallie Pruitt (owner of a legacy from her grandmother that allows her to live on her ramshackle farm alone), has been taking care of Cade McAllister for months. He was robbed and nearly beaten to death. When found by Dr. Burnswait, he asked Hallie to tend the stranger until he could be on his way. Now, Cade has had the cast removed and is moving about a bit better. He is intrigued by the kind, bossy, opinionated woman who has tended him so carefully. Through an interesting happenstance, Cade has found out that Hallie is fond of him. Should he stay or should he go? And then the two men who tried to kill him before now return to finish the job.
**
Favorite-to-least (by author's name): Cantrell, Brownley, Kitt, Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025
I didnt give this book a 4 star rating because I find the end of each short story to be cheesy and fast ending. By that I mean that I can tell when one of the short stories about to end because everyone just kisses and makes up without question.
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