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 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 ends up walking the plank.

Simple text describes how chocolate bars are created starting from where the cocoa beans are grown to how they are packaged and eaten.

"From the national bestselling author of The Chocolate Falcon Fraud comes an Easter-candy caper featuring chocolatiers Lee Woodyard and her aunt Nettie, and a killer who's hopping mad... 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...

"Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey's life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe that gave it a longer, more stable shelf life. He founded a school for those who didn't have access to a good education and an entire town for his employees. Both his chocolate empire and his great personal...

"Engaging images accompany information about Hershey's. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

The much anticipated Winter Arts festival is here, and as treasurer of Winterfest, Lee is up to her elbows in mix-ups behind the scenes. When the art show's guest juror shows up drunk, Lee lets him sleep it off, only to find out later that someone's put the visiting dignitary into a permanent state of repose.
Lee and Joe were the last people spotted near the crime scene. In a seriously sticky situation, it's up to them to find the real killer before...

In the "The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle," a Hollywood producer decides to make a movie based on Lee McKinney's romance novel, and the small-town author finds herself entangled in a web of sweet talk and intrigue, complete with corpse, and in "The Chocolate Mouse Trap," Lee McKinney sets a trap to find a killer after party planner Julie Singletree is murdered.