An Idyllic Chocolate Shop.  An island with dramatic weather.  And a murder. Welcome to Greetings and Felicitations!  It is Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate factory/shop - and her refuge from the pain in her past.  When she returned home to open it, she never imagined she'd be solving a murder - but now she will have to, to save her business's reputation and avoid being framed as a killer. Felicity Koerber has had a rough year. She's moving back to Galveston Island and op...

Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand is bringing in plenty of customers - in part due to the notoriety of the recent murder of one of her assistants, which she managed to solve. Things seem to be taking a turn for the better.Her new assistant, Mateo, even gets along with Carmen, the shop's barista turned pastry chef. Felicity thinks she's learning to cope with change - right up until one of her friends gets engaged. Everyone's expecting her to ask Lo...

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Looking at the questions journalists ask can help you think of the characters and events in your story as real people, whose lives you are recording, just like you were writing memoir or a news article. Approach planning your novel the way a journalist plans out writing a news piece. They figure out what they will need to research for the p...

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Journalists carefully consider HOW happened to figure out WHY it happened. Fiction writers need to do the same thing. For novelists HOW and WHY refer to plot and theme.Get ready to delve into the concepts of plot and theme. Whatever your characters are doing throughout the course of your story - whatever goals they're workin...

Explore the global kitchen with over 60 delectable herb-infused recipes that feature chocolate - including unexpected savory chocolate appetizers and entrees, decadent chocolate beverages and desserts, and fun chocolaty breads, all paired with a wide variety of culinary herbs. Chocolate Gingerbread. Chicken Satay with White Chocolate Peanut Sauce. Dark Chocolate Mushroom Arancini. Maybe you didn't realize these things were missing from your life, but try them, and you may find y...

Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand has been the scene of two murders - both of which she has been instrumental in helping solve.So when she gets invited to demo her chocolate skills aboard a cruise ship sailing out of the local port, she's excited at the chance to get away from the shop long enough to regain her equilibrium.She even brings her best friend along, and makes plans for time at the spa.But when she gets on board, she finds out that she'...

Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop thriving. Despite everything she's been through with the murders she's helped solve, Felicity is ready to take on new challenges. So when a local museum offers her a contract to create a chocolate replica of a gigantic sailing ship sculpture for a gala celebrating Galveston's history, she jumps at the chance to combine chocolate-crafting with art.The project is fun - right up until there's not just one but two dead artists on the scene,...

Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand is hosting the friends and family coming into town for her best friend Autumn's wedding. As matron of honor, Felicity has a ton of tasks to complete - including making chocolates for the gift bags. She doesn't have time to solve another murder. But when one of the bridesmaids becomes a prime suspect in the death of a visiting real estate agent, Felicity has to put her detecting skills to use again to keep the wedd...

Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand is expanding, as it has become a gathering spot for the community, despite having been the scene of multiple murders. Artists she met while doing a chocolate sculpture are now working out of the shop. So when Felicity is invited to tea by an eccentric art collector, she's intrigued, especially when she gets asked to pose for a portrait done with chocolate on chocolate. Only, where there is a murder the next day at...

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. When you look at the classic questions journalists ask, the first one is generally WHO? In noveling terms WHO relates to character. Get ready to take a deep dive into the concept of character. WHO are these people who've showed up demanding a place in your novel, anyway? You know they have a story to tell, and for some specific reason, you ...

The author of the Chocoverse science fiction series brings you an out-of-this world delicious cookbook. Chocolate Gingerbread. Chicken Satay with White Chocolate Peanut Sauce. Dark Chocolate Mushroom Arancini. Maybe you didn't realize these things were missing from your life, but sampling them might change the way you think about chocolate.Chocolate can be earthy, bitter, nutty, subtle or sweet, and There are Herbs in My Chocolate (revised and expanded version) use...

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Journalists consult sources and reference materials to find realistic detail for their stories. But if you're a novelist - you have to build the reference source for your story world from scratch.  Which is why you need to start setting rules and parameters with a STORY BIBLE OVERVIEW. Get ready to get organized and plan your novel.  WHO ar...