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...

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 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. Just like a journalist, as a fiction writer, you will need to define WHAT your story is about. For the novelist WHAT relates to premise. Get ready to explore the concept of premise. Those people in your head, desperate to be part of a story?  They need something to do. It's the all-important WHAT that your story is about. To stay on track, ...

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...

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 ...

There’s just something about Texas … May you have as much fun with these ten tales of murder and deception as I did, and may you remember them long afterward. As Carl Sandberg said, “Texas is a blend of valor and swagger.” So are these stories.—from the Foreword by JOHN M. FLOYDA Perfect Gift For Mystery Lovers!Welcome to the second anthology by the chapter members of Sisters In Crime North Dallas. The city of Dallas and ...

Bean to chocolate maker Felicity Koerber has been invited to be part of a chocolate festival in Tokyo. It's a big deal for a Texas gal with a chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand, so a whole group of her friends come along to support her. It's intimidating enough to be giving a class on chocolate making with the help of a translator - she also stumbles across the scene of a murder, where a quirky group of international actors and stunt performers are making a monster movie. Felici...

In the far future, chocolate is Earth’s only unique commodity one that everyone else in the galaxy is willing to kill to get their hands, paws and tentacles onLatina culinary arts student, Bo Benitez, becomes a fugitive when she’s caught stealing a cacao pod from one of the heavily-defended plantations that keep chocolate, Earth’s sole valuable export, safe from a hungry galaxy.Forces array against her including her alien boyfriend and a reptilian cop. But ...

Felicity Koerber is finally getting her life together. She has a fiancé, her bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand has become a gathering spot for the community, and she is ready to embrace whatever the future holds. She's ready for another launch party - despite the disaster at her grand opening, when she'd first gotten involved with solving a murder. And this time she's embracing her status as a sleuth. She's hosting a murder mystery weekend to celebrate the new Myste...

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...

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...