The Chocolate Promise
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4.1 • 56 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
From Tasmania to Paris and beyond, an enchanting story of the proprietor of a specialist chocolate shop who must learn that some rules are meant to be broken - this real-life fairy godmother must learn to find her own magic. The new novel for readers who love Cathy Kelly and Monica McInerney from the bestselling author of The Tea Chest.
Christmas Livingstone has ten rules for happiness, the most important of which is 'absolutely no romantic relationships'.
In The Chocolate Apothecary, her enchanting artisan store in Tasmania, she tempers chocolate and creates handmade delicacies. Surrounded by gifts for the senses, in this shop chocolate isn't just good for you, it's medicine.
And then one day a stranger arrives at her front door - a dishevelled botanist seeking her help. She really doesn't need Lincoln van Luc to walk into her life, even if he does have the nicest blue eyes, the loveliest meddling grandmother and a gorgeous newly rescued dog. She really doesn't need any of it. Or does she?
Set across Tasmania, Paris and Provence, this is a glorious novel of a creative woman about to find out how far in life a list of rules will take her, with an enticing tangle of freshly picked herbs, pots of flowers and lashings of chocolate scenting the air.
Customer Reviews
The chocolate promise
Wonderful read, eaten a few more chocolates than I should but what the heck it's medicianal
Fantastic book!
This book is amazing and will definitely make you feel like buying chocolate !
Set in beautiful Evandale Tasmania and Paris the story follows chocolate shop owner Christmas Livingstone (also a fairy godmother in a wonderful subplot) who avoids romantic entanglements until a dreamy botanist called Lincoln van Luc arrives (van Luc who is a little bit cute a funny hairy McKay reference for the uninitiated)
I literally couldn't put it down Josephine moon has a wonderfully readable engaging style of writing that just draws you into this delicious world. Even the lesser characters are so deep and well written their stories are nearly as interesting as the leads
The book is about so much more than chocolate but the descriptions of the chocolate Christmas used as medicine are mouth watering!
The best book I have read in a long long time I can't recommend it enough. Even better than the tea chest by the same author which is also would wonderful.
Just make sure you have some chocolate nearby so you don't need to make a chocolate run midway through.