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Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries
Series · 9 books · 2017-2025

Books in series

#1

Sweet Sabotage

2017

The bakery now has some new competition. A major chain store has moved into Moss Hollow. Jillian doesn't know how her bakery will survive. A suspicious fire has engulfed part of the business district. Jillian sets out to try and find who is behind the inferno.
#2

Honey Dipped Secrets

2017

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Guilty Confections

2017

Jillian discovers an old leather diary in the attic of Belle Haven. She tries to talk to Otis Dupree, but he won't say anything.
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#13

Triple Layer Treachery

2018

Jillian thinks her family reunion will be a piece of cake. Annette has contracted the Chocolate Shoppe Bakery to cater the affair. Jillian is surprised to discover that Annette's relatives are as earthy and unrefined as the coal mined at their family owned mine in the hills of eastern KY. There is a murder that has connections to another unsolved disappearance from 10 years before. Jillian has also been receiving anonymous notes.
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#14

Simple Assault & Buttery

2025

Jillian Green digs up dirt on a mining magnate’s murder at a swanky family reunion. When Jillian Green and The Chocolate Shoppe Bakery are hired by fashionable, ultra-rich Annette Hollingsworth to cater a family reunion, Jillian expects the classy affair to go off without a hitch. But Annette’s relatives, the Tiptons, are as earthy and unrefined as the coal mined at their family-owned mine in the hills of eastern Kentucky. The evening moves from mundane to horrifying when Jillian finds Duncan Tipton, the unpleasant president of the mining operation, murdered in the Hollingsworths’ home. Annette begs Jillian to get involved in the investigation, but Deputy Gooder Jones, smarting from town gossip that he can’t do his job without Jillian’s help, insists that she stay away from the case. When another Tipton turns up dead, Jillian begins to feel raked over the coals. Can Jillian find the mother lode, or will she end up the sacrificial canary of Tipton Coal? This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.
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#15

Icing on the Case

2018

It's Easter time at Moss Hollow, GA. The bakery is drawing more customers than ever thanks in part to a healthier options menu. One of those customers is reclusive author Jett Lacey.
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#18

Off to a Bad Tart

2025

A newcomer to Moss Hollow, Georgia, pulls a disappearing act, compelling Jillian Green to investigate. When Jillian Green gets roped into instructing a teen baking class through the local parks department, she’s relieved when everyone participating in the class is full of enthusiasm … everyone, that is, except the program director, Louisa Byrne, a recent transplant to Moss Hollow who's failing to conceal her shaky nerves. When Louisa skips class unexpectedly, Jillian doesn't quite believe the woman's coworker when he claims she went to visit her sister. Did Louisa really ditch town for a family emergency, or is something more sinister at play? And, if Louisa didn't disappear of her own volition, who is to blame? The deeper Jillian digs, the more complicated the situation becomes, and she finds herself the victim of increasingly threatening incidents. Will Jillian learn her lesson and leave well enough alone, or will she pursue an advanced degree of danger? This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.
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#24

Till Death Do Us Torte

2025

Bride-to-be Jillian Green must solve the murder of her mother’s childhood best friend before she gets her happily ever after. With their wedding only weeks away, Jillian Green and Hunter Greyson are the toast of Moss Hollow, Georgia and Jillian is eager to spend time with her nomadic parents, Arlo and Claudia, now that they've returned to town for her big day. She’s not as eager to visit with Claudia's childhood best friend, Lally Rayburn, a loudmouthed rebel who has been loafing around Belle Haven mansion. Jillian's annoyance turns to horror, however, when Lally's dead body is discovered inside Arlo and Claudia's Airstream trailer … and murder is the secret ingredient. The investigation quickly goes stale when, despite Lally's abrasive personality, the sheriff's department can't find anyone with a solid motive to kill her. Jillian agrees to help solve the crime but does she really have time to solve another murder and make sure the wedding of her dreams doesn't become a nightmare? This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.
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#25

Scone Cold Revenge

2025

Jillian Green must find the answers to an increasingly complex script of riddles before the curtain falls once and for all on someone she loves. Jillian Green is thrilled when Belle Haven becomes the setting for a low-budget horror film. The Chocolate Shoppe Bakery will cater the film crew’s meals and snacks, and the rental checks for the use of the mansion and its grounds for location shots will be a boon to her hopes of completely restoring the antebellum home. Then a venerable actress who plays a lead character is the victim of attempted murder and is hospitalized. As a seemingly star-crossed production continues, and mishap after mishap slams the Belle Haven and Moss Hollow environs, Jillian begins to think the whole Hollywood connection is a horrible idea. But will Jillian, her best friend Savannah Cantrell, and the members of the Southern Sweetie Pies baking club be able to figure out who the phantom behind all the mayhem is before it’s too late? This clever whodunit from Annie’s Chocolate Shoppe Mysteries series is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries, baking, female friendships, and light romance.

Authors

Virginia Smith
Virginia Smith
Author · 38 books
VIRGINIA SMITH is the bestselling author of forty-six novels (and counting!), 2 illustrated children’s books, and over fifty articles and short stories. An avid reader with eclectic tastes in fiction, Ginny writes in a variety of styles, from lighthearted relationship stories to breath-snatching suspense. Her books have been finalists in many prestigious awards, and two of her novels received the Holt Medallion Award of Merit. Learn more about Ginny and her books at www.virginiasmith.org
K.D. McCrite
K.D. McCrite
Author · 19 books

Also writes as Sydney Hope Archer. K.D. McCrite was raised on a small dairy farm in the Ozarks. She has a degree in psychology from Drury University and has worked as a librarian and as a mental health caseworker. She currently resides in Arkansas.

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