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Ten Books…Inspired by Chocolate

By Novelicious

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.

The Chocolate Lovers ClubIt is Valentine's week. For some, the 14th is a day to look forward to. A day to celebrate your love. Maybe you'll receive a gorgeous box of chocolates from your fabulous boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife. You might even get a box from a secret admirer…

Or maybe it is a day to be endured. Maybe you feel a bit Bridget Jones and are worrying about dying all alone and being 'found three weeks later half-eaten by alsatians'.  

Whatever the situation, chocolate is always there to help. Does chocolate cure everything and anything? Well, no. But it can provide a great deal of comfort and deliciousness. And what could be better than real chocolate combined with fictional chocolate. Yum. Here are my ten books.

 1. Chocolat by Joanne Harris – Vianne Rocher and her daughter arrive in a French village and open a chocolate boutique to the disgust and anger of Father Reynaud. After all, it is Lent. Chocolate becomes sinful.

2. The Chocolate Lovers' Club by Carole Matthews – Lucy, Autumn, Nadia and Chantal are chocolate addicts and form the Chocolate Lovers' Club. A story of four friends brought together with chocolate.

3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – ok this might be a children's book but probaby the first book about chocolate we all read and dreamed about. Who didn't wish for a golden ticket or a chocolate lake?

4. Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley – most books by Tricia sound good enough to eat. Chocolate Wishes is about chocolatier Chloe, busy dispensing sweets along with predictions. Then there is a new vicar, who turns out to be an ex- rock god…and from Chloe's past.

5. The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson – described as a novel about lust, love and chocolate what else do you need to know?

6. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan – Rosie's feisty Aunt Lily, proprietor of Lipton's village sweetshop, needs Rosie's help. So Rosie leaves her man, Gerard and goes to stay with her. 

The-loveliest-chocolate-shop-in-paris7. The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand - Magalie has been building up her reputation in the art of chocolate making in Paris. But then a famous pastry chef opens up nearby and threatens to take some of her business.

8. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan – another one by Jenny Colgan. It isn't out until March this year but with a title like that how could I not put it in the list? Former chocolate factory worker, Anna Trent, is now making chocolates in a little chocolate shop for the grandes dames of Paris. This book also includes recipes.

9. The Chocolate Lovers' Diet by Carole Matthews – a return to the characters from the Chocolate Lovers' Club.

10. Men, Money and Chocolate by Menna Van Praag – an autobiographical novel about a woman who longs to be a writer but lacks the self confidence.


Filed Under: Helen Redfern, Ten Books

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