This has been a wonderfully delightful surprise of a story. Not only are the characters real with personalities laced with humor and complexities, but the dialog is smart, judging by how quickly I finished the story, it captured my attention early on, keeping me entertained until the final page. The story development unfolded quickly, with Maddie and Mick capturing my heart, their relationship evolving at the perfect speed to be completely believable and enjoyable.

Once again Marietta, Montana has been the setting for another HEA romance, it seems as if the secret is out that this town is a sure winner for a story to take place. This is the fourth book in the Chocolate Shop series...each book written by a different author. Each has different characters, with the shop being the common denominator. It is a wonderful premise for an on going series. I hope I encounter more stories set in this town, I'm finding I like the setting here and I'd like to spend more time in this place.

This book was provided by the Publisher and Netgalley, I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

The perfect story to start your New Years, with Maddie making her own New Year resolutions, No Chocolate, No Men and No Meddling. Well you know she will fail, with plenty of laugh out moments and the bantering between her "guy" friend, Mick. Mick is an injured pilot that Maddie meets while volunteering in the local hospital and helps nurses him back to health, with some of her favorite chocolate from Sage's Chocolate Shop. Maddie just wants to make everyone happy, she really doesn't mean to meddle, but oh how I loved it!! How can she deny the chemistry between Mick, but she tries very hard to.

This is a great addition to the Love at the Chocolate Shop books, the few things in common is romance, chocolate and all of the wonderful friends of Marietta. Well written with great humor, that will have you laughing out loud.
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Love the title and if only that was true in real life, I would be in heaven. It is hard to pick a favorite in this charming series but The Chocolate Cure by Roxanne Snopek maybe it. I found Maddie to be an interesting minor character in an earlier book in the series so it was a delight to find that she along with cute little Clementine but didn’t connect her to her stepsister’s story. However, as the story progressed I was reminded of Cinderella’s Cowboy and sure enough I had written “I like the well-meaning but self-centered stepsisters too. Hoping now that Maddie has had an epiphany of sorts, she will receive her own story.” My wish came true and this is her story. As it has happened before when reading a Roxanne Snopek book, I laughed and shed a few tears this time for the unsinkable Maddie.

The characters are endearing especially Maddie but realistic along with the story line. Maddie is still impulsive Maddie but really, would she be Maddie any other way. Her feelings of inadequacies warring with her self-confidence hit home with me, maybe with most of the readers. Thank goodness for Mick. Even with his knock on the head he could see the real Maddie. I only wish that we could have had an epilogue. I knew it would work out for them but I would love to see how it does. Hopefully, Ms. Snopek will give us readers an update on this quirky woman and her pilot in upcoming stories.