The Chocolatier's Wife
Cindy Lynn Speer
Reviewed by Ann
Marie Chalmers
On William's seventh birthday
he finally
finds out who his chosen one is. It is a
simple process that every baby goes through that involves a spell. It
seems to
work very well but in this case it has taken a few more years that
usual. Unfortunately William's wife to be
is from
the North where they use magic. William's family in the South aren't
too
impressed by his chosen one, even though they haven’t met her yet.
Tasmin is William's chosen one and her
family isn't too keen on William either. While
they both grow up in these different
environments, William and Tasmin keep in contact with each other via
letters. Tasmin longs to meet William
but she is waiting for him to send for her and in the meanwhile she
becomes an
herb mistress and he opens a chocolate shop.
Through the letters Tasmin feels she knows
her husband to be very well. So when she
hears that he has been imprisoned for murder she rushes like the wind
to be
with him. Determined to get her
fiancé
out of prison, Tasmin does everything she can to prove his innocence
and get
his shop up and running again.
The more and more the couple try to finally
get together the more and more things happen to keep them apart. Will they ever make it to the altar or did
that spell all those years ago really get it wrong?
This magical murder Cindy Lynn Speer wrote
is in some ways like a fairy tale. You have the couple who are
obviously meant
to be for each other but of course, like all good stories, their
families are
against them. This is a fun, tasty read
with two adorable main characters to whom readers can relate.
This story is made even more special as
each chapter begins with a letter from Tasmin or William.
It is a pleasure to follow their
correspondence from when they found out about each other till the day
they
meet. The reader can really get to
know
both of them and understand how well suited they are.
Likeable and sweet in more ways than one
this is a fine piece of fiction with some murder, mystery, magic and
fantasy.