ASSAULTED CARAMEL by Amanda Flower. Amish Candy Shop Series and Kensington Publishers
Her grandfather was the most important thing for Bailey, if he was ill she needed to be there, a phone call was used by Amish only in emergency. Swissmen Sweets her grandparents shop, center of town, owning for over 50 years. Delighted to see his grandchild, but will she lose the vote to be head Chocolatier, by coming, working for 5 years to be. Go back and get the job for me, the grandfather asks her. I'm not going anywhere yet, nor selling to the English. Not sleeping decided to check her phone, which was downstairs. Door didn't want to open, her feet didn't want to move, and the screams were they her's. Why, here in this shop, death had come, this was the man in the suit wanting to buy shop. A delightful story with the twist of murder, and with family. Given ARC by Net Galley for my voluntary review and my honest opinion.

Bailey King is loving her life and fast track career in New York as an assistant chocolatier to the famous Jean Pierre in his upscale shop. She is waiting for the announcement that she is to assume his prestigious position upon his impending retirement, when she receives a call from her Amish grandmother, that her beloved grandfather's health has taken a turn for the worse and she must come. She immediately leaves for Ohio, home of the Amish country where her grandparents live and own their own chocolate/sweet shop. It was here, Bailey learned and loved her passion for chocolates from the masters', her grandparents. Upon her arrival to the Amish village she finds her grandfather is approaching his end of life with no chance for improvement. Devastated, but determined to spend some quality time with them, she has no idea what's in store for her when she stumbles into the body of a man in the sweet shop, the same man she found threatening her grandfather when she arrived the day before. This is an absolutely wonderful debut cozy, that doesn't read like a first book. Love the characters, setting, mystery, and the delightful glimpse into the life of the Amish. This book is a winner, for sure. Really anticipating the follow-up book, it too, will have to be great. Thanks NetGalley and Kensington for a preview of this exciting read. 5+++++ stars!!!

I started out slow then BAM, POW it hit me and I loved it that the characters and the setting. This is a different take on a Amish mystery and it shows how some people in various communities deal with them and how they judge them because they are Amish. It also shows the Amish as being human regardless of their beliefs they are still human like the rest of us. I love how she final gets her spunk towards the end and makes the right choice for her.

This is a delightful new cozy mystery with a compelling plot, interesting characters and a glimpse into the world of the Amish, Bailey King is living her dream in New York as a chocolatier at an exclusive chocolate shop, waiting to hear if she is going to be promoted to head chocolatier when she receives a phone call from her beloved Amish grandmother telling her that her grandfather is very ill. She hurries to their home in Harvest, Ohio when they own a candy store and where her grandparents taught her to love and make chocolate. When she gets there the first thing Bailey sees is her grandfather having an argument with an "Englisher" man, a developer who has bought up the other stores on their block and now wants her grandfather's store as well. Bailey's grandfather refuses and has another heart episode, but later that night Bailey finds the "Englisher" stabbed to death in their store - stabbed with the rare chocolate knife that Bailey had given her grandfather. When some of the police seem to think her grandfather was behind the murder (despite the kindness shown by the cute officer Aiden) Bailey decides to investigate herself as she does not trust others to know that her grandfather could not have done this. I enjoyed this book and hope to read more about Bailey in the future.