Fake Chocolate

Bo's Coming Home!

In a galaxy where chocolate is tied to dark secrets and past wrongs, one celebrity chef has to put things right, in the dilectible conclusion to the Chocoverse Trilogy that started with Free Chocolate

When disease ravages Earth's cacao plantations, Bo Benitez returns home to help with the media spin to hide that chocolate is in danger of being lost forever. HGB has come up with a new product - one which doesn't appease the cocoa-addicted murderous, shark-toothed aliens threatening to invade the planet. Someone has to smooth things out. Just when Bo starts to make headway, someone tries to kidnap her. While trying to avoid more would-be-kidnappers, Bo finds out that HGB is developing a cure for withdrawal from the Invincible Heart. Will she let her need to be physically whole again tie her to HGB and its enigmatic CEO? When she gets a key piece of evidence that would unravel secrets from three different planets, she has tough choices to make about the future of her world and its place in the galaxy.

Space Opera Meets Soap Opera in a Galactic War to Control Earth's Greatest Export!

"PRAISE FOR THE CHOCOVERSE

“Free Chocolate is quirky, fun, and loaded with sci-fi chocolaty goodness! This book is a calorie-free treat.”

– Beth Cato, author of Breath of Earth

“Exhilarating fun in a galaxy muy loca for Earth’s most sublime delicacy! Bodacious lives up to her name, and not even certain death can slow her down. Free Chocolate proves that romance, intrigue, space opera, mortal peril, and culinary ambition can be served with a sweet side dish of humor.”

– Sue Burke, author of Semiosis

“You had me at laser monkey robots.”

– Arianne “Tex” Thompson, author of the Children of the Drought trilogy

“[A] clever debut… darkly comic and sometimes deadly serious.”

– Publishers Weekly

“This space opera-meets-soap opera debut is, ultimately, a rollicking adventure; a heist story in which chocolate is the greatest prize of all. Yum.”

– Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

“Soap opera drama mixed with sci-fi high stakes, Free Chocolate is a muy thrilling ride!”

– Laura Maisano, author of Cosplayed and Schism

“Earth has a monopoly on chocolate. The aliens will do anything to get a cacao sample, and the planetary government will do anything to stop them. What a premise!”

– Daniel M Benson, author of Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen

“¡Muy deliciosa! Amber Royer’s Free Chocolate is nonstop fun on every page! From strangely delicious sounding cosmic treats to Spanglish-speaking intergalactic diplomats to the relentlessly breathtaking feartastic adventure, this is a unique read and a total page-turner! Not only does Royer introduce the first university-student Mexican sci-fi heroine, with a host of wildly eclectic friends, but she builds a believable universe around them that is a true delight to visit. Can’t wait for the next adventure!”

– Eden Unger Bowdich, author of the Young Inventors Guild Series

“Free Chocolate is an absolutely bodacious debut for author Amber Royer, and a uniquely entertaining treat for readers! Part sci-fi space romp, part political thriller, and part sweet romance, this book fulfils every literary craving.”

– Diane Kelley, author of the Tara Holloway series and the Paw Enforcement series

“Hunky aliens, a universe that prizes chocolate above all else, and a smart heroine on the run are the key ingredients in this sweet sci-fi adventure, equal parts space opera and soap opera.”

– Tor.com

“The world building is unique, the pace frenetic and the story fantastically inventive.”"