Of Grace and Chocolate — Krista Lynne Jensen

Jillian Parrish likes to keep things predictable. After working for a local publishing company, she returns alone to a spotless apartment, a little dog, and a heavenly chunk of 70 percent cacao and sugar. By design, the closest Jill gets to messy complexities is in the pages of the novel she's writing. But her carefully arranged life is turned upside down the day she loses her keys and her phone and her flash drive and then is nearly run over by the man who has taken them -- Scott Gentry, who mistakenly thought this little trick would be a charming way to get her attention. Barely appeased by Scott's apologies, Jill goes home only to find another surprise on her doorstep: Evie, Jill's long-lost sister, a young woman whose addiction-filled, troubled life can only bring harm to the infant in her arms. Yet, Jill is hardly relieved when Evie disappears the next morning, leaving baby Shiloh in Jill's inexperienced care -- and a whole lot of trouble at her door.

Within three days, Jill wonders if chocolate will ever be enough to bring balance to her life again. Granted temporary custody of the child, Jill launches a determined search for Evie and begrudgingly accepts Scott's help and support. As Scott stumbles, crashes, and falls into Jill's guarded world, he finds himself willing to do anything for the woman he discovers is not made of stone but of strength. But just as guarded hearts begin opening to sweet new possibilities, Evie's trail leads Jill and Scott into harm's way, bringing wounds that only grace can heal.