Growing up, Kaylie Flynn was shuffled from foster home to foster home before being welcomed into Winton and May Wise's family. Years later, May leaves Kaylie the money she needs to open her own café in the charming Victorian house they once shared. Now back in Hope Springs, Kaylie's determined to finally make all her dreams a reality. Soon, however, Kaylie's carefully laid plans take an unexpected turn. The house needs far more work than she realized,...

"It has been two years since a young French woman, whom he was unable to stay with, broke Massimo's heart, the owner of a small cafe in the center of Trastevere. One day, like a déjà vu, a lovely girl with big blue eyes steps into the Tiberi. Her name is Mina, she is from Verona and works in a well-known downtown store. But Massimo knows nothing of that; he only knows that Mina is looking for the place where the best coffee with Nutella in the world...

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day: When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan's country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie's hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa the dog? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly-sweet murder ... Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene...