Chose this light quick read following the reading of Eugene Onegin by Pushkin. The story is about Sophia Maria Jones who loses her parents in an automobile accident on her ninth birthday. Like many a child, Sophia wanted something special on her birthday. She wanted to stop at her mother's favorite chocolate shop. When her father said no she kept asking. Distracted, the accident occurs and her parents and grandmother are killed. For the rest of her life Sophia carried the burden of guilt believing that she had caused the accident. As she matures she opens her own chocolate shop, falls in love again and again only to be abandoned time after time. She is convinced that she is doomed to live without love until she meets Garrett Black who adores her. However, shortly before the wedding he, too, abandons her only to reappear months later wanting a second chance. Sophia doesn't want to see her heart broken a second time so she resists day after day. As this light story unfolds one discovers that the guilt Sophia felt was shared by others. Don't look for much meaning in this tale. It isn't there and could have been told in many fewer pages. However, if you like romances you may enjoy this read.

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