CANDY BEAR by Scarlett Grove

Title:  CANDY BEAR

Series:  Fate Valley Mysteries #4

Author:  Scarlett Grove

Publisher:  Scarlett Grove

Publish Date:   01.26.2018

Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  C – average writing, poorly edited

Received from:  Amazon purchase

Goodreads link: Candy Bear

Date completed: 03.03.2019

Description from the publisher:

Can a New York City orphan find happiness in Fate Valley?

Big hopes ...
Orphan and magazine journalist Samantha Cooper is in Fate Valley after a DNA test says she’s related to one of the town’s founders.  Her research gets sidetracked when a human-shifter dating website matches her with big, burly confectioner Benjamin Darling.  Ben’s as sweet as the candy he makes … but does a New York girl really belong in a small town?

Sweet dreams ...
After waiting seven long years, Ben isn’t about to blow it with curvy Samantha.  If food is the way to a man’s heart, maybe candy will melt his mate’s?  Dinners, dancing, and plenty of flirting are his game plan for winning her over.

History’s mysteries
When a statue of the town’s founder disappears overnight, Ben and Samantha discover there’s much more to Fate Valley’s origins than either of them suspected.  Long-buried secrets come to light as they investigate.  But will the truth give them the candy-ever-after ending they need?

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CANDY BEAR is the fourth book in the Fate Valley Mysteries series.  Though each will stand on its own, they are even better if you have read them all and in the order of release because of the presence and updating of the other couples’ stories.

This book should come with a diabetic warning.  Samantha and Ben are both so sweet, and Ben does not skimp on the sweet treats when he is wooing his mate!  It made my own sweet tooth beg for tastes of chocolates, caramels, and jellybeans.  Since I’m a candy-holic, this is not really a new sensation for me. 

The romance portion of the story was fun, and there was a great mystery to be solved.  I loved how the clues were there, but not obvious.  This may have been my favorite paranormal cozy mystery to date!

Fate Valley Mystery series:

1.      Hero Bear

2.      Holiday Bear

3.      Celebration Bear

4.      Candy Bear

5.      Baker Bear

Also from Scarlett Grove

·         The Alpha’s Curse

·         Alpha Fated:  Called by the Alpha

·         Beauty and the Bad Bearlionaire

·         Cowboy Bear’s Christmas Surprise

·         Dragon Princes of Endor

·         Education of a Fae

·         Lion’s Halloween Baby

·         Mate for the Feral Barbarians

Bear Patrol Series:

1.      Commander Bear

2.      Detective Bear

3.      Cadet Bear

4.      Tech Bear

5.      Deputy Bear

Bear Wardens Series:

1.      Bear Witness

2.      Bearly Believing

3.      His to Bear

Billionaire Make-Maker Series:

1.      Dragon’s Fake Bride

Braving Darkness Series:

1.      Marked by the Alpha Wolf (released in three books)

2.      Touched by the Dragon Lord (released in three books)

3.      Desired by the Archangel (released in two books)

Brides of Draxos Series:

1.      The White Queen

2.      Space Dragon

Dark Sun Series:

1.      The Event

2.      Alpha Dragon’s Virgin Bride

Draconians Series:

1.      Alien Commander’s Bride

2.      Alien Warrior’s Mate

3.      Alien Fighter’s Woman

4.      Alien General’s Wife

5.      Alien Architect’s Bride

Dragon Guardians Series:

1.      Kian:  House of Flames

2.      Dax:  House of Flames

3.      Aiden:  House of Flames

4.      Cato:  House of Flames

5.      Storm Harem:  House of Storms

6.      Hanish:  House of Storms

7.      Raiden:  House of Storms

8.      Zephyr:  House of Storms

Dragon Princes of Endor Series:

1.      Taken

2.      Changed

3.      Choices

Elemental Dragons Series:

1.      Fire Dragon’s Baby

2.      Air Dragon’s Baby

3.      Water Dragon’s Baby

4.      Earth Dragon’s Baby

MacKenna Family Series:

1.      This Mess We’re In

Midnight Sun Shifters Series:

1.      Bear His Love

2.      Bear His Baby

Mystic Harbor Series:

1.      Unbearably Stranded

2.      Her Two Alphas

3.      Cat Scratch Fever

4.      His Lion Blood

Rescue Bears Series:

1.      Chief Bear

2.      Wild Bear

3.      Big Bear

4.      Brew Bear

5.      Ski Bear

6.      Geek Bear

Spirit Moon series:

1.      Howl

2.      Crave

3.      Claimed

Timber Bear Ranch Series:

1.      Boss Bear

2.      Saw Bear

3.      Mountain Bear

4.      Mechanic Bear

West Coast Witches Series:

1.      Warrior, Witch, and Raven

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