Sometimes life is deliciously chocolatey. Sometimes it's an acquired taste best served to compliment wine. Sometimes life is messy, and sometimes it takes more than a great paper towel to clean it up. Viva!This story is about the bold and the brashy. It is also a tale of the timelessly timid, the Susie sororities and non-sororities, the silent majorities. It is a love story, a compelling story of overcoming the odds. This is the continuing saga of the group of friends and their families, who met with the complexities of life, the good, the bad, the highs and lows. Based on true stories. Inspired by The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck.If you liked Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells , East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, You will probably like The Dark Chocolate series of books.