Valentine’s Vendetta: The Chocolate Box Murder

Valentine's season brings a poisoned box of artisan chocolates-and puts Claire's best friend, Rosie Chen, directly in the suspect spotlight. When lifestyle influencer Corinne Adler collapses after eating a poisoned truffle, every clue seems to point toward Rosie, who handled the chocolates. Claire refuses to let her best friend become the convenient answer. Her investigation reveals a bitter collection of rivalries, financial motives, romantic complications, and secrets hidden inside Corinne's personal "content bible." The real killer turns out to be Corinne's estranged husband, Jonah Adler, who hoped to collect insurance money and destroy damaging information. The case also reveals another piece of the larger River Holdings puzzle: evidence that outside money is quietly buying up the riverfront. At the same time, Claire and Nathan confront their own fears about becoming a public couple before they know what their relationship really means. By the end, they share a dance at the Sweetheart Dance, choosing each other despite the town's inevitable gossip.