Everyone around Champion Street market loves Aunty Dot's homemade sweets and chocolates. And everyone loves Aunty Dot: the plump, smiling woman has provided a loving home for many a troubled child. Lizzie Pringle would do anything for her foster mother - even taking on local sweet manufacturer and bully, Cedric Finch. That is, until she falls for his son, Charlie ...Dena can't believe that Barry Holmes would hurt her beloved daughter: he's been like a favourite uncle to the little girl. But there's no smoke without fire. And they're all soon to discover that chocolate can be bitter, as well as sweet ...