Searching for Platinum Chocolate Revised Expanded Edition : A Platinum Chocolate Romance

By Long Temple

They survived the marriages, the heartbreak, the losses, and the years that tried to convince them their best chapters were already behind them. Now the Ebony M. Elites are ready for something sweeter.

Marlie, Mia, Mary, and Marsha are four grown women with four very different stories-and absolutely no intention of settling.

Bound by friendship, survival, faith, laughter, and enough sass to turn an ordinary dinner into an event, they make a pact to search for what they affectionately call Platinum Chocolate: distinguished, seasoned men who have lived enough life to understand that mature love should come with intention, respect, companionship, and a little delicious chemistry.

Then the search gets interesting.

A restaurant encounter introduces Marlie to the calm and grounded Marcus, while Marsha discovers an unexpected connection with the gentle, attentive Malcolm. As dates unfold, old wounds resurface, new possibilities appear, and the Ebony M. Elites do what they do best-investigate, interrogate, encourage, tease, protect, and fill the group chat with enough commentary to make sure no woman navigates love alone.

But somewhere between coffee dates, jazz, laughter, second looks, unexpected reunions, and the courage to risk their hearts again, the women begin to understand something none of them expected.

Maybe Platinum Chocolate was never simply about finding the right man.

Maybe it was about refusing to disappear with age. About remembering the women they were before heartbreak taught them caution. About choosing joy without apology. And about discovering that sisterhood can sometimes be the greatest love story of all.

Warm, witty, romantic, and unapologetically grown, Searching for Platinum Chocolate - A Platinum Chocolate Romance celebrates Black women, mature love, friendship, faith, healing, and the beautiful possibility of beginning again.

Because love does not have an expiration date-and neither does a woman's right to be seen, desired, celebrated, and loved well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1972217062
• ISBN13: 9781972217061
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Platinum Chocolate Publishing