The Perfect Blend

The Perfect Blend

By Candace Biecker and Shelly HaskellArtsBooks
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The Perfect Blend episodes

  • Not Quite Dead Yet

    One Hallowen night, Jet Mason is murdered....well not quite. The attack on her caused a severe brain injury that left her seven days to live. In those seven days, she will find her murderer.



    Shelly's tea: Magic Hour Teas Black Cat Brownie

    Candy's tea: Bigelow Salted Caramel tea

    25 min
  • Heart-Shaped Box

    Jude Coyne bought a ghost in a heart-shaped box. He collects the macabre and this time, he might be sorry he did.


    Shelly's tea: Artemis Tea Leo

    Candy's tea: Traditional Medicinals Smooth Move

    23 min
  • Call From the Crossroads

    Logan is trying to get his life together, if only the ghosts would let him...

    S.K. Ehra

    Shelly's tea: Blackbird Tea and Tales Courage Tea

    Candy's tea: Bigelow Ginger Honey with Zinc

    26 min
  • Dracula

    Bram Stoker's original 1897 story of Count Dracula.

    Shelly's tea: Bigelow Steep Organic Rooibos Hibiscus with rose hips and cranberries added

    Candy's tea: Caykru Turkish Tea

    Other vampire books mentioned:

    Salem's Lot

    Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

    True Blood series

    Bless Your Heart (A Bless Your Heart Novel)

    Interview With the Vampire

    29 min
  • The Raven Scholar

    Neema Kraa is the High Raven Scholar under Emperor Bersen the Brusque. Despite her lofty position, she is unpopular amongst the courtiers and subjects of the other Guardian realms. When a murder takes place before the auspicious Festival begins, Neema is tasked with finding the murderer and becoming a Contender. All is not as it seems.

    Antonia Hodgson

    Shelly's tea: Raven's Hearth: black tea, lapsongchousong, orange peel, cinnamon and orange infused honey

    Candy's tea: Harris Teeter Organics Peppermint Tea


    25 min
  • She Didn't See It Coming

    Bryden Frost disappears on the way to pick up her daughter from daycare. Her husband finds her phone, laptop and keys still at home.

    Shari Lapena

    Shelly's tea: Plum Deluxe Coconut Macaron Dessert Black Tea

    Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Monster Mash

    24 min
  • I've Got a New Complaint

    Laurie Notaro's book I've Got a New Complaint is a book of essays about being a mid-life woman and all the tomfoolery and disasters that entails. Irreverently funny and the perfect cure when you need a good belly laugh!

    Shelly's tea: The Republic of Tea Pumpkin Spice

    for Gourdists: Tiesta Tea Pumpkin Spice

    Candy's tea: Earl Grey

    30 min
  • We Were Never Here

    Emily and Kristen have been best friends for years. On a trip to Cambodia, Emily experiences a traumatic event and Kristen helps her through it. Emily begins to see that Kristen is not the friend she thought she was and she must figure out how to untangle the web she is caught in.

    Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Climber's High Chai

    Candy's tea: Asheville Tea Company Hibiscus Mojito

    27 min
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    Imagine signing up to become cryogenically frozen upon your death and then reanimated sometime in the future. Bob Johannsen did just that, dying not 24 hours after buying a cryogenic package. 177 years later, he is awakened to find he is now an AI probe. The planet is in peril, the world is at war, and Bob is sent out into the Universe to find planets that are viable for the humans that are left.

    Shelly's tea: Twinings Chai Black Tea pod, espresso coffee pod

    Candy's tea: Caribbean Fusion Peachy Groves in a Dream tea and Tang

    30 min
  • These Summer Storms

    April Storms is prepared to spend a few days with her estranged family for her father's funeral. She has no idea that her father left one last family challenge for them all and staying could be the undoing of her and her siblings.

    Sarah MacLean

    Shelly's tea: Bigelow Earl Gray with vanilla and sweet cream

    Candy's tea: Yerba Mate

    23 min

About The Perfect Blend

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The Perfect Blend is where Shelly and Candy get to do what they love best- drink tea and read and discuss books.