The Perfect Blend

Holly Chase is a rich teenager with a bankrupt personality. She is visited by three spirits, but the campaign to save her is a bust. She wakes up as a ghost destined to be part of Project Scrooge. Will being one of the legendary ghosts of A Christmas Carol help save Holly? Only one way to find out!

Cynthia Hand

Shelly's Tea: David's Tea Santa's Secret

Candy's Tea: David's Tea Candy Cane Crush

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Shelly's Tea: Plum Deluxe Tea's Kitchen Table Blend

Candy's Tea: Plum Deluxe Tea's Crystal Clarity

(This is no longer available, boo hiss. BUT they have so many wonderful teas we have no doubt you will find something you love!)

This holiday rom-com by Janet Evanovich takes place in Colonial Williamsburg right before Thanksgiving. Megan meets the handsome Dr. Parker while chastising him for neglecting his rabbit. Little does she know meeting the doctor will lead to playing house, making Thanksgiving dinner for both of their families and deciding if they actually "do".

Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot's Turmeric Tonic Ginger Root

Candy's tea: The Southern Virginia Tea Company Spicy Chai

Choose Hallmark Actors to be in this movie

Two women must put aside their animosity to survive a Wyoming prairie winter in the 1870's.

It's a mix of Little House on the Prairie with some juicy soap opera drama. Olivia Hawker's beautifully written historical fiction book is about betrayal, sorrow, survival and redemption.

Shelly's Tea: Republic of Tea's Cardamon Cinnamon

Candy's Tea: The Tea and Spice Exchange's Mystic Dragon Tea

Lezero Tea Cup

Elizabeth Zott is a chemist in the 1960's who is fired from her job for being unwed and pregnant and eventually becomes a tv icon on her own cooking show.

Shelly's Tea: Republic of Tea's Blackberry Sage

Candy's Tea: Tin Roof Tea's Einstein's Equation

A Perfect Cup of Tea

Toto's song 99 (SO not about the Get Smart Agent 99, but still a nice song)

Shelly and Candy are taking a literary trip to Moonbright, Maine in this 3 for 1 story by authors Donna Kauffman, Allyson Charles and Kate Angell. Who knew there could be magic in cookies? Bellaluna Bakeshop's owner Sofia knows a thing or two about love and finding that just right person. Three different women experience her cookies and love during Halloween in the town of Moonbright, Maine.

Shelly's tea: Celestial Seasonings Caramel Apple Dream

Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Pumpkin Potion (from their Wicked Tea set)

Shelly and Candy are featuring two books for the podcast of one- two stories that are both about Grace Sherwood, who was accused of witchcraft back in the early 1700's. The Witch of Pungo is a selection of stories that take place in what is now Virginia Beach, Virginia. Louisa Venable Kyle wrote the stories and included some historical background after each. William Huber wrote a fictionalized version of what could have happened to Grace Sherwood. He includes lots of places in our local history as well as story lines for the many characters of that time.

Shelly's tea: Sippin on the Paiser ( other Yaupon tea)

Candy's tea: "Currituck tea": peppermint tea, anise seed, lemon balm (from the garden) and molasses

https://vahistorypodcast.com/tag/witchduck/

https://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/listing/thoroughgood-house/12/

https://www.ferryplantation.org/witch-of-pungo

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19991030&id=uS4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=3940,8271057

https://www.pilotonline.com/2022/10/29/opinion-about-the-witch-of-pungo-separating-fact-from-fiction/

Hal Westaway is a lonely young tarot card reader who becomes involved in an inheritance with a very dysfunctional family and possible a murder as well.

Ruth Ware

Shelly's tea: Tazo Chai Latte- Dirty

Candy's tea: The Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage

Four guests come to Hill House to observe and note any unusual happenings. Hill House has a reputation for paranormal activity. Everyone experiences strange things, but only one of them begins to slip from reality.

Shirley Jackson was a prolific short story writer. She wrote while raising four children and running her household. She had a knack for gothic themed stories.

Shelly's tea: Plum Deluxe Bookshop Blend White  

Candy's tea: Vahalla Tea Santa Muerta

Other links:

Movies based on her stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_based_on_works_by_Shirley_Jackson

Winchester House https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/

https://www.insider.com/the-haunting-of-hill-house-real-life-inspiration-2018-10

While doing research for her doctorate, Connie Goodwin discovers a mystery that ties her to not only the Salem Witch trials, but her own family history.

Katherine Howe

Shelly's tea: lavender, chamomile, lemon zest

Candy's tea: Nettle Tea

The witchcraft trial of Elizabeth Howe.