The Perfect Blend

Dante has retired to the quiet life in a little town in New Zealand. Except his new gardener wants to continue working on the garden and a local developer gives him an offer he can't refuse . It's a great cozy paranormal mystery and it the first in a series!

Shelly's tea: "Almond Joy" Black tea with coconut and almond

Candy's tea: Earl Grey Tea

Cardamom-Rose Water Shortbread Cookies

Bev, Elsie and Margot all share something in common. Their husbands were serial killers. They rely on each other to navigate living with the aftermath of what their husbands did and use what they know to prevent another serial killer from killing again.

Shelly's tea: Luzianne Sweet Tea

Candy's tea: "Margot Long Island" : 2/3 glass brewed black tea, a splash of Kraken Spiced Rum, a splash of pine syrup, 1/3 Crystal Lite Lemonade and ice. Lemon for garnish.

Amber Reynolds is in a coma, but she can her everything around her. As she tries to figure out what happened, she lets the reader know three things about herself:

1. She is in a coma

2. Her husband doesn't love her anymore

3. Sometimes she lies...

Shelly's tea: "Smoke and Mirrors" Mother Shrub Vanilla Hickory Pear, smokey tea poured over ice

Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Foxtrot

Joan Goodwin is navigating her way through her life in the 1980's as an astronaut. One of the first women to fly a mission on a Space Shuttle, Joan begins a life that is different from anything she ever dreamed.

Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Climbers High Chai

Candy's tea: Snarky Tea Chocolate Strawberry (similar)

Ernest Cunningham has written another novel about his latest mystery- a bank heist. Where everyone is a thief. Ernest, his fiancé Juliette, and a few other suspicious characters are held hostage and it's up to Ernest to figure out what each thief stole and why.

Shellly's tea: New English Teas English Breakfast Tea

Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Honeybush Banana Nut

Kay Scarpetta is back as the Chief Medical Officer of Virginia where she started oh so many years ago. Scarpetta is investigating a murder which has ties to a top-secrete space project and a possible serial killer.

Patricia Cornwell

Shelly's tea: A ginger, lemon and chamomile tisane

Candy's tea: Chamomile

Jane Steward's book-themed resort Storyton has a special group visiting. The Medieval Herbalist Society is meeting here to discuss medieval herbs, lore and participate in a faire. To further celebrate, one of the groups' members is getting married there. Except someone in the group is murdered.

Ellery Adams

Shelly's tea: Plum Deluxe Evening in the Garden

Candy's tea: The Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage

Alix Watson is struggling. Living in Boston, working three jobs, one she was just fired from. She is locked out of her bank account- all $36 dollars of it and has been informed that she no longer has a place to stay She has reached the end of her rope. She goes to the library and steps through a door and into a magical world of sanctuary.

Kate Quinn

Shelly's tea: London Fog

Candy's tea: Bigelow Darjeeling

100 Best Classics in the Public Domain

HR 7691

In the follow up to Killers of a Certain Age, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Nat are back together because all is not right at The Museum. They are sent on an "unofficial" mission to clear up old business. Here's us spilling the tea on Kills Well With Others.

Deanna Raybourn

Shelly's tea: Adagio Cinnamon Bun (with cardamom added!)

Candy's tea: Mullein tea with Fire Honey

Mullein is GREAT for clearing congestion (I am NOT a medical expert, this is determined from my own research and from drinking it while I am sick!)

Fire Honey:

1 cup local honey

1 teaspoon each of: ground ginger, garlic powder, turmeric, black pepper and cayenne.

Stir well to incorporate. 1 teaspoon 3 times a day when not feeling well/ sore throat or a heaping teaspoon in your tea ❤️

This is the story of Boudicca's battle against Rome and what possibly, maybe, could have happened to her daughter after her defeat.

Shelly's tea: Bigelow Tea Steep Organic Roobos Hibiscus Herbal Tea

Candy's tea: Valhalla Tea Goddess of War

How Was England Created?

History of Roman Londinium