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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
A heart-warming cosy fantasy and an instant Sunday Times bestseller
Series: Tomes & Tea
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A heart-warming, sapphic journey brimming with jeopardy, magic, and a love of tea—for fans of Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes and TJ Klune. Two women wanted to open a cosy bookshop. They discovered a world of adventure. Reyna and Kianthe dream of opening a friendly bookshop...
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See moreA heart-warming cosy fantasy featuring a murderous queen, dragons and a sapphic romance - best enjoyed with a cup of tea.
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A heart-warming, sapphic journey brimming with jeopardy, magic, and a love of tea—for fans of Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes and TJ Klune.
Two women wanted to open a cosy bookshop. They discovered a world of adventure.
Reyna and Kianthe dream of opening a friendly bookshop together, serving the very best tea and cakes. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters—all complemented by love and good company. But Reyna is an elite bodyguard to a vengeful queen, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives behind seems... impossible. Yet they flee to Tawney, a town nestled in the icy peaks of dragon country. There, they open the bookstore they'd always wanted.
What follows is a tale of mishaps, mysteries, dragons, and a murderous queen throwing the realm's biggest temper tantrum. Through it, these two women will discover what they mean to each other—and their world.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne is a gorgeous treat of a book, filled with cosy adventure, sapphic romance, and good feelings. The story continues in the swashbuckling A Pirate's Life for Tea.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035030996
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tor
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 566g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Rebecca Thorne is an author of all things fantasy, sci-fi and sapphic romance. She thrives on deadlines, averages 2,700 words a day, and tries to write at least two books a year. (She also might be a little hyper-focused ADHD.) When she's not writing (or avoiding writing), Rebecca can be found traveling the country as a flight attendant, or doing her best impression of a granola-girl hermit with her two dogs.
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