The Perfect Blend

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

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

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

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 te...

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

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

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

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....

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

Everly Thorn is a witch trying to hide that she is a witch. Hard to do when she can sense the magic of dead magical creatures. She has quite a few things going in the wrong direction and the only thing going her way is a dark deadly reaver who backs her into a corner and makes her an offer she can't refuse. Really. There's a prince, a betrothal to unite two kingdoms and this magical dragon...

The Song of Achilles tells the story of the Trojan War through the eyes of Patroclus, Achilles beloved companion. Shelly's Tea: Artemis Tea Leo Candy's Tea: Bigelow Ginger Honey

Amy works for Maximum Impact Solutions as a private security agent. Fosie D'Antonio is the mystery writer she is protecting. Steve Wheeler is a retired police officer who is also Amy's father-in-law. The three have to work together to figure out who has been murdering influencers and keep Amy from taking the blame. Shelly's Tea: Snarky Tea Blackberry and Cherry Currant Candy's Tea:...

A young man has just graduated college and is given the opportunity to work in his field archiving a baroness's extensive art collection in the Tuscan town of Ferrarra. Shelly's tea: Tazo Skinny Chai with an espresso pod Candy's tea: Caribbean Fusion Peachy Groves in a Dream tea

Up until 2 years ago, Poppy and Alex took a trip every summer . They are best friends and love spending time together discovering new places. But love may or may not have gotten in the way. Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Orange Grapefruit Candy's tea: Snarky Tea Chocolate Strawberry

Kathryn Stockett's latest book takes us back to 1933 Oxford, Mississippi where the lives of Birdie Calhoun and an orphan named Meg converge to change their lives forever. Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Blueberry Peach Cobbler Candy's tea: Corn Silk Tea America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Earthquake causes fluvial tsunami in the Mississippi River A Child's Life in the 1930s...

Join us for our thoughts on Carl Hiassen 's Fever Beach where the lives of a less than intelligent white-suprmacist, a corrupt politicians and his cohorts, a committed environmentalist and a smart, sassy Latina woman all end up in the same orbit for a wild ride in the great state of Florida. Shelly's tea: Sweet Iced Tea with mint and lime Shelly's Mantea infuser Candy's tea: Plain...

Retired temporal agent Wilda Firestone is pulled back into time-travel service to investigate the deaths of time travelers, leading her on a journey through history to uncover a deadly conspiracy. Shelly's tea: Artemis Tea and Botancials Oracle Tea Candy's tea: Adagio Elderberry Wine

In 1970's North Carolina, two women's lives converge due to a powerful crone's work. Kate Shaw is a teacher in a soon-to-be-closed one room schoolhouse. She worries for the future of her students, their families and what her future holds. Lydia Brown is dealing with a recent loss and a mystery. She is led to Appalachia that leads her to Kate and the Crone. Shelly's tea: CharBrew Ro...

LuLu is a typical 1950s housewife trying to hold it all together, because inside- she is NOT typical at all. She starts to fall apart after the birth of her second child. Seen as "hysteria" the outside world can't understand why she can't get her housewife act together. But all is not as it seems... Meagan Church Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Peach Strawberry ( here is a link to P...

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 Shortbr...

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,...

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