A Pirate's Life for Tea
The cosy fantasy sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller
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Publisher Description
The heartwarming sequel to Rebecca Thorne’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. For fans of Legends & Lattes and Our Flag Means Death.
Queer pirates will discover if enemies actually can become lovers . . .
Kianthe and Reyna are hunting for dragon eggs to save their hometown. To secure their prize, they must strike a deal with the local lord – who in turn wants Serina, notorious river pirate and scourge of his supply chains. Surely they can handle one small abduction in the name of justice?
Begrudgingly, the couple joins forces with Bobbie, one of the lord’s constables. Bobbie is determined to capture Serina, but lawmaker and lawbreaker have a complicated history – and it might jeopardize everything. As Bobbie and Serina become reacquainted, Kianthe and Reyna watch this relationship-wreck from afar. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna’s favourite pastime. The dragon eggs may just have to wait.
Take a break with this gloriously cosy sapphic fantasy rife with mischief and steeped in fun.
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The Tomes & Tea Quartet is everyone's cup of tea! Readers agree:
‘The perfect blend of cosiness and action’
‘An utter delight’
‘I could not put this book down’
‘I would die a million times over for these lesbians’
‘The perfect book for cosying up with a hot drink’
The Tomes & Tea Quartet:
- Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea
- A Pirate’s Life for Tea
- Tea You at the Altar
- Alchemy and a Cup of Tea
Can't Spell Treason without Tea was a Sunday Times HB fiction bestseller w/c 06/05/2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Thorne's gleeful if haphazard sequel to Can't Spell Treason Without Tea feels less like a true cozy romantasy and more like a parody of the subgenre, ticking off millennial memes in a loosely plotted bit of shtick. Mage Kianthe and her fiancée, retired guard Reyna, improvise their way through implausible episodes of mayhem—featuring wannabe pirates, a naughty baby griffon, and "that's what she said" jokes—as they strive to fulfill promises made in the first volume while en route to a wedding that will (presumably) occur in the third. Their bookstore/tea shop is consigned to the background, but the established ensemble of supporting characters is very much present, along with a new pair of lovers: Bobbie, a constable helping the women to hunt down the pirate Serina, and Serina herself, the plot's primary chaos-maker. The writing is rough, the characterization fairly shallow, and the worldbuilding incoherent. As a somewhat overlong in-joke for the trope junkies, however, it's entertaining enough.
