Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne

What price would you pay for a quiet cup of tea?All Reyna wanted was a relaxing cup of her favourite brew. She didn’t expect to be kidnapped and locked in a hidden cell, but she’ll just have to adapt.

She’s faced worse before . . .

hasn’t she? Yet there’s another, more worrying, problem: Reyna’s cell has been booby-trapped and now contains a mysterious alchemical circle. But what does a radical alchemist want with her? More importantly, why do they think they can get away with it?Kianthe and Reyna’s hometown is having its own problems, too. Word of their bookshop, and its celebrity owners, has finally spread – and tourists are flooding into Tawney.

As their friends struggle with the sudden influx, Kianthe and Reyna face a bigger conundrum than even roguealchemists and a mismanaged kidnapping. Could closing their beloved business be the only way to save their town?

Hardback / 314 Pages