Tomes & Tea
Cozy Fantasy Quartet
Follow Kianthe, a powerful mage, and Reyna, an ex-Queensguard, as they pursue a life of quiet luxuries in an exciting fantasy world.
The quartet will be complete in August 2025!
Map Drawn by Rebecca Thorne
Book 1
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In the tradition of Legends & Lattes, this cozy fantasy follows two badass lesbians who open a bookshop and tea house–only to discover that Happily Ever After isn’t so easy to maintain.
All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea.
Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives isn’t so easy.
But after an assassin takes Reyna hostage, she decides she’s thoroughly done risking her life for a self-centered queen. Meanwhile, Kianthe has been waiting for a chance to flee responsibility–all the better that her girlfriend is on board.
Together, they settle in Tawney, a town nestled in the icy tundra near dragon country, and open the shop of their dreams.
What follows is a cozy tale of mishaps, mysteries, and a murderous queen throwing the realm’s biggest temper tantrum. In a story brimming with hurt/comfort and quiet fireside conversations, these two women will discover just what they mean to each other… and the world.
Sapphic Romance
Swords and Magic
Found Family
Dragons
Content Warnings
violence, injury, swearing, near-death experiences
All of Rebecca's cozy fantasies are guaranteed to have a happy ending!
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Listening Length
11 hours and 26 minutes
Narrator
Jessica Threet
Language
English
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Book 2
Bookshops & Bonedust meets Our Flag Means Death in this cozy fantasy on the low seas, where a pirate and a constable find out if enemies actually can become lovers!
Pirates on a river? It simply isn't done.
Kianthe and Reyna are on the hunt for dragon eggs to save their hometown—but it requires making a deal with Diarn Arlon, lord of the legendary Nacean River. Simply capture the river pirate Serina, who’s been plaguing Arlon’s supply chains, and bring her in for justice. Easy peasy.
Begrudgingly, the couple joins forces with Bobbie, one of Arlon’s constables determined to capture the pirate.
Except Bobbie and Serina have a more complicated history than anyone realized, and it might jeopardize everything.
While Kianthe and Reyna watch this relation-shipwreck from afar, it quickly becomes apparent that these disaster lesbians need all the help they can get. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna’s favorite pastime.
The dragon eggs may have to wait.
Sapphic Romance (x2)
Enemies to Lovers
Second Chances
Baby Griffon
Content Warnings
violence, injury, swearing, near-death experiences, blood, near-drowning, minor animal injury
NOTE: This book has a SPICY oneshot at the end of the novel. It has no bearing on the plot, and can easily be skipped. However, use caution before sharing this book with children.
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Listening Length
13 hours and 5 minutes
Narrator
Jessica Threet
Language
English
Book 3
The Princess Bride meets Legends & Lattes in the third book of the Tomes & Tea series, where our favorite lesbian couple must navigate the ultimate maelstrom–their own wedding!
Releasing March 4th, 2025
It's the wedding of a wifetime.
Kianthe and Reyna are ready to finally walk down the aisle–in just eight days, their wedding will be a reality. There’s loads to do… but like all best laid plans, everything seems to be going awry.
Between baby dragons causing mayhem in Tawney, Kianthe’s uptight parents inviting themselves to the wedding, and pirates flooding their streets, Kianthe and Reyna are at their wits’ end.
If that isn’t enough, there’s the little matter of a very secret coup to overthrow the vicious Queen Tilaine. If they’re going to survive until “I do,” they’re going to need help.
Luckily, their friends in Tawney are ready to pick up the slack.
Lesbian Wedding
Spies and Heists
Baby Dragons
Asexual Rep
Content Warnings
violence, oppression, near-death experiences, blood, gaslighting, manipulation, parental drama
Check out the audiobook
Listening Length
11 hours and 41 minutes
Narrator
Jessica Threet
Language
English
Book 4
The final installment of the Tomes & Tea quartet will have Kianthe and Reyna pitted against the most dangerous trial yet… and all they want is a cup of tea.
Releasing August 12th, 2025
Dragons are the least of their worries.
The wedding is over and everything has changed, so Kianthe and Reyna really shouldn’t have been surprised to see a rogue alchemist causing problems. But alchemy is dangerous territory, and they’ll have to visit the Magicary itself to determine this alchemist’s end goal.
To make matters worse, Kianthe and Reyna’s hometown is having its own problems. Word of New Leaf Tomes and Tea—and its celebrity owners—has finally spread, and tourists are flooding into Tawney. As their friends struggle with the sudden influx, Kianthe and Reyna have to face a bigger conundrum than rogue alchemists: the fact that closing their bookshop might be the only way to save their town.
Things can’t just be simple, can they?
New Magic
More Dragons
Small Towns
Cozy Moments
Icons created by Freepik – Flaticon
Content Warnings
violence, injury, swearing, near-death experiences, blood, gaslighting, actual death (not an MC), gentrification
Character Art
Beautiful portrayals of Tea & Tomes’ leading ladies by the talented artists Amanda MacFarlane, Anna, Julia Kartcheva, Mangaurania, Eilene Cherie, and Perci Chen.
FAQ – Tomes & Tea
Yes! All four books will be out by August 2025, so we’re releasing them very quickly. All books are written, and information about them is above. 🙂
This quartet is designed with standalone stories that follow the same cast of characters. It’s recommended you read them in order, but if you’d prefer to be chaotic, you can certainly skip around. You’ll just encounter spoilers for previous books. (But maybe you like that. Who knows.)
Treason‘s special editions are long-since sold, but I’ve seen them pop up on resale sites like Ebay!
Pirates still has a few copies left of the Broken Binding edition! Altar is available in the Broken Binding edition and Waterstones. Each version will be signed with sprayed edges.
You can preorder the Waterstones version of Alchemy now! The Broken Binding will start with a small release for previous book owners, and then expand for the public.
Currently, the only way to get existing releases signed is by attending an event! To locate future signings, look at my Events page!
However, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve partnered with my hometown bookstore, Literally, A Bookshop, to offer SIGNED PREORDERS of Alchemy and a Cup of Tea. Every copy preordered there will be signed on shipment. 🙂
Yes! I read Legends & Lattes in March 2022, and spent the summer writing my own cozy fantasy. I released Treason in September 2022 on Amazon and Ingram Spark. By January 2023, publishers were asking to distribute it to a wider audience. I published Pirates in February 2023, and both were pulled from circulation in July for a re-release in 2024.
Altar and Alchemy are both BRAND NEW stories–never before published. Grab your copy today!
Ironically, I wasn’t dating my wife when I wrote Treason. We were friends at the time, and I was more channeling the kind of relationship I dreamed of someday. After we got together, we both wanted open, love-based communication, so we adopted several of Kianthe and Reyna’s tactics.
If you’re curious, I’m more like Reyna, and my wife is more like Kianthe–but we definitely swap depending on the topic. I’m the one with plants. She’s the one with puns. I’m ADHD and more of a planner. She’s the black belt combat expert who goes with the flow. The list goes on. LOL.
Feo. It’s definitely Feo.
They’re just so… absurdly confident. And kind of an asshole. I love them so much, and they’re so fun to write.
The Tomes & Tea quartet is finished with these 4 books. Kianthe and Reyna had their time, and I won’t be making them point of view characters again. (At least, not exclusively.)
However, I do have 2 more quartets planned in this world. The next one will follow a pirate war in the Southern Seas, where a young pirate captain attempts to overthrow the Dastardly Pirate Dreggs. The third and final planned quartet will follow Quinn, Kianthe and Reyna’s daughter, as she explores the region north of Dragon Country with her dragon bestie.
My goal with these quartets was always to pay homage to Tamora Pierce’s Tortall series. I am thrilled I might get the chance to make a fresh version for today’s audience!