Not everyone could say their luck started improving the day they nearly got hit by a car, but not everyone was me. Which was good because one me is all the town of Lester Cove can handle. Ever since I arrived, people have been dropping dead and my new friend seems to be right in the thick of things. Mrs. Witte is a sweet older lady but she cannot keep herself from chasing down clues and pointing fingers at suspects, and her stepson Benjamin seems to think that’s somehow my fault. Look, I’m just a washed up child star turned accidental pet sitter and sometimes plucky sidekick. I had nothing to do with the deaths that seem to be happening at an alarming rate, and Mrs. Witte is determined to make sure I don’t get blamed. Benjamin, however, isn’t easily convinced. It’s all I can do to keep up with Mrs. Witte and that goofy mutt of hers, putting myself between her and whoever the Thespian Killer is, and it’s all Benjamin can to do put himself between me and clearing my name. Tea and Antipathy is a slow burn cozy romance with an MM romance woven in through the mystery.

_Damien Murphy had a rough summer. A murder, another murder, an attempted murder, and accidental dog, and an annoying (maybe soon to be ex?) agent made his start in Lester Cove, Maine rockier than the shoreline. But things got better... mostly. Now, just a few months later, Damien is settling in. Kind of. A nemesis (wait... can a possibly washed out former child actor have a nemesis?) shows up, ready to make nice, and brings two nostalgia-stars from back in the day along for the trip. Damien is tempted—a part in a sure to be popular streaming biopic, a chance to dip his toes back into Hollywood and see if that's what he really wants? It sounds good, but the idea of working with Ernest Tubbs, Jr again makes Damien's skin crawl. The only thing for it is to turn him down and face the wrath of Terrible Agent Rory. He just has to solve a murder first._