Overview

When the past returns to Willowbrook, New Hampshire the witches are the first to be blamed.

Clara Whitlock has spent years burying her magic beneath the quiet rhythm of her apothecary where she mixed tinctures, brewed teas, and pretended not to hear the whispers about her former love. But when strange fires spark across town and old symbols burn through the orchard soil, the peace she’s built begins to unravel.

Esme Harlow swore she’d never come back. Once accused, once exiled, she’s learned the cost of being a woman with power. But something dark is stirring in Willowbrook, and every sign points to her family’s legacy she thought had died with her grandmother’s ashes.

As fear spreads and neighbors turn against one another, Clara and Esme are pulled back together by the same force that once tore them apart. Old wounds reopen. Old flames reignite. And when the town’s superstition boils into violence, the two women must decide what they’re willing to risk to save each other, and the truth buried beneath the smoke.

Set in a small town steeped in secrets and candlelight, Tea Leaves & Trouble is a tender, gothic romance about forgiveness, courage, and the kind of magic that lingers long after the fire burns out.