Cup of Silver Linings

As her new business venture is about to launch, Ava Dove is forced to confront a dark secret she’s been hiding for a decade, in the second novel of the series following The Book Charmer. Original. 75,000 first printing.
New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins returns to her beloved Dove Pond series with another &;mesmerizing fusion of the mystical and the everyday&; (Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author)&;but this time, the magic is in the tea leaves.Ava Dove&;the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove&;s Landscaping and Specialty Teas&;is frantic. Just as her fabulous new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone wonky. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate for a remedy, but her search leads her into dangerous territory, as she is forced to face a dark secret she&;s been hiding for over a decade. Meanwhile, successful architect Ellen Foster has arrived in Dove Pond to attend the funeral of her estranged daughter, Julie. Grieving deeply, Ellen is determined to fix up her daughter&;s ramshackle house, sell it, and then sweep her sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Kristen, off to a saner, calmer life in Raleigh. But Kristen has other plans. Desperate to stay with her friends in Dove Pond, Kristen sets off on a quest she&;s avoided her whole life&;to find her never-been-there father in the hopes of winning her freedom from the grandmother she barely knows. Together, Ava, Kristen, and Ellen embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing, friendship, and family that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, and Sarah Addison Allen.