Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea, #1)

by Rebecca Thorne

There was something special about being someone’s top priority.

Once one of them asked that question, they stayed quiet until the other was absolutely finished. Sometimes, a person just needed to verbally work through their feelings. Sometimes, the first thing out of their mouth wasn’t really the problem.

Everyone needed a life independent of their partner.

The tome on her bedside table had been reread four times, and while she didn’t mind the familiarity, there was a novelty to something new.

A person could work and work and work, and still never “earn” their dues. Sometimes success meant determination … and sometimes, it was just luck.

There was something pleasing about having productive conversations, rather than burning bridges with fiery emotion. When they first started dating, Kianthe had never considered the little tactics Reyna often employed: separating from impulse, practicing empathy, repeating another’s sentence to prove she’d been listening.

“Yes, but it’s not like a book that’s been read is worth less. Labeling it ‘used’ makes it seem like no one rereads their novels.”

“Tawney is proof that prejudice can be overcome. It’s proof that your home country, your hometown, your home values … they don’t have to define you.”