{"product_id":"theodoras-tea-shop-hardcover","title":"Theodora's Tea Shop (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 24 August 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of TJ Klune and Sarah Beth Durst,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheodora’s Tea Shop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Christy Anne Jones is a fantasy novel brimming with witchy magic, found family, self-love and lots of warm cups of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNothing is more dangerous than a witch with secrets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy Louise Walcott should have died at fourteen. She is now twenty-three, timid, chronically ill, and yearning for a life she can never have. Her dreams of studying magic and publishing her discoveries feel impossible: even if license-less magic weren’t outlawed, her family would never allow it. But if Dot stays at home any longer, she will wither and fade away. So with nothing but a carpetbag and her ambergris tonic, Dot flees dreary Seafarthing for the capital city of Alliaster, where she tumbles headfirst into an apprenticeship with the most powerful witch in the city: Theodora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpress of an underground syndicate peddling magic through the quaint façade of her tea shop, Theodora is everything Dot wants to be: beautiful, witty, confident. An esteemed oil painter one day, a member of parliament the next, the many faces of Theodora have charmed power from the city’s elite. Under her tutelage and in the company of the tea shop’s eccentric staff - headstrong teenager Rupert, brooding and Byronic magician Lio, and the kindly spirit Belchambre - Dot finally has the chance to be her true magical self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the dazzling and enigmatic Theodora has more secrets than she does faces. When her dark past comes calling, it threatens to drown her entire empire - and take Dot, the tea shop, and the city of Alliaster with it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christy Anne Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47593085927602,"sku":"9781035438518","price":423.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035438518.webp?v=1781694734","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/theodoras-tea-shop-hardcover","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}