Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea, volume 1) by Rebecca Thorne

[james_davis_nicoll]

An underappreciated bodyguard casts her current career aside in favour of romance and small-town entrepreneurship, thus earning the incandescent fury of her absolute monarch ex-boss.

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea  (Tomes & Tea, volume 1) by Rebecca Thorne 

Comments

[james_davis_nicoll]

It's a recent(ish) development:

“How old is the technology?”

“New enough to be exciting to a Queendom citizen, apparently. Old enough that printed books in Shepara are cheaper than handwritten ones.”

And the Queendom is notorious for being backward:

“[...] the Queendom snubs progress, innovation, and entertainment of any sort.

[(Anonymous)]

In such a setting, I fear there wouldn't be sufficient literacy in a small town to support a bookstore.

-Awesome Aud