Bone China and Gunpowder

Bone China and Gunpowder takes readers behind the lace curtains of a seemingly respectable Victorian tea shop where the china is delicate, the tea is perfectly steeped—and the basement is stocked for war.On the bustling streets of Victorian England, Miss Eleanor Whitcombe has inherited a fashionable little tea establishment known for its imported porcelain, excellent Assam tea, and impeccable manners. There is only one problem: the shop came with something the previous owner neglected to mention.An armory.Hidden beneath shelves of teapots and crates of biscuits lies a remarkably well-organized collection of pistols, ammunition, military supplies, coded documents, and weapons with connections to a far larger clandestine network. Eleanor soon discovers that the tea shop has never been merely a place for afternoon refreshments. For years, respectable customers have been using it as a meeting point for smugglers, informants, political conspirators, and men who prefer their business conducted behind locked doors.Now someone is searching for the shop's most dangerous secret.As Eleanor follows a trail of cryptic receipts, suspicious tea orders, hidden compartments, and increasingly alarming customers, she must determine whom she can trust—and why someone thought a porcelain teapot was an appropriate place to hide a military cipher.Bone China and Gunpowder is a playful journey into fictional Victorian intrigue, where elegance conceals danger, tea disguises espionage, and the most respectable shop on the street may be the last place anyone should search for weapons.