The Tea Shop: Cakes, Ice Cream & Afternoon Tea

Sewing, Knitting & Baking #1

by De-ann Black

The Tea Shop: Cakes, Ice Cream & Afternoon Tea is a light-hearted romance set in a beautiful little town on the coast of Scotland.

This is a new book for 2014. First published February 2014.

It is a new 33,000 word novella set in the spring and summer. It's the first book in the Sewing & Baking series of books.

Book 1 - The Tea Shop
Book 2 - The Sewing Bee & Afternoon Tea

These romances can be read in any order.

Story:

Jayne's job is to find suitable pop-up shops for businesses looking for temporary premises on the beautiful West Coast of Scotland.

Rich and handsome Brodan McBride, a master baker, becomes one of her new clients and opens a pop-up tea shop selling cakes, ice cream and afternoon tea in one of the busy seaside towns. She also meets Fergus, a gorgeous bespoke tailor who makes Brodan's expensive suits. Jayne's friend and hairdresser, Ceard, isn't sure that she should become romantically involved with either of them.

Although Jayne is attracted to Brodan, is he the man for her? Or is Fergus and his well-cut suits a better fit? Then again, has she been friends with the man who was meant for her all along?

In the busy seaside town, with its lovely little tea shop, gossip, cakes and ice cream, there's only one thing for sure -- Brodan McBride grinds his own nuts.

About the Author:

De-ann Black is a bestselling author, traditionally published for over 15 years, with more than 50 books published. She's also a scriptwriter and former newspaper journalist.

She worked as marketing editor for a glossy magazine, helped organise fashion shows and photo-shoots, trained for many years in martial arts, and was a full-time newspaper journalist. De-ann loves to sew and is also a fabric designer and artist. And she loves to bake cakes.

Books by De-ann include:

The Sewing & Baking series:
Book 1 - The Tea Shop
Book 2 - The Sewing Bee & Afternoon Tea

The Tea Shop & Tearoom series:
Book 1 - The Christmas Tea Shop & Bakery
Book 2 - The Christmas Chocolatier
Book 3 - The Chocolate Cake Shop in New York at Christmas
Book 4 - The Bakery by the Seaside
Book 5 - Shed in the City

The Tea Dress Shop series:
Book 1 - The Tea Dress Shop At Christmas
Book 2 - The Fairytale Tea Dress Shop In Edinburgh
Book 3 - The Vintage Tea Dress Shop In Summer

And - Christmas Romance in Paris
Christmas Romance in Scotland

The Bitch-Proof Suit - fashion and romance set in Dublin and New York
Oops! I'm the Paparazzi - romance in New York
The Cure For Love - set in Cornwall

New releases for 2014

THE SEWING BEE & AFTERNOON TEA
THE TEA SHOP
SHED IN THE CITY
THE BAKERY BY THE SEASIDE

New releases for 2013 & 2012 include:

CHRISTMAS ROMANCE IN PARIS
THE CHOCOLATE CAKE SHOP IN NEW YORK AT CHRISTMAS
THE CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATIER
THE CHRISTMAS TEA SHOP & BAKERY
CHRISTMAS ROMANCE IN SCOTLAND
THE VINTAGE TEA DRESS SHOP IN SUMMER
THE FAIRYTALE TEA DRESS SHOP IN EDINBURGH
THE TEA DRESS SHOP AT CHRISTMAS
DUBLIN GIRL - HOT SUMMER IN THE CITY
THE BITCH-PROOF BRIDE
THE BITCH-PROOF ROMANCE
SHOPPING FOR MEN
SHOPPING FOR MEN AT CHRISTMAS
OOPS! I'M UP TO MISCHIEF

Genres: Romance

139 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 18, 2014

About the author

De-ann Black's new books are: Tea Shop by the Loch, Wedding Waltz, Vintage Ball, Autumn Nature Colouring Book, Autumn Ball Marriage & Music, Design, Dance & Romance, Romance Dancer, Summer Ball Weddings & Waltzing, Quilt Shop by the Seaside, Embroidery Bee, Crafting Bee, Scottish Highlands New Year Ball, Ballroom Dancing Christmas Romance, Christmas Ballroom Dancing, Autumn Romance, Knitting & Starlight, Knitting Bee, The Sweetest Waltz, Sweet Music, Love & Lyrics, Christmas Weddings, Fairytale Christmas on the Island, The Cure for Love at Christmas, Vintage Dress Shop on the Island, Scottish Island Fairytale Castle, Scottish Loch Summer Romance, Scottish Island Knitting Bee, Sewing & Mending Cottage, Knitting Shop by the Sea, Scottish Highlands Christmas Wedding, Colouring Book Cottage, Oops! I'm the Paparazzi, Again, and Knitting Cottage.

Her embroidery pattern books include: Floral Garden Embroidery Patterns, Floral Spring Embroidery Patterns, Sea Theme Embroidery Patterns, and Christmas & Winter Embroidery Patterns.

De-ann’s colouring books include: Autumn Nature, Summer Nature, Flower Nature, and Christmas Theme Colouring Book.

De-ann is a bestselling author, screenwriter and former newspaper journalist. Traditionally published for over 15 years. De-ann became an Amazon All-Star author in 2014 and 2015, as well as an Amazon All-Stars in 2025.

She has over 100 books published. Romance, thrillers, espionage novels, action adventure. And children's books (non-fiction rocket science books, children's fiction and picture books).

She previously worked as a full-time newspaper journalist for several years. She had her own weekly columns in the press. This included being a motoring correspondent where she got to test drive cars every week for the press for three years.

Before being asked to work for the press, De-ann worked in magazine editorial writing everything from fashion features to social news. And was marketing editor of a glossy magazine.

She is also a professional artist and illustrator. Embroidery design, fabric design, dressmaking, sewing, knitting, photography and fashion are part of her work.

Additionally, De-ann has always been interested in fitness and dance, and was a fitness and bodybuilding champion, 100 metre runner and mountaineer. As a former N.A.B.B.A. Miss Scotland, she had a weekly fitness show on the radio that ran for over three years.

De-ann trained in Shukokai karate, boxing, kickboxing, Dayan Qigong and Jiu Jitsu.

She splits her time between Scotland and London.

Find out more at: www.de-annblack.com

Reviews

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but a sweet romance, could do with a bit of a proofread through. Glaring errors that smacked me in the face!

[hana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable, short and sweet light hearted romance.

Set in a beautiful little town on the coast of Scotland during spring and summer. I instantly hooked and falls in love with the characters, they are hoots.

[Suze · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jayne loves finding new business for the buildings she lets as pop-ups. When Brodan wants to start a business in town she finds him the perfect location for his tea shop. At first there is some attraction between Jayne and Brodan, but is he really the man she's looking for? When she meets his best friend Fergus there's a click straight away, but Jayne doesn't know if he's right for her either. Her best friend Ceard helps her to make some decisions and meanwhile her hair looks always fabulous, because he's a hairdresser.

Will Jayne find the man of her dreams? How is the tea shop doing? It's all in this wonderful novella. I really liked the friendships, the dialogue and the description of the characters in this story. The drawing at the beginning of each chapter is so cheerful. There's a lot of love, but not all is happy and wonderful in the seaside town. The reader is being introduced to several business owners and learns a lot about their lives. That's the strong point of The Tea Shop. Jayne is great, she's fierce and smart and I liked to see how she handled all the different situations she got involved in by accident. The atmosphere is brilliant and I can't wait to read the second part of this series!

[Stefanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bought this Kindle book today as I had finished my library eBook and had to wait for paint to dry. One blogger I read had talked about this author. I was highly intrigued but held off until today as my library didn't carry her.
I assume this author is from Scotland from what I've read about her. Her style is very direct compared to American romance authors who always have some emotional issue that keeps the couple from formally uniting in love. I loved the setting of the tea shop and all the delicious pastries. This was a good, simple book. I'm not sure if I'll read further but it was an easy, Sunday read.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another lovely little short story from De-ann Black.

Based in Scotland, Jayne runs a Pop-Up Shop find/lease business. She is asked to locate a shop for renown baker Brogan, who wants to create a short term old fashioned tea shop in town.

Having found the ideal location, Jayne soon becomes involved in the day to day running of the shop while Brogan is called away. While at the shop, Jayne makes new friendships, especially with Fergus who runs a Gentleman's Tailor shop around the corner.

This is a light hearted read which flows well. It has a big thumbs up from me.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

De-Ann Black once again captures your heart and your mind in another of great little reads!

Jayne works setting up pop up shops, so when her latest job puts her in the path of Brodan, a master baker and Fergus, a tailor you just know that things are going to get hot in the kitchen and needles could get blunted.

I was instantly hooked and I wasn't dissapointed.

A must read for all De-Ann Black readers.

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute light romance about a young girl earning a living leasing cottages in a coastal town in Scotland.

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[Patricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hmmmm. I'm a sucker for lite bedtime reading, but not for books which have so many typos and missed words and facile plot - and not in that order. Too bad, probably would have read more, but I was so irritated by the above that I won't bother.

[Elizabeth Blows · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great quick read ,just the tonic I needed

[lifewithshaza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It was rather fast paced in how relationships developed but it was still a fun,enjoyable, light hearted read.

[Dayna Duchovney · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little short for me, I generally prefer a longer book , but not too bad a story line for the length of the book.
Good for a quick read.