Karen Rose Smith

The eighth book in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery series may be the most heartwarming yet, even with murder marring the proceedings! It starts out with our heroine, tea house proprietor Daisy Swanson, looking for the perfect birthday gift for her boyfriend, Jonas Groft. Her efforts lead her to the statuary business of Wilhelm Rumple,…

Tea garden owner Daisy Swanson is thrilled to be donating her time to a social event meant to promote the building of a new homeless shelter in her small town of Willow Creek, Pennsylvania. With reports of homelessness in their area on the rise, kind-hearted Daisy wants to make sure that anyone who wants a…

When Daisy Swanson, tea garden proprietor, is asked to cater an appreciation tea for the teachers at the local high school, she doesn’t expect to be plunged into a morass of in-fighting, all seemingly revolving around the polarizing figure of Althea Higgins. Althea had been Daisy’s English teacher back in high school, and while Daisy…

As Thanksgiving approaches, Daisy Swanson is eagerly anticipating the birth of her first grandchild. Since she doesn’t want to stress out the expectant mom—her oldest daughter, Violet—she’s keeping busy with work at her tea garden in Pennsylvania’s Amish country. While tourist season is coming to a close, Daisy has plans to keep her business in…

It’s a season of changes for Daisy Swanson, as her elder daughter, Vi, is preparing for a wedding and a baby on the way. Her younger daughter, Jazzi, is also continuing to try to improve her own relationship with her birth mother, Portia, despite the obvious discomfort of Portia’s husband, Colton. Daisy herself is navigating…

I have such a weakness for places that serve tea as a meal, so the restaurant featured in this second Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery is just the kind of delightful place I wistfully imagine visiting, murders notwithstanding. Daisy Swanson is part-owner of her namesake tea garden with her beloved Aunt Iris, and business is thriving.…