The Tea Witch's Secret (Purple Oak Oasis)

As members of the founding families, Hana Steeper and Oliver Fields grew up together, creating a firm foundation of friendship. Now, as adults, their flirtatious banter hides potential real feelings. But there are rules against relationships between members of the four families. And while maybe there’s a good reason for that rule, Oliver doesn’t think he wants to resist Hana. Especially since his sister, Katie, is already in a similar forbidden relationship. Learning that Hana has the same feelings for him could change everything. Are they willing to risk discovery for a chance at happiness?

The second book in the Purple Oak Oasis is a charming friends to lovers story for Oliver, a Ward, and Tea Witch, Hana. Oliver’s injuries training his new owl familiar, Howie, have him spending a lot of time in the infirmary with Hana. The prohibition against relationships between the founding families has been keeping him from acting on his feelings. But once he learns of Katie’s relationship with Brew, he starts to wonder if he should tell Hana how he feels. Hana has been struggling with same feelings and fears until she inadvertently witnesses Katie and Brew in an embrace. Their secret childhood hiding place plays a part in their blossoming romance as does an unexpected rainstorm. By the end of the book, the reader is pulling for them to be able to proudly proclaim their love to the town.