Author: Casey Blair

Casey Blair writes cozy fantasy in which competence, community, and everyday craft matter as much as magical power. Tea Set and Match is the second Tea Princess Chronicles novel and returns to Miyara after she has helped save Sayorsen and its dragons. Her place in the tea guild remains uncertain, so the guild sets her a public challenge: succeed at a tea tournament while navigating international unrest and a failing magical border. Blair uses the competition to explore diplomacy, service, and the practical knowledge behind tea preparation. Baby dragons and friendship keep the tone warm, yet the widening political consequences prevent Miyara's work from feeling decorative. The novel first appeared independently in 2018, with a Casey Blair hardback following in 2025. Natalie Naudus narrates the 2024 Podium audio edition, carrying Miyara's reflective voice into performance. Positioned between A Coup of Tea and Royal Tea Service, the book develops both the trilogy's larger crisis and Miyara's effort to define leadership on her own terms.