See Inside Pepper Basham’s New Rom-Com 'A Brewed Awakening' (Exclusive)

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PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Pepper Basham's new romcom A Brewed Awakening

The small town love story is rooted in Basham's upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains, along with pop culture favorites like Pride and Prejudice and The Great British Bake Off

The novel will arrive via Thomas Nelson, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, next year

Pepper Basham is bringing English charm to Appalachia in her latest novel.

The celebrated author cooks up a new romance in her latest book, A Brewed Awakening , out next year from Thomas Nelson, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the cover.

Set in Wisteria, a quaint mountain town in North Carolina, the novel follows Daphne Austen, who runs her late grandmother’s English tearo