After a developer comes into change the face of their small town, St. Sebastian and the defeated owners of The Little Shoppes begrudgingly move toward a new reality with a big corporate water park in their town and the dissolution of The Little Shoppes family, but filmmaker Ellen has one card up her sleeve.

She suspects there’s an heir to Jane’s estate, a secret child, who may be able to change the course of the town. Attorney and shopkeeper Randa and Ellen work together to discover the clues to find the secret child and if there is any legal recourse to have them contest the will. But it’s a longshot at best.

Working so closely, Ellen chooses Randa and her Cup and a Book Coffee Shoppe as the next profile subject in her documentary The Heart of the Town. We learn more about Randa's journey from corporate attorney to coffee shop owner. And we delve more into Amanda's dark past. For both, the road that led them both to St. Sebastian and The Little Shoppes reminds Ellen of her past, present and future, revealing more about her own path to St. Sebastian, the salvation for every lost soul who comes there.

The big question is will they be able to turn the tide and save The Little Shoppes with a last bastion of hope?

A Cup and a Book is the third installment in The Little Shoppes Series of women's friendship fiction featuring women business owners in the small town of St. Sebastian, Illinois. Through life's triumph, trials and tribulations, these women support and stand by each other, helping in any way that they can. But when their livelihoods are threatened, they realize when you have friends around you, they can become the family you need.