New York, 1880. Séances are the entertainment of choice in exclusive social circles, and many--some with true powers, others gifted with the art of performance--find work as mediums. At Tea and Sympathy, Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair provide a place for whispered confessions, secret cures, and spiritual assignations. When Beatrice hires as a shop girl, she doesn't know she has spiritual gifts. As she learns to harness her powers, she doesn't know of the evils lurking--or the courage it will take to face them.