Serenitea

Tea Room ~ Gift Shop

Steeped in Mystery and Romance

Welcome to a world of fiction novels all set against the backdrop of tea shops and tea plantations! The book lover in you will enjoy the conflicted personalities and clever storylines. The tea lover in you will enjoy the wonderment of faraway lands and all the information imparted by the colorful characters on everything tea! Pick up a copy and start your journey - mystery and romance with every cuppa!

Chicken Soup for the Tea Lover’s Soul – Stories Steeped in Comfort – Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patricia Lorenz
In the bestselling tradition of Chicken Soup for the Soul, this flavorful series offers life-affirming stories blended with interesting trivia, humorous anecdotes, and helpful information.

Darjeeling - Bharti Kirchner
A family is torn apart when two sisters from Darjeeling fall in love with the same man - he loves the younger sister but feels duty-bound to marry the elder, thereby creating a situation that makes them flee their country until a family celebration ten years later forces them to return home where they try to heal old wounds of bitterness and anger.

Ida Mae Tutweiler and the Traveling Tea Party - Ginnie Siena Bivona

This is a book about love, the abiding love between mothers and daughters, and the passionate love between a man and a woman. But mostly, it's about the special love between best friends forever. Woven through the tapestry of a life-long friendship is the story of quiet, reserved Ida Mae Tutweiler and flamboyant daytime TV star Jane Tetley. It's about life, death, hope, and about the comfort to be found in a nice hot cup of tea. And the author has even included a selection of recipes for your own special tea-time.

Leaves of Fortune - Linda Barlow
A matriarch and the business empire she founded makes for a compelling story. The affluent New England family whose tea company was founded in colonial America by an alleged witch is filled with dark passions, forbidden loves, and a family curse that defines one generation and haunts the next.

Royal Tunbridge Wells Mysteries (Series) - Ron and Janet Benrey
Cozy mysteries set in a tea museum with Nigel, the reluctant museum director and Flick, the upstart food chemist, acting as amateur sleuths to solve the mysterious murders that take place within the museum.

Dead as a Scone

Nigel receives word from the museum's elderly matron that a highly clever, dangerous criminal sits on the board of trustees. But before Dame Elspeth can unveil the criminal, she falls over dead in the midst of a board meeting. Can Nigel and Flick find the killer and save the tea museum?

The Final Crumpet

Forty years after his disappearance, the hastily buried remains of a famed British radio personality are discovered in a tea museum's garden--along with the pistol that killed him. The curator and a tea chemist are thus embroiled in the second mystery to threaten the integrity of the museum. Are they in over their heads this time?

The Tea House Fire – Ellis Avery

The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan. Seen through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty when Japan’s most mysterious rite – the tea ceremony – became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield.

Tea House on Mulberry Street - Sharon Owens
Struggling with a stale marriage and the somewhat outdated atmosphere of their otherwise successful tea house, Penny and Daniel Stanley serve a host of refuge-seeking customers, including a dieting housewife, a star-struck artist, and a mysterious woman who seeks a long-lost companion.

Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.

Tea Shop Mysteries (Series) - Laura Childs
Meet Theodosia Browning, owner of Charleston’s beloved Indigo Tea Shop. Patrons love her blend of delicious tea tastings and southern hospitality. And Theodosia enjoys the full-bodied flavor of a town steeped in history – and mystery…

Death by Darjeeling (#1)
When a guest turns up dead at a tea for the annual historic homes garden party Theo is catering, she turns sleuth to save her reputation, clear her name, and track down the real killer.

Gunpowder Green (#2)

When a member of the Charleston elite turns up dead during the annual yacht race and the simultaneous launching of the latest tea flavor, Gunpowder Green, from Theo’s Indigo Tea Shop, she must draw on her sleuthing skills to find a killer.

Shades of Earl Grey (#3)
While attending a high society engagement party, Theo is steeped in mystery when the groom meets with disaster and the wedding ring, an heirloom with a gem from the crown of Marie Antoinette, vanishes.

English Breakfast Murder (#4)
While helping Charleston's Sea Turtle Protection League, Theo stumbles upon the dead body of art dealer Harper Fisk whose untimely demise is linked to the sunken treasure and gold bullion that is rumored to be near Halliehurst Beach.

Jasmine Moon Murder (#5)

While catering a Charleston benefit that includes a "Ghost Crawl" through Jasmine Cemetery, Theo finds herself investigating the mysterious death of the event's organizer, who drops dead during a theatrical performance.

Chamomile Mourning (#6)
Upset when the Poet's Tea event at Charleston's Spoleto festival is forced indoors by rain, Theo finds her life further complicated when a local auction house owner plummets to his death from a balcony.

Blood Orange Brewing (#7)
Upset when the Poet's Tea event at Charleston's Spoleto festival is forced indoors by rain, Theo finds her life further complicated when a local auction house owner plummets to his death from a balcony.

Dragonwell Dead (#8)
It's springtime in Charleston and just about every species of South Carolina's flora is in full and glorious bloom at the Spring Plantation Ramble. Once a year, the upper crust open their sprawling gardens to the public, the site of flower shows, rare plant auctions, and a contagious spring fever. Although Theodosia Browning barely knows a Phalinopsis from a Bog Rose, she still enjoys the Ramble, especially since she can pour tea and promote her Indigo Tea Shop-and her latest concoction, Dragonwell Sweet Tea.

The Silver Needle Murder (#9)
The Charleston Film Festival has brought Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop a busy week of catering jobs. First up is the opening night gala at the historic Belvedere Theatre. Tinseltown and local luminaries seem to be mingling happily in the glamorously renovated lobby, but Theo notices that the atmosphere backstage is tense. Then famous director Jordan Cole is shot on his way to the podium, and the entire audience witnesses his death silhouetted across the scrim. Never has a festival started off with this big a bang.