Sweet Tease Book Clubs

July 2026

Novel Tea Book Club

Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man—an American sailor, a gaijin—and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.

America, present day. Tori Kovac, caring for her dying father, finds a letter containing a shocking revelation—one that calls into question everything she understood about him, her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Tori’s journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.

In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.

Register for Book club June 11, 2026

• On-line Registration for July 9, 2026 click here Space is limited and prepaid registration is required. The link will close 24 hours before the book club session. If you have any questions or are experiencing any issues, please call the store at 732-722-8030

Sweet Tease Book Clubs

Join us on a journey through our World of Tea as we combine a traditional book club with a Tea of the Month Club!

EACH MONTH WILL INCLUDE:

• A book club meeting at Sweet Tease with sessions either at 9 AM or 6:30 PM (your choice) on the 2nd Thursday of the month to discuss our book, sample teas, and food pairings relevant to the chosen book.

• A 1 oz. bag of tea from our tasting to take home and enjoy at your leisure.

• A passport stamp in your Sweet Tease Passport to collect and use towards Sweet Tease Rewards. Three Stamps and you can come in for a Cream Tea ($10 value). More Rewards are to be announced. $25 per person

2026 Preview

July “The Woman in the White Kimono” by Ana Johns

August “The Elephant Keepers Daughter” by Julia Drosten

September “The Mountains Sing” by Nguygen Phan Que Mai

October “The Henna Artist” By Alka Joshi

November “ Salt Houses” by Hala Alyan

December “The Herbalist” by Heather Morrison-Tapley

Book Club comes to you

Do you have a book club or would like to? If you have a minimum of 10 participants we can host book club at your location or ours at a day and time convenient for you. We run the discussion and provide the tea tasting and food pairings. For more information please contact us at info@sweetteasetearoom.com