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The Scarlet Kimono

The Scarlet Kimono

by Christina Courtenay (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

Abducted by a warlord in 17th-century Japan - what happens when fear turns to love? England, 1611, and young Hannah Marston envies her brother's adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. Then they reach Japan and all her suffering seems worthwhile - until she is abducted by Taro Kumashiro's warriors. In the far north of the country, warlord Kumashiro is intrigued to learn more about the girl who he has been warned about by a seer. There's a clash of cultures and wills, but they're also fighting an instant attraction to each other. With her brother desperate to find her and the jealous Lady Reiko equally desperate to kill her, Hannah faces the greatest adventure of her life. And Kumashiro has to choose between love and compromising his honour -

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Choc Lit
Published: 01 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 1906931291
ISBN 13: 9781906931292

Media Reviews
Winner of The Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award 2011
Short-listed for The Festival of Romance Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011
Christina Courtenay is a writer of historical romance with a bright future ahead of her. Her first novel, Trade Winds, was a best-seller that has won plaudits by readers and critics alike and, with The Scarlet Kimono, this outstanding storyteller continues to prove that she is a force to be reckoned with in the world of historical romantic fiction!
Author Bio
Christina Courtenay lives in Herefordshire and is married with two children. Although born in England, she is half Swedish and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan and she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East and other parts of the world. Her debut novel Trade Winds, a historical romance and adventure story, was short-listed for the Pure Passion Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011. Her second novel, The Scarlet Kimono, received the Best Historical Fiction prize for the Big Red Read 2011. Her novels Highland Storms and The Gilded Fan both won the Historical Novel of the Year award (Highland Storms in 2012 and The Gilded Fan in 2014), while The Silent Touch of Shadows (time slip) won the Festival of Romance award for Best Historical in 2013. Christina also writes contemporary YA and New England Rocks was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award in the YA category in 2014. Her hobbies include genealogy, archaeology (the armchair variety), listening to loud rock music and collecting things. She loves dogs, reading and chocolate.