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Authors: Christina Courtenay

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With her brother desperate to find her and the jea
l
ous Lady Reiko equally desperate to kill her, Ha
n
nah faces the greatest adventure of her life. And Kumashiro has to choose between love and honour …
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Coming in February 2013

The Gilded Fan

How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love?

It’s 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daug
h
ter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to flee to England. Midori is trained in the arts of war, but is that enough to help her survive a journey, with a lecherous crew and an attra
c
tive captain she doesn’t trust?

Having come to Nagasaki to trade, the last thing Ca
p
tain Nico Noordholt wants is a female passenger, e
s
pecially a beautiful one. How can he protect her from his crew when he can’t keep his own eyes off her?

During their journey, Nico and Midori form a tentative bond, but they both have secrets that can change ev
e
rything. When they arrive in England, a civil war is brewing, and only by standing together can they hope to survive…

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