Description
Japan, 1865: the women's palace in the great city of Edo.A sprawling complex, bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man--the young shogun.
Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old, is chosen to be his concubine.
But Japan is changing, and a civil war erupts, Sachi leaves the palace and flees for her life. Rescued by a rebel warrior, she finds unknown feelings stirring within her; but this is a world in which private passions have no place and there is not even a word for "love".
Before she dare dream of a life with him, Sachi must uncover the secret of her own origins--a secret that encompasses a wrong so terrible that it threatens to destroy her...
Epic history and romance combine in a passionate, exotic novel featuring the mysterious concubine of the last shogun.
ISBN:9780552155205
