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Name: The gilded fan
Author: Christina Courtenay

Midori Kumashiro, an orphaned daughter of a Japanese warlord during the Tokugawa period, faces exile and must flee Japan in 1641. She boards the Dutch vessel commanded by Captain Nico Noordholt, who reluctantly accepts her aboard. Amidst the perils of sea travel, the tension between personal safety and the crew’s lecherous nature tests Midori’s survival skills. In England, where the Great Britain civil war is escalating, the burgeoning bond between Midori and Captain Noordholt is challenged by hidden truths that could alter their destinies.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Romance/Historical Romance

Authors: Christina Courtenay

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