{"product_id":"2940151551342","title":"Secret Samurai Book One: Tangled Lives","description":"Two women samurai . . .\u003cbr\u003eTwo different centuries . . .\u003cbr\u003eA story of secrets, lies, love, war and ambition\u003cbr\u003ethat has consequences for Japan itself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern Englishwoman, Bebe Bell, is working in Japan. Time-travel mixes her mind with male samurai, Kai Matsuda. Soon, she is living a double life – her own in modern Japan – and the other living as Kai, fighting in the civil war of the 1860's which changed Japan forever.\u003cbr\u003eYoshi is a young woman forced to disguise herself as a samurai in order to deliver an important message to the emperor's court. Living as a man gives her influence and respect – things she has never experienced as a woman of her time. She becomes intoxicated with the power of it – which takes her life down undreamed of paths.\u003cbr\u003eCircumstances bring her into the world of Kai – and the attraction between them is immediate – but they are fighting on opposing sides and Yoshi can never disclose her true sex to anyone, especially Kai: but he has Bebe in his mind and events take an unexpected turn.\u003cbr\u003eIn her own life, Bebe falls in love with Kenji Yoshida, a man who hides his true self under a cloak of conventionality and is afraid to find joy in his life. He has a secret that is destroying him and he cannot allow himself to love Bebe.\u003cbr\u003eWhen these four people's lives intermingle, it changes their perceptions, ambitions and reality.","brand":"Matador Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172860150000,"sku":"2940151551342","price":4.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151551342_p0.jpg?v=1764012246","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151551342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}