Secret Samurai Trilogy: Book Two, Snakes of Desire

Two women samurai - two different centuries. Book Two of the Secret Samurai Trilogy. Bebe Bell is a modern Englishwoman time-slipped into the mind of male samurai, Kai Matsuda, who is fighting for the future of his country in the civil war of the 1860’s. Bebe has to cope with the growing pressure of a double life in different centuries and the restrictions imposed on women in old Japan. Prejudice affects her and her life with Kai.Kenji fights his own demons as his past threatens his future.Yoshi, a woman forced to live and fight as a male samurai, is trapped in Kyoto. Alone and vulnerable, she has to deal with the Shinsengumi, the most vicious samurai force in Japanese history. The civil war escalates and the country becomes more unstable.Lives become more entangled and Bebe’s presence in Kai’s mind causes conflict and anger. Secrets start to unfold. ‘One of the seven must-read Japan related books … Jill Rutherford has established herself as a writer with great insight into Japanese culture and the power to deliver unique plots and marvellous characters’ SAVVY TOKYO MAGAZINE