Secret Samurai Trilogy: Book Two, Snakes of Desire

Exciting adventure where genders mix and time flows back and forth between traditional and modern Japan.

Listed as one of the must-read Japan-related novels by SAVVY TOKYO MAGAZINE

’An original plot, interesting and likeable characters, a sweet romance, a time-travel switch and a dose of Japanese history makes this book totally unique. The author’s complete understanding of Japanese culture is really obvious right down to the fine details.’ Renae Lucas-Hall, SAVVY TOKYO MAGAZINE

’Original, powerful, exciting and intriguing.’ Margaret Kaine, Award Winning Author

Two women from different cultures and centuries - and both samurai

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.

’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