The Girl With Two Names: A Novel

'Four out of four stars!' - Official Review, Online Book Club

Self-obsessed Japanese icon, Yayoi, appears to have it all. Fame, fortune, and a celebrity marriage...

But she has a hole where her heart should be. 

At home she has an abusive husband, and at work an oppressive recording contract with J-BIG Corp, a company controlled by her husband's family that crushes her creativity. And, she's still haunted by the tsunami that swept away her mother and her village. 

Viciously assaulted while on a film shoot in New Zealand, she flees her husband aided by Bill a young corporate attorney. Furious, her husband employs two mercenaries to pursue the pair through the wilds of the East coast. Unaware of the deadly nature of the chase, the two fugitives quickly form a bond that develops into a heated and desperate romance. While Bill finds himself embroiled in her battle, Yayoi must come to terms with her past or be consumed by it. 

• Print Length: 362 pages