Love Of A Samurai

In a land of falling blossoms and rising steel, one woman's fate is rewritten by the edge of a sword-and the quiet heart of a warrior.

Helena Montclair never imagined her father's final diplomatic journey would end in blood. Or that she, a stranger to sword and soil, would be the only one left alive.

Rescued by samurai and taken to a mountain village untouched by time, Helena is placed under the watchful care of Mariko-wise elder, healer, and widow to a great warrior. But not everyone welcome...