Imprint: The Jade Dragon - Book One
Elaine Sherman
- When
- Rachel
- McKenna
- uncovers
- a
- Japanese
- katana
- her
- first
- day
- on
- the
- job
- at
- the
- Jade
- Dragon
- antique
- shop,
- she
- awakens
- an
- ancient
- spirit
- and
- two
- souls
- become
- one…Rachel
- McKenna
- is
- a
- college
- student
- flunking
- her
- pre-law
- courses
- with
- dreams
- of
- making
- it
- big
- on
- the
- local
- art
- scene.
- A
- closet
- bookworm
- with
- an
- overbearing
- mother
- and
- no
- social
- life,
- she’s
- just
- one
- step
- away
- from
- becoming
- a
- college
- dropout.Atsuhiko
- Abe
- is
- a
- former
- samurai
- from
- the
- golden
- age
- of
- a
- feudal
- Japan
- turned
- modern
- day
- art
- dealer.
- The
- victim
- of
- a
- four
- centuries
- old
- curse,
- he
- is
- in
- search
- of
- his
- ancestral
- sword
- to
- atone
- for
- the
- sins
- of
- his
- past
- and
- avenge
- the
- death
- of
- his
- beloved
- wife.
- When
- Atsuhiko
- answers
- the
- call
- of
- his
- familial
- sword,
- he
- is
- brought
- face
- to
- face
- with
- an
- ancient
- enemy,
- the
- spirit
- of
- his
- late
- wife
- Haruko,
- newly
- resurrected
- from
- the
- dead
- and
- Rachel
- McKenna,
- the
- innocent
- young
- woman
- Haruko
- has
- taken
- as
- a
- host.Duty
- bound,
- Atsuhiko
- vows
- to
- protect
- Rachel
- from
- the
- reach
- of
- their
- shared
- enemy
- while
- seeking
- forgiveness
- from
- the
- ghost
- of
- his
- beloved.
- As
- fate
- draws
- them
- closer
- together
- in
- heart,
- body,
- mind,
- and
- soul,
- Atsuhiko
- and
- Rachel
- must
- learn
- to
- live
- with
- their
- newfound
- connection
- and
- emergent
- love
- while
- unraveling
- the
- secrets
- of
- a
- long-forgotten
- tragedy
- before
- history
- repeats itself.
