About Renae Lucas-Hall: Renae Lucas-Hall is an Australian-born British novelist and writer. Renae spent many years studying French, Italian and Japanese because she loves languages and she always wanted to be an interpreter, a teacher or a writer. Renae graduated from Monash University in Australia with a Bachelor's degree in Japanese language and culture before living and working in Tokyo for two years. Renae has continued to work with the Japanese for many years in Japan, Australia and the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Renae Lucas-Hall
Journey of Self: Six Months in the Japanese Countryside by Nate Golon @NateGolon
This book is bargain priced from 07/15/2014 until 07/17/2014 Exhausted, broke, and brokenhearted from the breakup with his longtime girlfriend, author Nate Golon sells everything he owns and takes a job teaching English in a small country town, Arida, in Wakayama Prefecture in southern Japan. Unfamiliar with the language, history, and customs of Japan, Nate finds adventure, friendship, and spirituality in the Japanese countryside, and along the way, he finds himself. Journey of Self: Six … [Read more...] about Journey of Self: Six Months in the Japanese Countryside by Nate Golon @NateGolon
Hunting For Yayoi: Holding On by GM O’Neill
Twenty-three-year-old singing sensation Yayoi lives a double life. She is Yaya the J-pop idol, a wildly popular music phenomenon. But Yayoi is also the wife of a self-destructive actor, whose family owns the marketing machine that owns her. Yayoi wants to grow as an artist beyond Yaya and she desperately wants a divorce. A promotional shoot in New Zealand gives her the opportunity to escape and reboot. But her adventure has costs, and unexpected dangers—including the allure of a young man. … [Read more...] about Hunting For Yayoi: Holding On by GM O’Neill
The Butterfly Crest (The Protogenoi Series Book 1) by Eva Vanrell @EvaVanrell
Between the shadows of the human world, a war as old as time is being fought. Ageless pantheons scheme to obtain or keep control, provoked by the weight of human belief which has altered the realm of the divine. An ancient prophecy speaks of a human woman who will alter the course of this divine war, a descendant of a Great House mired in misfortune and blood, whose history was shaped by the cruelty of the gods. On a day as unremarkable as any other, Elena Vicens, a young woman living a … [Read more...] about The Butterfly Crest (The Protogenoi Series Book 1) by Eva Vanrell @EvaVanrell
The Fox’s Mask by Anna Frost @rostanity
This book is bargain priced from 06/20/2014 until 06/30/2014 Demon hunter Akakiba keeps many secrets from his human companion. The fact he's a werefox isn't the worst one. In feudal Japan, magic is dying. As a demon hunter, Akakiba finds this problematic. The evil he's been trained to destroy is disappearing and, along with it, the shape-shifting abilities of the clan he left behind. With his only companion, a determined young human named Yuki, Akakiba traverses the country slaying demons … [Read more...] about The Fox’s Mask by Anna Frost @rostanity
