title: The Scarlet Kimono
author:  Christina Courtenay 
description: Christina Courtenay is a writer of historical romance with a bright future ahead of her. Her first novel, <i>Trade Winds</i>, was a best-seller that has won plaudits by readers and critics alike and, with <i>The Scarlet Kimono</i>, this outstanding storyteller continues to prove that she is a force to be reckoned with in the world of historical romantic fiction!<br /><br /><b>Winner of The Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award 2011</b><br /><br />Short-listed for The Festival of Romance Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011
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  The Scarlet Kimono
  
  Christina Courtenay
  
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  Copyright © 2011 Christina Courtenay
  
  First published 2011 by Choc Lit Limited
  
  Penrose House, Crawley Drive, Camberley, Surrey GU15 2AB
  
  [www.choclitpublishing.co.uk](http://)
  
  The right of Christina Courtenay to be identified as the Author of this Work
  has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents
  Act 1988
  
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  public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or
  dead, is purely coincidental
  
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