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|title=The Scarlet Kimono

|author=Christina Courtenay

|reviewer=Katie Pullen

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=352

|publisher=Choc Lit

|date=March 2011

|isbn=978-1906931292

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It's 1611 and young Hannah's life in Plymouth is anything but exciting. She has a horrid elder sister to deal with, and is jealous of her brother Jacob's career aboard a merchant ship. Realising the life her parents have mapped out for her as wife to a man she loathes is not for her, Hannah decides to take action and control of her own destiny. Soon she runs away from home, disguising herself as a boy and stowing away on one of the ships under her brother's command.

''The Scarlet Kimono'' is definitely a cut above your average romance novel: although it might be predictable and a bit far-fetched at times, it is completely absorbing from start to finish and I hope other readers will be swept along by its passionate characters and exciting story as much as I was.

Further Reading Suggestion: If you like the sound of this book, you may also enjoy Christina Courtenay's first novel [[Trade Winds by Christina Courtenay|Trade Winds]] or for more Choc Lit books try [[Turning the Tide by Christine Stovell]].

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