1183 A. D., Heian Period, Northern Japan

Miku had only experienced adventure and love in the verses that freed her mind and soul, poetry her uncle disparaged as improperly sensual for a noblewoman's pen. That changed when her uncle left her alone, with his samurai warrior Takeshi to protect her.

Never before had a man looked at her with such unveiled desire. The heat of the virile warrior's gaze kindled exciting new sensations within Miku—cravings that only grew stronger with his forbidden kiss...