Satsuki Nakamura Bücher

Die Power-Prinzessin nimmt die Herausforderung an, die Erpressung ihrer Ersten Hofdame Li-Li zu untersuchen. Bei der Zeremonie zum „Tag der wandernden Seelen“ versucht sie, die Kin-Familie zu durchschauen, während sie sich nicht von Neid und Intrigen abhalten lässt. Gleichzeitig verschlechtert sich Keigetsus Zustand in Reirins Körper. Die Frage bleibt, ob Reirin in der Lage ist, ihrer Freundin zu helfen, obwohl sie keinen Zugang zu ihr hat.

DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY, FIGHT LIKE…A RAT! After a rocky start, Reirin and Leelee have no time to lose before they must compose themselves for the Ghost Festival at the Maiden Court. There, Reirin must tread a tight line between the villainess role she’s been cast and employing a diplomatic tit-for-tat of her own: confronting Kin Maiden Seika and her menacing court lady Gayou’s plots. Keigetsu, meanwhile, is pushed to wits’ end by her new body’s precarious health–the risk of her plot’s discovery rises!

THE EVIL CONCEALED WITHIN.The infamously frigid and unshakable Tousetsu has been brought to her knees. Prostrating before the real Reirin in the dilapidated storehouse, Tousetsu anguishes over what her beloved maiden endured. Still bound by the body swap magic, Reirin struggles to reveal the truth, but it’s nothing that can’t be solved by putting in a little backbone! Across palace grounds, Keigetsu has survived a hellish night, only to uncover sinister strings manipulating her every move. The Bow of Warding saved her, not from a malady, but a curse! And the true menace lurks close by…

Prepare for swirling court intrigue in this magical "trading places" tale of maidens competing for the crown--and don't miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts--but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called "butterfly" of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when "court rat" Shu Keigetsu lashes out at her during the glittering Lantern Festival, it's Reirin who wakes up in the dungeons! Body-swapped by her assailant to steal her position at court, Reirin's plight seems dire...to everyone else! Now that she's got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!