Description She Broke an Ancient Tradition by Falling in Love Kanno Masayo, Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms, is the loveliest and most glamorous geisha in all of Japan.
Dick Seaton is a shy, handsome American whose business takes him to Japan to close a very big deal.
In violation of a timeless taboo, Dick and Kanno spend slow, tantalizing days falling in love.
Then Dick discovers that Kanno's love was paid for by his businessmen hosts.
Sensing his rage and hurt, Kanno flees in confusion.
And, too late, Dick realizes the truth-that she really loved him.
Now, a stranger in a strange, exotic land, he must find her-and seduce her back into his life.
Love her for a night.
and you will remember her for a lifetime.
Praise for Miss One Thousand Spring BlossomsA DELIGHTFULLY FUNNY.
APPEALING, THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING NOVEL.
-The Washington StarA very funny, tender love story-Chicago Tribune About the Author The son of a scientist, John Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee.
He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin.
He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New York World-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences.
His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America Edgar for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs.
Ball has also authored a number of notable young adult books.
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