Yoshiko left her homeland in 1987 as a concubine. She moved with her master to southern Spain, the center of activities in Europe. He soon became her lover. They lived together in a tender and unprecedented love affair. His unexpected death affected her so deeply that she was haunted by his ghost even after a while. A tangle of events changed her from being a very vulnerable girl to a confident woman. Would her dreams transcend the present reality? Would she succumb to the pressure of the Japanese family? What was her secret? Denise Keustermans is a born storyteller. From the first pages, the readers are sucked through the sorrow and joyful moments of two diverse cultures of Yoshiko. With heartfelt empathy, the author takes the readers into the world of a woman whose gradually budding love culminates in a gratuitous attitude. The tension exists and captivates you as you read this book from the first chapter to the end. Gilbert Verbinnen