There are 4 books in the Shogun Quartet Book 1 series. The newest book is The Samurai's Daughter which came out in 2013.

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The Shogun’s Queen

Book cover of The Shogun’s Queen

The year is 1853, and a young Japanese girl's world is about to be turned upside down.

When black ships carrying barbarians arrive on the shores of Japan, the Satsuma clan's way of life is threatened. But it's not just the samurai who must come together to fight: the beautiful,…

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2
The Last Concubine

Book cover of The Last Concubine
How do you fall in love when your society has no word for it? "The Last Concubine" is an epic love story closely based on historical events, chronicling 19th century Japan's extraordinary change from a medieval to a modern country. This is the story of a shogun, a princess and…

3
The Courtesan and the Samurai

Book cover of The Courtesan and the Samurai
Japan, 1868: the last shogun has been defeated, the age of the emperors is about to begin - and in Japan's frozen north a diehard band of loyalists plans a desperate last stand. Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and very vulnerable. When…

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The Samurai's Daughter

Book cover of The Samurai's Daughter

In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society.

Unified after a bitter civil war, Japan is rapidly turning into a modern country with rickshaws, railways and schools for girls. Commoners can…