It’s late-12th-century Japan, and the relations between two dominating clans are increasingly heated. Young Kozaisho is living happily with her family when the nobleman who owns their land demands to buy her.

Chatelaine book review: The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar

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When Sam wakes up one morning to find two feathery knobs protruding from his back, he’s convinced he’s hallucinating. But as the days go by he realizes he is, in fact, growing wings. Meanwhile, twentysomething Lilah searches for meaning by exploring a dangerous relationship with her sadist boss.

Chatelaine book review: The Miracles of Ordinary Men by Amanda Leduc

An obsessive man figures out how to land a woman.

Chatelaine book review: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

romance

Jilted again, a lovelorn woman turns to the web.

Chatelaine book review: Never Google Heartbreak by Emma Garcia

A romantic Cinderella-like tale of lavish lifestyles.

Books

The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai by Barbara Lazar

The Miracles of Ordinary Men by Amanda Leduc

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Never Google Heartbreak by Emma Garcia

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan