About the Book: The Third Love
Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a
relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old
friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he
teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams.
Now, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan
in the 17th century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle
Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to
reconsider her life as a 21st-century woman-as