Poppy Kuroki was born in Scotland and grew up in England. She lived in Japan for most of her 20s and has since moved to a beautiful city in Yorkshire, where she lives with her family. When she's not reading, she's playing video games, baking, or annoying everyone in the house with her singing. Her debut GATE TO KAGOSHIMA was published in 2024.
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Gate to Kagoshima
Book 1 of 1: Ancestor Memories
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Publication Date: September 24, 2024
ISBN-13 : 978-0063410893
Blurb:
In this exciting historical romantasy in the spirit of The Hurricane Wars and The Time Traveler’s Wife—Outlander set in Japan—a young Scottish woman is magically transported to the last Samurai era, where she encounters ghosts from the past, her own Japanese ancestry, and a love that transcends time.
While in Japan researching her family’s history, a vicious typhoon sends Isla Mackenzie 128 years back in time, to the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion. There she meets her ancestors, and a charismatic samurai, Kei, with whom she unexpectedly finds romance.
But, unlike her Beloved, Isla knows about the looming Samurai rebellion—and Kai’s fate. Should she attempt to change history or somehow make her way back to the life she’d had before?
Compulsively readable, historically grounded, and irresistibly immersive, Gate to Kagoshima is an unforgettable tale of duty, and of timeless love.
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Passage to Tokyo
(Ancestor Memories Book 2)
Publication date : January 27, 2026
ISBN-13 : 978-0063410930
Blurb:
Yui Sanada struggles to raise her twelve-year-old brother, Hiro, while contending with the antics of their neglectful, alcoholic mother. During a trip to Ueno Park, Hiro runs away from his sister into a strange passage beneath a samurai statue. Yui chases after him and soon finds herself in a Tokyo far removed from the familiar world of 1995.
When Yui emerges from the tunnel, she cannot find Hiro but meets a young woman named Chiyo and her family and learns she has traveled back through time to 1923. As feelings between the two women develop, Yui and realizes it’s just weeks before the devastating Great Kanto Earthquake will happen, killing tens of thousands and leveling the city. Will Yui be able to find her brother and save her new family from the coming disaster?
The Library of Second Chances
Expected publication date : August 12, 2025
ISBN-13: 9781035419449
Blurb:
How does a girl with her head permanently stuck in a book look beyond stories and start over? If only it were that simple . . .
Chloe’s life feels like a book with a missing chapter. Stuck in a rut and back in her quiet hometown of Wellbridge, Chloe finds that she has traded big-city dreams for her childhood bedroom, working at the local library and hiding behind the pages of her favourite books. But one stormy night when she seeks refuge in the library after a disastrous date, everything changes.
Under the watchful eye of Mrs. Cook, the warm-hearted head librarian who seems to know more than she lets on, and Clementine, the library’s whisker-twitching cat, Chloe discovers that the library seems to hold more than stories. Here, books glow with secrets, characters leap from pages, and the shelves hum with enchantment. More importantly, it has an ability to nudge people toward what they need most – whether it’s healing, hope or a second chance. But is there more to the library’s magic?
Chloe must accept that she needs to face her past and learn that sometimes, the right book – or the right person – can rewrite your entire story.
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