When Camellia blooms. Alva A.

Young talented artist Eri returns from Tokyo to his native town to write a series of paintings for the upcoming exhibition. In search of inspiration, she goes to the ancient sanctuary of the goddess Inari - and faces the mysterious owner of the temple, who always carries a fox mask. This meeting changes everything.

Demons and ghosts from ancient legends open the girl, and she begins to see what is inaccessible to the eyes of an ordinary mortal. Now Eri will have to find out what happened in the mysterious sanctuary more than three centuries ago in the era of Edo, and to remember why the owner of the fox mask seems to her so familiar.

Alexandra Alva’s novel “When Camelia blooms” is a puzzle whose secrets are the secrets of which They open throughout the book, and a complete immersion in Japanese culture. This book is a real gift to fans of the genre and fascinating reading about true love.