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    The Pleasure Palace
    The Pleasure Palace
    The Pleasure Palace
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    The Pleasure Palace

    By Jiani Yu

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    Akira is the owner of The Pleasure Palace, one of the top female lounges in Tokyo. And all the women want to be with him. The problem is, he’s been in one bad relationship and is not ready to get into another.

    Deanna is an ex-modal, working for a fashion magazine. Since her husband sudden death, she finding it hard to love again.

    When Deanna is forced to interview Akira, she finds him to be conceded and a gigolo. Akira finds it hard to keep his flirtatious manner under control and Deanna hard to resist.

    Can these two make a love connection or will tragedy tear them apart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateApr 27, 2012
    ISBN9781105710285
    The Pleasure Palace
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    Jiani Yu

    Jiani lives in Southwestern Connecticut with her daughter. When she is not traveling out of the country, she can be found in New York's Chinatown or in Flushing, Queens. Jiani is a member of the Romance Writers of America and CoLoNY - Romance Writers of Southern Connecticut and Lower New York. She is currently working on the second part to "The Golden Dragons" and "Seoul to Soul"

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      The Pleasure Palace - Jiani Yu

      The Pleasure Palace

      The Pleasure Palace

      By Jiani Yu

      Copyright

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictional and are not to be construed as real.  Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organization, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      The Pleasure Palace is copyright 4/26/2012

      ISBN:  978-1-105-71028-5

      Author: Jiani Yu

      Editor:  Janet Williams

      Photo Cover:  Manabu Numata

      http://www.lulu.com

      All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.  This is a work of fiction.  All references to real places, people or events, are coincidental and if not coincidental, are use facetiously.  All trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, and registered service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used herein for identification purposes only.

      Chapter One

      Surprise! Happy Birthday!

      Oh, my goodness. I can't believe you guys! Deanna said as she tried to get a grip on the situation. "What are you guys doing here?

      It’s your birthday party! Kimiko, Deanna’s spunky 20ish, co-worker shouted above the music.

      Yeah, Kacho/boss had us prepare this for you. Are you surprised? asked Yumi, the other equally spunky co-worker.

      Oh, surprised doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel right now.

      Right now all, Deanna wanted to do was wring David Ito’s neck. Interview my ass! He had duped her. Immediately her thoughts went back to the conversation that led up to this.

      ‘He called Deanna into his office under the pretense that he had gotten the OK from the owner of this male host lounge and wanted her to do an interview today!  ’

      Now here she was expecting to do an interview, only to be show up to her surprise party! David Ito slowly walked up to Deanna, and braced himself for the tongue lashing he was sure Deanna was going to give him.  He gave her a hug and whispered, So I take it that you’re not upset with this?

      I don't believe it!  You are so bad!  You know I’m going to get you back? she replied through a forced smile.

      David broke the embrace and looked at Deanna, Don’t be like that, besides you need to enjoy life again.  So smile and work the camera.

      He was right; she hadn’t enjoyed herself. She had been an excellent model. A-list material.  And she knew all the right people in the fashion and the film industry.  At least up until 24 months ago, when her husband suddenly died from stomach cancer.  David was Deanna husband’s best friends.  So when he died, David convinced her to move to Japan and start a new life.  But even the move, she was still finding it hard at time.

      So she turned, faced the camera and gave them the look of surprise! Kimiko was in stitches, holding her stomach from laughing so hard,

      Deanna, if you could see your face, it's priceless! She said between laughs.

      Yumi, another co-worker, stood off to one side to catch the surprised look with her little camcorder, Kimiko, I have it all on tape. Wait until we show it at work.

      By this time two young Japanese men, one with blonde hair, the other with black hair came up to Deanna, they took her by the hand,

      Welcome to Sono Yorokobi Goten/ The Pleasure Palace.  They both said in unison.

      They led her past tables and booths, each one filled with groups of women young and old. She wondered to herself, what had Kimiko, and Yumi had gotten her into.  All she could think of being the center of gossip.  If the two guys weren’t holding on to her arm, Deanna would have run out of there.  Finally, they came to a private party room near the back of the lounge.

      When they entered the room, it was painted in red with mirrored squares randomly placed on the wall and a long u-shaped couch against one of the walls. For a brief moment, Deanna wondered if there were cameras hidden behind those mirrors; she made a mental note, not to do anything outrageous that would show up on the internet later.

      Did we surprise you? David asked.

      Yes you did. Here, I'm thinking that I'm going to this night club for an interview only to be surprised with a birthday party. I should have known something was up when I couldn't find Kimiko and Yumi after lunch, and then you suddenly disappeared.

      Well Deanna, I hope that you enjoy yourself. It’s time to live again. And besides, if you can get a story out of this party, it will be an added feature in the next month’s issue.

      "Oh, come on David, you've

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