I always give my WIPs a working title which always changes. Which came first, the title or the novel? He is new to the story and Izumi’s life and brings such a new fresh perspective. I’ve really loved writing each and every character in Tokyo Dreaming. Who is your favorite character in the book? Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.īut at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart? At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. Her parents’ engagement hits a brick wall. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After She is the author of Reese’s YA Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After, Tokyo Dreaming, Empress of all Seasons, and We’ll Never Be Apart. She lives in Washington with her husband and children (unruly twins).

Before she became a writer, she was an entomologist, a candlemaker, a florist, and most recently, a teacher. When Emiko Jean isn’t writing, she is reading.

Read on for more about her, the book, and a 2 book giveaway! Today we are chatting with Emiko Jean, author of Tokyo Dreaming

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