For mature readers

256 pages; soft cover; B&W

The highlight of chef Mei Suzumori's year is the Tanabata Festival-the one day a year when a pair of mythical lovers reunites. For Mei, it's the day that a mysterious handsome stranger visits his adopted family's restaurant to buy tasty seasonal taiyaki. Unable to hold his feelings for the attractive stranger back any longer, Mei professes his love-and finds he's linked to the enigmatic Naru by a bond much deeper and more complicated than he ever imagined.