Published as The Daughter of the Samurai I Loved, this historical novel follows a woman ninja caught between duty and love in Edo-period Japan.

Yukino, a Koga ninja in service to the Owari Tokugawa house, infiltrates a Nagasaki pleasure quarter as a courtesan.

Kage wa Hikari: Aisu Ikosai Mingoku Toho Denjuki was a finalist for the sixth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not a prize recipient, so it is not listed as an award-winning work.

Yaku Shimizu's Saraba, Waga Itoshi no Camellia was a finalist for the sixth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not the award-winning work.