
There's just one catch: Maia is one of twelve tailors vying for the job.īackstabbing and lies run rampant as the tailors compete in challenges to prove their artistry and skill.


She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she’ll take that risk to save her family and achieve her dream of becoming the imperial tailor. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as his son and travels to the Summer Palace in his place. She dreams of becoming the best tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well.

On the fringes of the Great Spice Road, Maia Tamarin works as a seamstress in her father's shop.
