Coven of Costume Designers

Lila Hemlock is the newest apprentice at The Threaded Veil, a secretive costume shop dedicated to the high-stakes fashion of the Faerie Court. Though she wields no magic, Lila possesses a unique talent: she can touch any fabric and feel the residual emotions woven into the thread-a fabric forensic artist.When a prominent Fae noble from House Lumina is found murdered and their ceremonial gown is strategically destroyed, the Court immediately points the finger at rival House Umbra. Lila, reeling from the killer's intent of Righteous Fury that she extracted from a single, incriminating stitch, knows the truth lies not with a powerful Fae Lord, but with a desk-bound official in the Royal Exchequer.To save her protective mentor, Merrick Vane, who is now framed for the murder, Lila is forced into a clandestine partnership with the devastatingly pragmatic Lord Cassian Shadowbrook-the very noble she's helping to clear. As they race to uncover the clicking signature of the true killer and their hidden life of human vice, Lila must decide if saving her House is worth betraying the one person who ever truly believed in her unique, dangerous gift. Shari Malin is an author, screenwriter, and film and theatre journalist based in Marietta, Georgia. She holds a master's degree in English Education and has dedicated much of her life to teaching. Her love for writing began in elementary school and has continued throughout her adult life. She lives in Perry, Georgia, with her husband and chihuahua.

The Threaded Veil survived a killer, but Lila Hemlock is irrevocably marked. She bears the permanent scar of the shadow magic she used and now carries a new, unpredictable power: the ability to sew magic itself.The political firestorm reignites when General Corvus Valerius, the military head who was presumed missing, makes a shocking, hostile return. Valerius has planted The Treacherous Tapestry-a massive, magically compromised surveillance network in the Council Chambers-and is poised to seize the Foundational Laws of the Fae Court.To expose the General's true, compromised form, Lila must work in agonizing secrecy with her lover, Lord Cassian Shadowbrook, and her mentor, Merrick. While Cassian is forced to take a public, hard stance against the very forces that might help Lila, the investigation demands her ultimate sacrifice: to use her new, dark magic in a dazzling public show. But the cost is her forensic gift.With the fate of the Fae laws hanging on a single stitch, Lila must choose between her soul and her skill. She must risk losing the power that defines her to ensure the one man who can expose the treachery-Merrick-has the split-second distraction he needs to save the Fae Court from its most sophisticated betrayal yet. Shari Malin is an author, screenwriter, and film and theatre journalist based in Marietta, Georgia. She holds a master's degree in English Education and has dedicated much of her life to teaching. Her love for writing began in elementary school and has continued throughout her adult life. She lives in Perry, Georgia, with her husband and chihuahua.