In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city. She becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group's enigmatic leader,...

Niamh Ó Conchobhair's ability to stitch emotions and memories into fabric is the same magic that will eventually kill her. Niamh jumps at the chance to design the wardrobe for a royal wedding in the neighboring kingdom of Avaland. Avaland is far from the fairytale that she imagined. The groom himself, Kit Carmine, is begrudgingly being dragged to the altar as a political pawn. But when Niamh and Kit grow closer, an unlikely friendship blossoms into...