The Tailor's Daughter A Novel [Paperback]

Growing up in Victorian England, where her father owns a tailoring shop on fashionable Savile Row, Veda Grenfell and her family have always assumed she would one day make a suitable match. But when a fever leaves her deaf at the age of sixteen, Veda resolves to prove her worth in a realm that is usually off limits to respectable women. Dressing in gentlemen's clothes, Veda reinvents herself as a tailor to London's smart young set. Her beauty and spirit attract unexpected suitors, including a young viscount---but when passion turns to betrayal, Veda embarks on a treacherous journey that will lead her into a world of deception and murder.
Gorgeously written, with a heroine of unforgettable grace and determination, this is a book that grows in your heart and stays there long after you've put it down (Carol Goodman, author ofThe Lake of Dead Languages).

Historical Perspective
A Life Hemmed In
An Original Essay by
Janice Graham

One of the questions most often asked of writers is Where do you get your ideas for your stories?

The idea for The Tailor's Daughter began with a visitation of sorts. Inspiration is a fickle guest; sometimes it pops in out of the blue, sometimes it makes a grudging appearance only after I have spent considerable time researching a topic. Always, I have been awake and conscious. This was different. The character waltzed into my head one night just as I fell asleep, when my mind was absolutely still. There she was, quite vivid and very much her own woman, fitting a coat on a gentleman client.

From the beginning, I knew the story had to be set in nineteenth-century England. My interest in that period grew out of extensive study that had made me aware of how women were severely limited by convention, their natural talentsl³9